The Table Spread
5. Al-Mā'idah
المائدة

Al Mā’idah (The Table Spread)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

5:18
5:18

wa-qālati l-yahūdu wa-n-naṣārā naḥnu ʾabnāʾu llāhi wa-ʾaḥibbāʾuhū qul fa-li-ma yuʿadhdhibukum bi-dhunūbikum bal ʾantum basharun mimman khalaqa yaghfiru li-man yashāʾu wa-yuʿadhdhibu man yashāʾu wa-li-llāhi mulku s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-mā baynahumā wa-ʾilayhi l-maṣīru

The Jews and the Christians say, ‘We are Allah’s children and His beloved ones.’ Say, ‘Then why does He punish you for your sins?’ No, you are humans from among His creatures. He forgives whomever He wishes, and punishes whomever He wishes, and to Allah belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and whatever is between them, and toward Him is the return.

Ali Quli Qarai