Surah Al-Ma'idah (المائدة) • The Table Spread

Quran 5:101

5:101

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَسْـَٔلُوا۟ عَنْ أَشْيَآءَ إِن تُبْدَ لَكُمْ تَسُؤْكُمْ وَإِن تَسْـَٔلُوا۟ عَنْهَا حِينَ يُنَزَّلُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ تُبْدَ لَكُمْ عَفَا ٱللَّهُ عَنْهَا ۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٌ

yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū lā tasalū ʿan ashyāa in tub'da lakum tasu'kum wa-in tasalū ʿanhā ḥīna yunazzalu l-qur'ānu tub'da lakum ʿafā l-lahu ʿanhā wal-lahu ghafūrun ḥalīmun

O you who have believed, do not ask about things which, if they are shown to you, will distress you. But if you ask about them while the Qur’ān is being revealed, they will be shown to you. Allāh has pardoned it [i.e., that which is past]; and Allāh is Forgiving and Forbearing.

— Saheeh International

You who believe, do not ask about matters which, if made known to you, might make things difficult for you- if you ask about them while the Quran is being revealed, they will be made known to you- for God has kept silent about them: God is most forgiving and forbearing.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

O you who believe! Ask not about things which, if made plain to you, may cause you trouble. But if you ask about them while the Qur’ân is being revealed, they will be made plain to you. Allâh has forgiven that, and Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Forbearing.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
لَاlā(Do) not
تَسْـَٔلُوا۟tasalūask
عَنْʿanabout
أَشْيَآءَashyāathings
إِنinif
تُبْدَtub'damade clear
لَكُمْlakumto you
تَسُؤْكُمْtasu'kumit may distress you
وَإِنwa-inand if
تَسْـَٔلُوا۟tasalūyou ask
عَنْهَاʿanhāabout it
حِينَḥīnawhen
يُنَزَّلُyunazzaluis being revealed
ٱلْقُرْءَانُl-qur'ānuthe Quran
تُبْدَtub'dait would be made clear
لَكُمْlakumto you
عَفَاʿafāhas (been) pardoned
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
عَنْهَاۗʿanhā[about] it
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Allah
غَفُورٌghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
حَلِيمٌۭḥalīmunAll-Forbearing