The Table Spread
5. Al-Mā'idah
المائدة
al-Mā’idah (The Table)
ٱلْمَائِدَة
5:48
وَأَنزَلْنَا
إِلَيْكَ
الْكِتَابَ
بِالْحَقِّ
مُصَدِّقًا
لِّمَا
بَيْنَ
يَدَيْهِ
مِنَ
الْكِتَابِ
وَمُهَيْمِنًا
عَلَيْهِ
فَاحْكُم
بَيْنَهُم
بِمَا
أَنزَلَ
اللَّهُ
وَلَا
تَتَّبِعْ
أَهْوَاءَهُمْ
عَمَّا
جَاءَكَ
مِنَ
الْحَقِّ
لِكُلٍّ
جَعَلْنَا
مِنكُمْ
شِرْعَةً
وَمِنْهَاجًا
وَلَوْ
شَاءَ
اللَّهُ
لَجَعَلَكُمْ
أُمَّةً
وَاحِدَةً
وَلَكِن
لِّيَبْلُوَكُمْ
فِي
مَا
آتَاكُمْ
فَاسْتَبِقُوا
الْخَيْرَاتِ
إِلَى
اللَّهِ
مَرْجِعُكُمْ
جَمِيعًا
فَيُنَبِّئُكُم
بِمَا
كُنتُمْ
فِيهِ
تَخْتَلِفُونَ
wa-ʾanzalnā ʾilayka l-kitāba bi-l-ḥaqqi muṣaddiqan li-mā bayna yadayhi mina l-kitābi wa-muhayminan ʿalayhi fa-ḥkum baynahum bi-mā ʾanzala llāhu wa-lā tattabiʿ ʾahwāʾahum ʿammā jāʾaka mina l-ḥaqqi li-kullin jaʿalnā minkum shirʿatan wa-minhājan wa-law shāʾa llāhu la-jaʿalakum ʾummatan wāḥidatan wa-lākin li-yabluwakum fī mā ʾātākum fa-stabiqū l-khayrāti ʾilā llāhi marjiʿukum jamīʿan fa-yunabbiʾukum bi-mā kuntum fīhi takhtalifūna
We have revealed the Book to you (Muhammad) in all Truth. It confirms the (original) Bible and has the authority to preserve or abrogate what the Bible contains. Judge among them by what God has revealed to you and do not follow their desires instead of the Truth which has come to you. We have given a law and a way of life to each of you. Had God wanted, He could have made you into one nation, but He wanted to see who are the more pious ones among you. Compete with each other in righteousness. All of you will return to God who will tell you the truth in the matter of your differences.
