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

Quran 5:13

5:13

فَبِمَا نَقْضِهِم مِّيثَـٰقَهُمْ لَعَنَّـٰهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَا قُلُوبَهُمْ قَـٰسِيَةً ۖ يُحَرِّفُونَ ٱلْكَلِمَ عَن مَّوَاضِعِهِۦ ۙ وَنَسُوا۟ حَظًّا مِّمَّا ذُكِّرُوا۟ بِهِۦ ۚ وَلَا تَزَالُ تَطَّلِعُ عَلَىٰ خَآئِنَةٍ مِّنْهُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّنْهُمْ ۖ فَٱعْفُ عَنْهُمْ وَٱصْفَحْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

fabimā naqḍihim mīthāqahum laʿannāhum wajaʿalnā qulūbahum qāsiyatan yuḥarrifūna l-kalima ʿan mawāḍiʿihi wanasū ḥaẓẓan mimmā dhukkirū bihi walā tazālu taṭṭaliʿu ʿalā khāinatin min'hum illā qalīlan min'hum fa-uʿ'fu ʿanhum wa-iṣ'faḥ inna l-laha yuḥibbu l-muḥ'sinīna

So for their breaking of the covenant We cursed them and made their hearts hardened. They distort words from their [proper] places [i.e., usages] and have forgotten a portion of that of which they were reminded. And you will still observe deceit among them, except a few of them. But pardon them and overlook [their misdeeds]. Indeed, Allāh loves the doers of good.

— Saheeh International

But they broke their pledge, so We distanced them [from Us] and hardened their hearts. They distort the meaning of [revealed] words and have forgotten some of what they were told to remember: you [Prophet] will always find treachery in all but a few of them. Overlook this and pardon them: God loves those who do good.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

So, because of their breach of their covenant, We cursed them and made their hearts grow hard. They change the words from their (right) places and have abandoned a good part of the Message that was sent to them. And you will not cease to discover deceit in them, except a few of them. But forgive them and overlook (their misdeeds). Verily, Allâh loves Al-Muhsinûn (good-doers - See V.2:112).

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

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Word by Word

فَبِمَاfabimāSo for
نَقْضِهِمnaqḍihimtheir breaking
مِّيثَـٰقَهُمْmīthāqahum(of) their covenant
لَعَنَّـٰهُمْlaʿannāhumWe cursed them
وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand We made
قُلُوبَهُمْqulūbahumtheir hearts
قَـٰسِيَةًۭۖqāsiyatanhard
يُحَرِّفُونَyuḥarrifūnaThey distort
ٱلْكَلِمَl-kalimathe words
عَنʿanfrom
مَّوَاضِعِهِۦۙmawāḍiʿihitheir places
وَنَسُوا۟wanasūand forgot
حَظًّۭاḥaẓẓana part
مِّمَّاmimmāof what
ذُكِّرُوا۟dhukkirūthey were reminded
بِهِۦۚbihiof [it]
وَلَاwalāAnd not
تَزَالُtazāluwill you cease
تَطَّلِعُtaṭṭaliʿuto discover
عَلَىٰʿalāof
خَآئِنَةٍۢkhāinatintreachery
مِّنْهُمْmin'humfrom them
إِلَّاillāexcept
قَلِيلًۭاqalīlana few
مِّنْهُمْۖmin'humof them
فَٱعْفُfa-uʿ'fuBut forgive
عَنْهُمْʿanhumthem
وَٱصْفَحْۚwa-iṣ'faḥand overlook
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
يُحِبُّyuḥibbuloves
ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe good-doers