The
Table Spread
In the name of Allah, the
Beneficent, the Merciful.
[5:1]
O ye who believe! Fulfil your indentures. The
beast of cattle is made lawful unto you (for food) except that which is
announced unto you (herein), game being unlawful when ye are on the pilgrimage.
Lo! Allah ordaineth that which pleaseth Him.
[5:2]
O ye who believe! Profane not Allah’s monuments
nor the Sacred Month nor the offerings nor the garlands, nor those repairing to
the Sacred House, seeking the grace and pleasure of their Lord. But when ye
have left the sacred territory, then go hunting (if ye will). And let not your
hatred of a folk who (once) stopped your going to the inviolable place of
worship seduce you to transgress; but help ye one another unto righteousness
and pious duty. Help not one another unto sin and transgression, but keep your
duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is severe in punishment.
[5:3]
Forbidden unto you (for food) are carrion and
blood and swineflesh, and that which hath been dedicated unto any other than
Allah, and the strangled, and the dead through beating, and the dead through
falling from a height, and that which hath been killed by (the goring of)
horns, and the devoured of wild beasts, saving that which ye make lawful (by
the death-stroke), and that which hath been immolated unto idols. And
(forbidden is it) that ye swear by the divining arrows. This is an abomination.
This day are those who disbelieve in despair of (ever harming) your religion;
so fear them not, fear Me! This day have I perfected your religion for you and
completed My favour unto you, and have chosen for you as religion al-Islam.
Whoso is forced by hunger, not by will, to sin: (for him) lo! Allah is
Forgiving, Merciful.
[5:4]
They ask thee (O Muhammad) what is made lawful
for them. Say: (all) good things are made lawful for you. And those beasts and
birds of prey which ye have trained as hounds are trained, ye teach them that
which Allah taught you; so eat of that which they catch for you and mention
Allah’s name upon it, and observe your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is swift to
take account.
[5:5]
This day are (all) good things made lawful for
you. The food of those who have received the Scripture is lawful for you, and your
food is lawful for them. And so are the virtuous women of the believers and the
virtuous women of those who received the Scripture before you (lawful for you)
when ye give them their marriage portions and live with them in honour, not in
fornication, nor taking them as secret concubines. Whoso denieth the faith, his
work is vain and he will be among the losers in the Hereafter.
[5:6]
O ye who believe! When ye rise up for prayer,
wash you faces, and your hands up to the elbows, and lightly rub your heads and
(wash) your feet up to the ankles. And if ye are unclean, purify yourselves.
And if ye are sick or on a journey, or one of you cometh from the closet, or ye
have had contact with women, and ye find not water, then go to clean, high
ground and rub your faces and your hands with some of it. Allah would not place
a burden on you, but He would purify you and would perfect His grace upon you,
that ye may give thanks.
[5:7]
Remember Allah’s grace upon you and His covenant
by which He bound you when ye said: We hear and we obey; And keep your duty to
Allah. Lo! He knoweth what is in the breasts (of men).
[5:8]
O ye who believe! Be steadfast witnesses for
Allah in equity, and let not hatred of any people seduce you that ye deal not
justly. Deal justly, that is nearer to your duty. Observe your duty to Allah.
Lo! Allah is Informed of what ye do.
[5:9]
Allah hath promised those who believe and do
good works: Theirs will be forgiveness and immense reward.
[5:10]
And they who disbelieve and deny Our
revelations, such are rightful owners of hell.
[5:11]
O ye who believe! Remember Allah’s favour unto
you, how a people were minded to stretch out their hands against you but He
withheld their hands from you; and keep your duty to Allah. In Allah let
believers put their trust.
[5:12]
Allah made a covenant of old with the Children
of Israel and We raised among them twelve chieftains, and Allah said: Lo! I am
with you. If ye establish worship and pay the poor-due, and believe in My
messengers and support them, and lend unto Allah a kindly loan, surely I shall
remit your sins, and surely I shall bring you into Gardens underneath which
rivers flow. Whoso among you disbelieveth after this will go astray from a
plain road.
[5:13]
And because of their breaking their covenant, We
have cursed them and made hard their hearts. They change words from their
context and forget a part of that whereof they were admonished. Thou wilt not
cease to discover treachery from all save a few of them. But bear with them and
pardon them. Lo! Allah loveth the kindly.
[5:14]
And with those who say: "Lo! we are
Christians," We made a covenant, but they forgot a part of that whereof
they were admonished. Therefor We have stirred up enmity and hatred among them
till the Day of Resurrection, when Allah will inform them of their handiwork.
[5:15]
O People of the Scripture! Now hath Our
messenger come unto you, expounding unto you much of that which ye used to hide
in the Scripture, and forgiving much. now hath come unto you light from Allah
and plain Scripture,
[5:16]
Whereby Allah guideth him who seeketh His good
pleasure unto paths of peace. He bringeth them out of darkness unto light by
His decree, and guideth them unto a straight path.
[5:17]
They indeed have disbelieved who say: Lo! Allah
is the Messiah, son of Mary. Say: Who then can do aught against Allah, if He
had willed to destroy the Messiah son of Mary, and his mother and everyone on
earth ? Allah’s is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and all that is
between them. He createth what He will. And Allah is Able to do all things.
[5:18]
The Jews and Christians say: We are sons of
Allah and His loved ones. Say: Why then doth He chastise you for your sins ?
Nay, ye are but mortals of His creating. He forgiveth whom He will, and
chastiseth whom He will. Allah’s is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the
earth and all that is between them, and unto Him is the journeying.
[5:19]
O People of the Scripture! Now hath Our
messenger come unto you to make things plain unto you after an interval (of cessation)
of the messengers, lest ye should say: There came not unto us a messenger of
cheer nor any warner. Now hath a messenger of cheer and a warner come unto you.
Allah is Able to do all things.
[5:20]
And (remember) when Moses said unto his people:
O my people! Remember Allah’s favour unto you, how He placed among you
prophets, and He made you kings, and gave you that (which) He gave not to any
(other) of (His) creatures.
[5:21]
O my people! Go into the holy land which Allah
hath ordained for you. Turn not in flight, for surely ye turn back as losers:
[5:22]
They said: O Moses! Lo! a giant people (dwell)
therein and lo! we go not in till they go forth from thence. When they go forth
from thence, then we will enter (not till then).
[5:23]
Then out spake two of those who feared (their
Lord, men) unto whom Allah had been gracious: Enter in upon them by the gate,
for if ye enter by it, lo! ye will be victorious. So put your trust (in Allah)
if ye are indeed believers.
[5:24]
They said: O Moses! We will never enter (the
land) while they are in it. So go thou and thy Lord and fight! We will sit
here.
[5:25]
He said: My Lord! I have control of none but
myself and my brother, so distinguish between us and the wrong-doing folk.
[5:26]
(Their Lord) said: For this the land will surely
be forbidden them for forty years that they will wander in the earth,
bewildered. So grieve not over the wrongdoing folk.
[5:27]
But recite unto them with truth the tale of the
two sons of Adam, how they offered each a sacrifice, and it was accepted from
the one of them and it was not accepted from the other. (The one) said: I will
surely kill thee. (The other) answered: Allah accepteth only from those who
ward off (evil).
[5:28]
Even if thou stretch out thy hand against me to
kill me, I shall not stretch out my hand against thee to kill thee, lo! I fear
Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.
[5:29]
Lo! I would rather thou shouldst bear the
punishment of the sin against me and thine own sin and become one of the owners
of the fire. That is the reward of evil-doers.
[5:30]
But (the other’s) mind imposed on him the
killing of his brother, so he slew him and became one of the losers.
[5:31]
Then Allah sent a raven scratching up the
ground, to show him how to hide his brother’s naked corpse. He said: Woe unto
me! Am I not able to be as this raven and so hide my brother’s naked corpse ?
And he became repentant.
[5:32]
For that cause We decreed for the Children of
Israel that whosoever killeth a human being for other than manslaughter or
corruption in the earth, it shall be as if he had killed all mankind, and whoso
saveth the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind.
Our messengers came unto them of old with clear proofs (of Allah’s
Sovereignty), but afterwards lo! many of them became prodigals in the earth.
[5:33]
The only reward of those who make war upon Allah
and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that they
will be killed or crucified, or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut
off, or will be expelled out of the land. Such will be their degradation in the
world, and in the Hereafter theirs will be an awful doom;
[5:34]
Save those who repent before ye overpower them.
For know that Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
[5:35]
O ye who believe! Be mindful of your duty to
Allah, and seek the way of approach unto Him, and strive in His way in order
that ye may succeed.
[5:36]
As for those who disbelieve, lo! if all that is
in the earth were theirs, and as much again therewith, to ransom them from the
doom on the Day of Resurrection, it would not be accepted from them. Theirs
will be a painful doom.
[5:37]
They will wish to come forth from the Fire, but
they will not come forth from it. Theirs will be a lasting doom.
[5:38]
As for the thief, both male and female, cut off
their hands. It is the reward of their own deeds, an exemplary punishment from
Allah. Allah is Mighty, Wise.
[5:39]
But whoso repenteth after his wrongdoing and
amendeth, lo! Allah will relent toward him. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
[5:40]
Knowest thou not that unto Allah belongeth the
Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth ? He punisheth whom He will, and
forgiveth whom He will. Allah is Able to do all things.
[5:41]
O Messenger! Let not them grieve thee who vie
one with another in the race to disbelief, of such as say with their mouths:
"We believe," but their hearts believe not, and of the Jews:
listeners for the sake of falsehood, listeners on behalf of other folk who come
not unto thee, changing words from their context and saying: If this be given
unto you, receive it, but if this be not given unto you, then beware! He whom
Allah doometh unto sin, thou (by thine efforts) wilt avail him naught against
Allah. Those are they for whom the Will of Allah is that He cleanse not their
hearts. Theirs in the world will be ignominy, and in the Hereafter an awful
doom;
[5:42]
Listeners for the sake of falsehood! Greedy for
illicit gain! If then they have recourse unto thee (Muhammad) judge between
them or disclaim jurisdiction. If thou disclaimest jurisdiction, then they
cannot harm thee at all. But if thou judgest, judge between them with equity.
Lo! Allah loveth the equitable.
[5:43]
How come they unto thee for judgment when they
have the Torah, wherein Allah hath delivered judgment (for them) ? Yet even
after that they turn away. Such (folk) are not believers.
[5:44]
Lo! We did reveal the Torah, wherein is guidance
and a light, by which the prophets who surrendered (unto Allah) judged the
Jews, and the rabbis and the priests (judged) by such of Allah’s Scripture as
they were bidden to observe, and thereunto were they witnesses. So fear not
mankind, but fear Me. And My revelations for a little gain. Whoso judgeth not
by that which Allah hath revealed: such are disbelievers.
[5:45]
And We prescribed for them therein: The life for
the life, and the eye for the eye, and the nose for the nose, and the ear for
the ear, and the tooth for the tooth, and for wounds retaliation. But whoso
forgoeth it (in the way of charity) it shall be expiation for him. Whoso
judgeth not by that which Allah hath revealed: such are wrong-doers.
[5:46]
And We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow in
their footsteps, confirming that which was (revealed) before him in the Torah,
and We bestowed on him the Gospel wherein is guidance and a light, confirming
that which was (revealed) before it in the Torah - a guidance and an admonition
unto those who ward off (evil).
[5:47]
Let the People of the Gospel judge by that which
Allah hath revealed therein. Whoso judgeth not by that which Allah hath
revealed: such are evil-livers.
[5:48]
And unto thee have We revealed the Scripture
with the truth, confirming whatever Scripture was before it, and a watcher over
it. So judge between them by that which Allah hath revealed, and follow not
their desires away from the truth which hath come unto thee. For each We have
appointed a divine law and a traced-out way. Had Allah willed He could have
made you one community. But that He may try you by that which He hath given you
(He hath made you as ye are). So vie one with another in good works. Unto Allah
ye will all return, and He will then inform you of that wherein ye differ.
[5:49]
So judge between them by that which Allah hath
revealed, and follow not their desires, but beware of them lest they seduce
thee from some part of that which Allah hath revealed unto thee. And if they
turn away, then know that Allah’s Will is to smite them for some sin of theirs.
Lo! many of mankind are evil-livers.
[5:50]
Is it a judgment of the time of (pagan)
ignorance that they are seeking ? Who is better than Allah for judgment to a
people who have certainty (in their belief) ?
[5:51]
O ye who believe! Take not the Jews and the
Christians for friends. They are friends one to another. He among you who
taketh them for friends is (one) of them. Lo! Allah guideth not wrongdoing
folk.
[5:52]
And thou seest those in whose heart is a disease
race toward them, saying: We fear lest a change of fortune befall us. And it
may happen that Allah will vouchsafe (unto thee) the victory, or a commandment
from His presence. Then will they repent them of their secret thoughts.
[5:53]
Then will the believers say (unto the people of
the Scripture): are these they who swore by Allah their most binding oaths that
they were surely with you ? Their works have failed, and they have become the
losers.
[5:54]
O ye who believe! Whoso of you becometh a
renegade from his religion, (know that in his stead) Allah will bring a people
whom He loveth and who love Him, humble toward believers, stern toward
disbelievers, striving in the way of Allah, and fearing not the blame of any
blamer. Such is the grace of Allah which He giveth unto whom He will. Allah is
All-Embracing, All-Knowing.
[5:55]
Your guardian can be only Allah; and His
messenger and those who believe, who establish worship and pay the poordue, and
bow down (in prayer).
[5:56]
And whoso taketh Allah and His messenger and
those who believe for guardian (will know that), lo! the party of Allah, they
are the victorious.
[5:57]
O Ye who believe! Choose not for guardians such
of those who received the Scripture before you, and of the disbelievers, as
make a jest and sport of your religion. But keep your duty to Allah if ye are
true believers.
[5:58]
And when ye call to prayer they take it for a
jest and sport. That is because they are a folk who understand not.
[5:59]
Say: O People of the Scripture! Do ye blame us
for aught else than that we believe in Allah and that which is revealed unto us
and that which was revealed aforetime, and because most of you are evil-livers
?
[5:60]
Shall I tell thee of a worse (case) than theirs
for retribution with Allah ? (Worse is the case of him) whom Allah hath cursed,
him on whom His wrath hath fallen and of whose sort Allah hath turned some to
apes and swine, and who serveth idols. Such are in worse plight and further
astray from the plain road.
[5:61]
When they come unto you (Muslims), they say: We
believe; but they came in unbelief and they went out in the same; and Allah
knoweth best what they were hiding.
[5:62]
And thou seest many of them vying one with
another in sin and transgression and their devouring of illicit gain. Verily
evil is what they do.
[5:63]
Why do not the rabbis and the priests forbid
their evil-speaking and their devouring of illicit gain ? Verily evil is their
handiwork.
[5:64]
The Jews say: Allah’s hand is fettered. Their
hands are fettered and they are accursed for saying so. Nay, but both His hands
are spread out wide in bounty. He bestoweth as He will. That which hath been
revealed unto thee from thy Lord is certain to increase the contumacy and
disbelief of many of them, and We have cast among them enmity and hatred till
the Day of Resurrection. As often as they light a fire for war, Allah
extinguisheth it. Their effort is for corruption in the land, and Allah loveth
not corrupters.
[5:65]
If only the People of the Scripture would
believe and ward off (evil), surely We should remit their sins from them and
surely We should bring them into Gardens of Delight.
[5:66]
If they had observed the Torah and the Gospel
and that which was revealed unto them from their Lord, they would surely have
been nourished from above them and from beneath their feet. Among them there
are people who are moderate, but many of them are of evil conduct.
[5:67]
O Messenger! Make known that which hath been
revealed unto thee from thy Lord, for if thou do it not, thou wilt not have
conveyed His message. Allah will protect thee from mankind. Lo! Allah guideth
not the disbelieving folk.
[5:68]
Say O People of the Scripture! Ye have naught
(of guidance) till ye observe the Torah and the Gospel and that which was
revealed unto you from your Lord. That which is revealed unto thee (Muhammad)
from thy Lord is certain to increase the contumacy and disbelief of many of
them. But grieve not for the disbelieving folk.
[5:69]
Lo! those who believe, and those who are Jews,
and Sabaeans, and Christians - Whosoever believeth in Allah and the Last Day
and doeth right - there shall no fear come upon them neiither shall they
grieve.
[5:70]
We made a covenant of old with the Children of
[5:71]
They thought no harm would come of it, so they
were wilfully blind and deaf. And afterward Allah turned (in mercy) toward
them. Now (even after that) are many of them wilfully blind and deaf. Allah is
Seer of what they do.
[5:72]
They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! Allah is the
Messiah, son of Mary. The Messiah (himself) said: O Children of
[5:73]
They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! Allah is the
third of three; when there is no God save the One God. If they desist not from
so saying a painful doom will fall on those of them who disbelieve.
[5:74]
Will they not rather turn unto Allah and seek
forgiveness of Him ? For Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
[5:75]
The Messiah, son of Mary, was no other than a
messenger, messengers (the like of whom) had passed away before him. And his
mother was a saintly woman. And they both used to eat (earthly) food. See how
We make the revelations clear for them, and see how they are turned away!
[5:76]
Say: Serve ye in place of Allah that which possesseth
for you neither hurt nor use ? Allah it is Who is the Hearer, the Knower.
[5:77]
Say: O People of the Scripture! Stress not in
your religion other than the truth, and follow not the vain desires of folk who
erred of old and led many astray, and erred from a plain road.
[5:78]
Those of the Children of
[5:79]
They restrained not one another from the
wickedness they did. Verily evil was that they used to do!
[5:80]
Thou seest many of them making friends with
those who disbelieve. Surely ill for them is that which they themselves send on
before them: that Allah will be wroth with them and in the doom they will
abide.
[5:81]
If they believed in Allah and the Prophet and
that which is revealed unto him, they would not choose them for their friends.
But many of them are of evil conduct.
[5:82]
Thou wilt find the most vehement of mankind in
hostility to those who believe (to be) the Jews and the idolaters. And thou
wilt find the nearest of them in affection to those who believe (to be) those
who say: Lo! We are Christians. That is because there are among them priests
and monks, and because they are not proud.
[5:83]
When they listen to that which hath been
revealed unto the messengers, thou seest their eyes overflow with tears because
of their recognition of the Truth. They say: Our Lord, we believe. Inscribe us
as among the witnesses.
[5:84]
How should we not believe in Allah and that
which hath come unto us of the Truth. And (how should we not) hope that our
Lord will bring us in along with righteous folk ?
[5:85]
Allah hath rewarded them for that their saying -
Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide for ever. That is
the reward of the good.
[5:86]
But those who disbelieve and deny Our
revelations, they are owners of hell-fire.
[5:87]
O ye who believe! Forbid not the good things
which Allah hath made lawful for you, and transgress not, Lo! Allah loveth not
transgressors.
[5:88]
Eat of that which Allah hath bestowed on you as
food lawful and good, and keep your duty to Allah in Whom ye are believers.
[5:89]
Allah will not take you to task for that which
is unintentional in your oaths, but He will take you to task for the oaths
which ye swear in earnest. The expiation thereof is the feeding of ten of the
needy with the average of that wherewith ye feed your own folk, or the clothing
of them, or the liberation of a slave, and for him who findeth not (the
wherewithal to do so) then a three days’ fast. This is the expiation of your
oaths when ye have sworn; and keep your oaths. Thus Allah expoundeth unto you
His revelations in order that ye may give thanks.
[5:90]
O ye who believe! Strong drink and games of
chance and idols and divining arrows are only an infamy of Satan’s handiwork.
Leave it aside in order that ye may succeed.
[5:91]
Satan seeketh only to cast among you enmity and
hatred by means of strong drink and games of chance, and to turn you from
remembrance of Allah and from (His) worship. Will ye then have done ?
[5:92]
Obey Allah and obey the messenger, and beware!
But if ye turn away, then know that the duty of Our messenger is only plain conveyance
(of the message).
[5:93]
There shall be no sin (imputed) unto those who
believe and do good works for what they may have eaten (in the past). So be
mindful of your duty (to Allah), and believe, and do good works; and again: be
mindful of your duty, and believe; and once again: be mindful of your duty, and
do right. Allah loveth the good.
[5:94]
O ye who believe! Allah will surely try you
somewhat (in the matter) of the game which ye take with your hands and your
spears, that Allah may know him who feareth Him in secret. Whoso transgresseth
after this, for him there is a painful doom.
[5:95]
O ye who believe! Kill no wild game while ye are
on the pilgrimage. Whoso of you killeth it of set purpose he shall pay its
forfeit in the equivalent of that which he hath killed, of domestic animals,
the judge to be two men among you known for justice, (the forfeit) to be
brought as an offering to the Ka’bah; or, for expiation, he shall feed poor
persons, or the equivalent thereof in fasting, that he may taste the evil
consequences of his deed. Allah forgiveth whatever (of this kind) may have
happened in the past, but whoso relapseth, Allah will take retribution from
him. Allah is Mighty, Able to Requite (the wrong).
[5:96]
To hunt and to eat the fish of the sea is made
lawful for you, a provision for you and for seafarers; but to hunt on land is
forbidden you so long as ye are on the pilgrimage. Be mindful of your duty to
Allah, unto Whom ye will be gathered.
[5:97]
Allah hath appointed the Ka’bah, the Sacred House,
a standard for mankind, and the Sacred Month and the offerings and the
garlands. That is so that ye may know that Allah knoweth whatsoever is in the
heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, and that Allah is Knower of all things.
[5:98]
Know that Allah is severe in punishment, but
that Allah (also) is Forgiving, Merciful.
[5:99]
The duty of the messenger is only to convey (the
message). Allah knoweth what ye proclaim and what ye hide.
[5:100]
Say: The evil and the good are not alike even
though the plenty of the evil attract thee. So be mindful of your duty to
Allah, O men of understanding, that ye may succeed.
[5:101]
O ye who believe! Ask not of things which, if
they were made unto you, would trouble you; but if ye ask of them when the
Qur’an is being revealed, they will be made known unto you. Allah pardoneth
this, for Allah is Forgiving, Clement.
[5:102]
A folk before you asked (for such disclosures)
and then disbelieved therein.
[5:103]
Allah hath not appointed anything in the nature
of a Bahirah or a Sa’ibah or a Wasilah or a Hami, but those who disbelieve
invent a lie against Allah. Most of them have no sense.
[5:104]
And when it is said unto them: Come unto that
which Allah hath revealed and unto the messenger, they say: Enough for us is
that wherein we found our fathers. What! Even though their fathers had no
knowledge whatsoever, and no guidance ?
[5:105]
O ye who believe! Ye have charge of your own
souls. He who erreth cannot injure you if ye are rightly guided. Unto Allah ye
will all return; and then He will inform you of what ye used to do.
[5:106]
O ye who believe! Let there be witnesses between
you when death draweth nigh unto one of you, at the time of bequest - two
witnesses, just men from among you, or two others from another tribe, in case
ye are campaigning in the land and the calamity of death befall you. Ye shall
empanel them both after the prayer, and, if ye doubt, they shall be made to
swear by Allah (saying): We will not take a bribe, even though it were (on
behalf of) a near kinsman nor will we hide the testimony of Allah, for then
indeed we should be of the sinful.
[5:107]
But then, if it is afterwards ascertained that
both of them merit (the suspicion of) sin, let two others take their place of
those nearly concerned, and let them swear by Allah, (saying): Verily our
testimony is truer than their testimony and we have not transgressed (the
bounds of duty), for them indeed we should be of the evil-doers.
[5:108]
Thus it is more likely that they will bear true
witness or fear that after their oaths the oaths (of others) will be taken. So
be mindful of your duty (to Allah) and hearken. Allah guideth not the froward
folk.
[5:109]
In the day when Allah gathereth together the
messengers, and saith: What was your response (from mankind) ? they say: We
have no knowledge. Lo! Thou, only Thou art the Knower of Things Hidden,
[5:110]
When Allah saith: O Jesus, son of Mary! Remember
My favour unto thee and unto thy mother; how I strengthened thee with the holy
Spirit, so that thou spakest unto mankind in the cradle as in maturity; and how
I taught thee the Scripture and Wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and how
thou didst shape of clay as it were the likeness of a bird by My permission,
and didst blow upon it and it was a bird by My permission, and thou didst heal
him who was born blind and the leper by My permission; and how thou didst raise
the dead by My permission; and how I restrained the Children of Israel from
(harming) thee when thou camest unto them with clear proofs, and those of them
who disbelieved exclaimed: This is naught else than mere magic;
[5:111]
And when I inspired the disciples, (saying):
Believe in Me and in My messenger, they said: We believe. Bear witness that we
have surrendered (unto Thee) "we are muslims".
[5:112]
When the disciples said: O Jesus, son of Mary!
Is thy Lord able to send down for us a table spread with food from heaven ? He
said: Observe your duty to Allah, if ye are true believers.
[5:113]
(They said:) We wish to eat thereof, that we may
satisfy our hearts and know that thou hast spoken truth to us, and that thereof
we may be witnesses.
[5:114]
Jesus, son of Mary, said: O Allah, Lord of us!
Send down for us a table spread with food from heaven, that it may be a feast
for us, for the first of us and for the last of us, and a sign from Thee. Give
us sustenance, for Thou art the Best of Sustainers.
[5:115]
Allah said: Lo! I send it down for you. And
whoso disbelieveth of you afterward, him surely will I punish with a punishment
wherewith I have not punished any of (My) creatures.
[5:116]
And when Allah saith: O Jesus, son of Mary!
Didst thou say unto mankind: Take me and my mother for two gods beside Allah ?
he saith: Be glorified! It was not mine to utter that to which I had no right.
If I used to say it, then Thou knewest it. Thou knowest what is in my mind, and
I know not what is in Thy Mind. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Knower of Things
Hidden ?
[5:117]
I spake unto them only that which Thou
commandedst me, (saying): Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. I was a witness
of them while I dwelt among them, and when Thou tookest me Thou wast the
Watcher over them. Thou art Witness over all things.
[5:118]
If Thou punish them, lo! they are Thy slaves,
and if Thou forgive them (lo! they are Thy slaves). Lo! Thou, only Thou, art
the Mighty, the Wise.
[5:119]
Allah saith: This is a day in which their
truthfulness profiteth the truthful, for theirs are Gardens underneath which
rivers flow, wherein they are secure for ever, Allah taking pleasure in them and
they in Him. That is the great triumph.
[5:120]
Unto Allah belongeth the Sovereignty of the
heavens and the earth and whatsoever is therein, and He is Able to do all
things.