The Table Spread
5. Al-Mā'idah
المائدة
al-Mā’idah (The Table)
ٱلْمَائِدَة
5:71
wa-ḥasibū ʾallā takūna fitnatun fa-ʿamū wa-ṣammū thumma tāba llāhu ʿalayhim thumma ʿamū wa-ṣammū kathīrun minhum wa-llāhu baṣīrun bi-mā yaʿmalūna
They supposed there would be no testing, so they became blind and deaf. Thereafter Allah accepted their repentance, yet [again] many of them became blind and deaf, and Allah watches what they do.