The Table Spread
5. Al-Mā'idah
المائدة
al-Mā’idah (The Table)
ٱلْمَائِدَة
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مَا
جَعَلَ
اللَّهُ
مِن
بَحِيرَةٍ
وَلَا
سَائِبَةٍ
وَلَا
وَصِيلَةٍ
وَلَا
حَامٍ
وَلَكِنَّ
الَّذِينَ
كَفَرُوا
يَفْتَرُونَ
عَلَى
اللَّهِ
الْكَذِبَ
وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ
لَا
يَعْقِلُونَ
mā jaʿala llāhu min baḥīratin wa-lā sāʾibatin wa-lā waṣīlatin wa-lā ḥāmin wa-lākinna lladhīna kafarū yaftarūna ʿalā llāhi l-kadhiba wa-ʾaktharuhum lā yaʿqilūna
God has not instituted the rites of Bahirah, Sa'ibah, Wasilah, nor of Hami (names of certain animals that the pagans would offer as sacrifice). It is the pagans who have attributed falsehood to God. Many of them have no understanding.
