The Table Spread
5. Al-Mā'idah
المائدة
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وَاتْلُ
عَلَيْهِمْ
نَبَأَ
ابْنَيْ
آدَمَ
بِالْحَقِّ
إِذْ
قَرَّبَا
قُرْبَانًا
فَتُقُبِّلَ
مِنْ
أَحَدِهِمَا
وَلَمْ
يُتَقَبَّلْ
مِنَ
الْآخَرِ
قَالَ
لَأَقْتُلَنَّكَ
قَالَ
إِنَّمَا
يَتَقَبَّلُ
اللَّهُ
مِنَ
الْمُتَّقِينَ
wa-tlu ʿalayhim nabaʾa bnay ʾādama bi-l-ḥaqqi ʾidh qarrabā qurbānan fa-tuqubbila min ʾaḥadihimā wa-lam yutaqabbal mina l-ʾākhari qāla la-ʾaqtulannaka qāla ʾinnamā yataqabbalu llāhu mina l-muttaqīna
Relate to them truly the account of Adam’s two sons. When the two of them offered an offering, it was accepted from one of them and not accepted from the other. [One of them] said, ‘Surely I will kill you.’ [The other one] said, ‘Allah accepts only from the Godwary.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Recite to them the truth of the story of the two sons of Adam. Behold! they each presented a sacrifice (to Allah): It was accepted from one, but not from the other. Said the latter: "Be sure I will slay thee." "Surely," said the former, "Allah doth accept of the sacrifice of those who are righteous.
