The Table Spread
5. Al-Mā'idah
المائدة
al-Mā’idah (The Table)
ٱلْمَائِدَة
5:71
وَحَسِبُوا
أَلَّا
تَكُونَ
فِتْنَةٌ
فَعَمُوا
وَصَمُّوا
ثُمَّ
تَابَ
اللَّهُ
عَلَيْهِمْ
ثُمَّ
عَمُوا
وَصَمُّوا
كَثِيرٌ
مِّنْهُمْ
وَاللَّهُ
بَصِيرٌ
بِمَا
يَعْمَلُونَ
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 were blind and deaf in their pride, thinking themselves (to be the chosen nation of God) and thus safe from calamities. God forgave them but many of them out, of pride, again became blind and deaf. God is Well Aware of what they do.
