The Table Spread
5. Al-Mā'idah
المائدة
al-Mā’idah (The Table)
ٱلْمَائِدَة
5:12
وَلَقَدْ
أَخَذَ
اللَّهُ
مِيثَاقَ
بَنِي
إِسْرَائِيلَ
وَبَعَثْنَا
مِنْهُمُ
اثْنَيْ
عَشَرَ
نَقِيبًا
وَقَالَ
اللَّهُ
إِنِّي
مَعَكُمْ
لَئِنْ
أَقَمْتُمُ
الصَّلَاةَ
وَآتَيْتُمُ
الزَّكَاةَ
وَآمَنتُم
بِرُسُلِي
وَعَزَّرْتُمُوهُمْ
وَأَقْرَضْتُمُ
اللَّهَ
قَرْضًا
حَسَنًا
لَّأُكَفِّرَنَّ
عَنكُمْ
سَيِّئَاتِكُمْ
وَلَأُدْخِلَنَّكُمْ
جَنَّاتٍ
تَجْرِي
مِن
تَحْتِهَا
الْأَنْهَارُ
فَمَن
كَفَرَ
بَعْدَ
ذَلِكَ
مِنكُمْ
فَقَدْ
ضَلَّ
سَوَاءَ
السَّبِيلِ
wa-la-qad ʾakhadha llāhu mīthāqa banī ʾisrāʾīla wa-baʿathnā minhumu thnay ʿashara naqīban wa-qāla llāhu ʾinnī maʿakum la-ʾin ʾaqamtumu ṣ-ṣalāta wa-ʾātaytumu z-zakāta wa-ʾāmantum bi-rusulī wa-ʿazzartumūhum wa-ʾaqraḍtumu llāha qarḍan ḥasanan la-ʾukaffiranna ʿankum sayyiʾātikum wa-la-ʾudkhilannakum jannātin tajrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru fa-man kafara baʿda dhālika minkum fa-qad ḍalla sawāʾa s-sabīli
God certainly made a solemn covenant with the children of Israel and raised among them twelve elders. God said to them, "I am with you if you will be steadfast in your prayers, pay (zakat) religious tax, believe in My Messengers, support them with reverence, and give a generous loan for the cause of God." We shall expiate your bad deeds and admit you to the gardens wherein streams flow. Whichever of you turns to disbelief after this has certainly gone astray (from the right path)."
