The Table Spread
5. Al-Mā'idah
المائدة
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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 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
(Both) the Jews and the Christians say: "We are sons of Allah, and his beloved." Say: "Why then doth He punish you for your sins? Nay, ye are but men,- of the men he hath created: He forgiveth whom He pleaseth, and He punisheth whom He pleaseth: and to Allah belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between: and unto Him is the final goal (of all)"
