The Table Spread
5. Al-Mā'idah
المائدة
al-Mā’idah (The Table)
ٱلْمَائِدَة
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وَلَوْ
أَنَّهُمْ
أَقَامُوا
التَّوْرَاةَ
وَالْإِنجِيلَ
وَمَا
أُنزِلَ
إِلَيْهِم
مِّن
رَّبِّهِمْ
لَأَكَلُوا
مِن
فَوْقِهِمْ
وَمِن
تَحْتِ
أَرْجُلِهِم
مِّنْهُمْ
أُمَّةٌ
مُّقْتَصِدَةٌ
وَكَثِيرٌ
مِّنْهُمْ
سَاءَ
مَا
يَعْمَلُونَ
wa-law ʾannahum ʾaqāmū t-tawrāta wa-l-ʾinjīla wa-mā ʾunzila ʾilayhim min rabbihim la-ʾakalū min fawqihim wa-min taḥti ʾarjulihim minhum ʾummatun muqtaṣidatun wa-kathīrun minhum sāʾa mā yaʿmalūna
Had they followed the Laws of the Old and New Testaments and what was revealed to them from their Lord, they would have received Our bounties from above and below in abundance. Some of them are modest people, but many of them commit the worst sins.