The Table Spread
5. Al-Mā'idah
المائدة

Al Mā’idah (The Table Spread)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

5:13
5:13

fa-bi-mā naqḍihim mīthāqahum laʿannāhum wa-jaʿalnā qulūbahum qāsiyatan yuḥarrifūna l-kalima ʿan mawāḍiʿihī wa-nasū ḥaẓẓan mimmā dhukkirū bihī wa-lā tazālu taṭṭaliʿu ʿalā khāʾinatin minhum ʾillā qalīlan minhum fa-ʿfu ʿanhum wa-ṣfaḥ ʾinna llāha yuḥibbu l-muḥsinīna

Then, because of their breaking their covenant We cursed them and made their hearts hard: they pervert words from their meanings, and have forgotten a part of what they were reminded. You will not cease to learn of some of their treachery, excepting a few of them. Yet excuse them and forbear. Indeed Allah loves the virtuous.

Ali Quli Qarai