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

Quran 5:12

5:12

۞ وَلَقَدْ أَخَذَ ٱللَّهُ مِيثَـٰقَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَبَعَثْنَا مِنْهُمُ ٱثْنَىْ عَشَرَ نَقِيبًا ۖ وَقَالَ ٱللَّهُ إِنِّى مَعَكُمْ ۖ لَئِنْ أَقَمْتُمُ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَيْتُمُ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَءَامَنتُم بِرُسُلِى وَعَزَّرْتُمُوهُمْ وَأَقْرَضْتُمُ ٱللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا لَّأُكَفِّرَنَّ عَنكُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْ وَلَأُدْخِلَنَّكُمْ جَنَّـٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ فَمَن كَفَرَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ مِنكُمْ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ سَوَآءَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ

walaqad akhadha l-lahu mīthāqa banī is'rāīla wabaʿathnā min'humu ith'nay ʿashara naqīban waqāla l-lahu innī maʿakum la-in aqamtumu l-ṣalata waātaytumu l-zakata waāmantum birusulī waʿazzartumūhum wa-aqraḍtumu l-laha qarḍan ḥasanan la-ukaffiranna ʿankum sayyiātikum wala-ud'khilannakum jannātin tajrī min taḥtihā l-anhāru faman kafara baʿda dhālika minkum faqad ḍalla sawāa l-sabīli

And Allāh had already taken a covenant from the Children of Israel, and We delegated from among them twelve leaders. And Allāh said, "I am with you. If you establish prayer and give zakāh and believe in My messengers and support them and loan Allāh a goodly loan, I will surely remove from you your misdeeds and admit you to gardens beneath which rivers flow. But whoever of you disbelieves after that has certainly strayed from the soundness of the way."

— Saheeh International

God took a pledge from the Children of Israel. We made twelve leaders arise among them, and God said, ‘I am with you: if you keep up the prayer, pay the prescribed alms, believe in My messengers and support them, and lend God a good loan, I will wipe out your sins and admit you into Gardens graced with flowing streams. Any of you who now ignore this [pledge] will be far from the right path.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Indeed Allâh took the covenant from the Children of Israel (Jews), and We appointed twelve leaders among them. And Allâh said: "I am with you if you perform As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât ) and give Zakât and believe in My Messengers; honour and assist them, and lend a good loan to Allâh, verily, I will expiate your sins and admit you to Gardens under which rivers flow (in Paradise). But if any of you after this, disbelieved, he has indeed gone astray from the Straight Path."

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

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۞ وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
أَخَذَakhadhatook
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
مِيثَـٰقَmīthāqaa Covenant
بَنِىٓbanī(from the) Children
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) Israel
وَبَعَثْنَاwabaʿathnāand We appointed
مِنْهُمُmin'humuamong them
ٱثْنَىْith'naytwo
عَشَرَʿashara(and) ten
نَقِيبًۭاۖnaqībanleaders
وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I (am)
مَعَكُمْۖmaʿakumwith you
لَئِنْla-inif
أَقَمْتُمُaqamtumuyou establish
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
وَءَاتَيْتُمُwaātaytumuand give
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatathe zakah
وَءَامَنتُمwaāmantumand you believe
بِرُسُلِىbirusulīin My Messengers
وَعَزَّرْتُمُوهُمْwaʿazzartumūhumand you assist them
وَأَقْرَضْتُمُwa-aqraḍtumuand you loan
ٱللَّهَl-laha(to) Allah
قَرْضًاqarḍana loan
حَسَنًۭاḥasanangoodly
لَّأُكَفِّرَنَّla-ukaffirannasurely I will remove
عَنكُمْʿankumfrom you
سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْsayyiātikumyour evil deeds
وَلَأُدْخِلَنَّكُمْwala-ud'khilannakumand I will surely admit you
جَنَّـٰتٍۢjannātin(to) gardens
تَجْرِىtajrīflow
مِنminfrom
تَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath them
ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُۚl-anhāruthe rivers
فَمَنfamanBut whoever
كَفَرَkafaradisbelieved
بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
مِنكُمْminkumamong you
فَقَدْfaqadthen certainly
ضَلَّḍallahe strayed
سَوَآءَsawāa(from) the way
ٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīlithe right