The Table Spread
5. Al-Mā'idah
المائدة
al-Mā’idah (The Table)
ٱلْمَائِدَة
5:2
يَا أَيُّهَا
الَّذِينَ
آمَنُوا
لَا
تُحِلُّوا
شَعَائِرَ
اللَّهِ
وَلَا
الشَّهْرَ
الْحَرَامَ
وَلَا
الْهَدْيَ
وَلَا
الْقَلَائِدَ
وَلَا
آمِّينَ
الْبَيْتَ
الْحَرَامَ
يَبْتَغُونَ
فَضْلًا
مِّن
رَّبِّهِمْ
وَرِضْوَانًا
وَإِذَا
حَلَلْتُمْ
فَاصْطَادُوا
وَلَا
يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ
شَنَآنُ
قَوْمٍ
أَن
صَدُّوكُمْ
عَنِ
الْمَسْجِدِ
الْحَرَامِ
أَن
تَعْتَدُوا
وَتَعَاوَنُوا
عَلَى
الْبِرِّ
وَالتَّقْوَى
وَلَا
تَعَاوَنُوا
عَلَى
الْإِثْمِ
وَالْعُدْوَانِ
وَاتَّقُوا
اللَّهَ
إِنَّ
اللَّهَ
شَدِيدُ
الْعِقَابِ
yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū lā tuḥillū shaʿāʾira llāhi wa-lā sh-shahra l-ḥarāma wa-lā l-hadya wa-lā l-qalāʾida wa-lā ʾāmmīna l-bayta l-ḥarāma yabtaghūna faḍlan min rabbihim wa-riḍwānan wa-ʾidhā ḥalaltum fa-ṣṭādū wa-lā yajrimannakum shanaʾānu qawmin ʾan ṣaddūkum ʿani l-masjidi l-ḥarāmi ʾan taʿtadū wa-taʿāwanū ʿalā l-birri wa-t-taqwā wa-lā taʿāwanū ʿalā l-ʾithmi wa-l-ʿudwāni wa-ttaqū llāha ʾinna llāha shadīdu l-ʿiqābi
Believers, do not disrespect the reminders of God, the sacred months, the animals brought for sacrifice, or what is marked for sacrificial offering or the people heading to the precinct of the Sacred House to seek the favor and pleasure of their Lord. Once the restrictions of ihram are over, you may hunt. Do not let the hostility of a group of people keep you away from the Sacred Mosque or make you express animosity. Co-operate with each other in righteousness and piety, not in sin and hostility. Have fear of God; He is stern in His retribution.