The Table Spread
5. Al-Mā'idah
المائدة
Page #119
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لَقَدْ
أَخَذْنَا
مِيثَاقَ
بَنِي
إِسْرَائِيلَ
وَأَرْسَلْنَا
إِلَيْهِمْ
رُسُلًا
كُلَّمَا
جَاءَهُمْ
رَسُولٌ
بِمَا
لَا
تَهْوَى
أَنفُسُهُمْ
فَرِيقًا
كَذَّبُوا
وَفَرِيقًا
يَقْتُلُونَ
la-qad ʾakhadhnā mīthāqa banī ʾisrāʾīla wa-ʾarsalnā ʾilayhim rusulan kullamā jāʾahum rasūlun bi-mā lā tahwā ʾanfusuhum farīqan kadhdhabū wa-farīqan yaqtulūna
We took the covenant of the Children of Israel and sent them messengers, every time, there came to them a messenger with what they themselves desired not - some (of these) they called impostors, and some they (go so far as to) slay.
— Abdullah Yusufali
Certainly We took a pledge from the Children of Israel, and We sent apostles to them. Whenever an apostle brought them that which was not to their liking, they would impugn a part of them, and a part they would slay.
