The Table Spread
5. Al-Mā'idah
المائدة
al-Mā’idah (The Table)
ٱلْمَائِدَة
5:18
وَقَالَتِ
الْيَهُودُ
وَالنَّصَارَى
نَحْنُ
أَبْنَاءُ
اللَّهِ
وَأَحِبَّاؤُهُ
قُلْ
فَلِمَ
يُعَذِّبُكُم
بِذُنُوبِكُم
بَلْ
أَنتُم
بَشَرٌ
مِّمَّنْ
خَلَقَ
يَغْفِرُ
لِمَن
يَشَاءُ
وَيُعَذِّبُ
مَن
يَشَاءُ
وَلِلَّهِ
مُلْكُ
السَّمَاوَاتِ
وَالْأَرْضِ
وَمَا
بَيْنَهُمَا
وَإِلَيْهِ
الْمَصِيرُ
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 Christians call themselves the beloved sons of God. (Muhammad), ask them, "Why does God punish you for your sins? In fact, you are mere human beings whom He has created. He forgives and punishes whomever He wants. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens, the earth, and all that is between them and to Him do all things return.
