The Table Spread
5. Al-Mā'idah
المائدة
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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 observed the Torah and the Evangel, and what was sent down to them from their Lord, they would surely have drawn nourishment from above them and from beneath their feet. There is an upright group among them, but evil is what many of them do.
— Ali Quli Qarai
If only they had stood fast by the Law, the Gospel, and all the revelation that was sent to them from their Lord, they would have enjoyed happiness from every side. There is from among them a party on the right course: but many of them follow a course that is evil.
