The Table Spread
5. Al-Mā'idah
المائدة

al-Mā’idah (The Table)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

5:101
5:101

yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū tasʾalū ʿan ʾashyāʾa ʾin tubda lakum tasuʾkum wa-ʾin tasʾalū ʿanhā ḥīna yunazzalu l-qurʾānu tubda lakum ʿafā llāhu ʿanhā wa-llāhu ghafūrun ḥalīmun

O you who have faith! Do not ask about things, which, if they are disclosed to you, will upset you. Yet if you ask about them while the Quran is being sent down, they shall be disclosed to you. Allah has excused it, and Allah is all-forgiving, all-forbearing.

Ali Quli Qarai