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

Quran 5:41

5:41

۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلرَّسُولُ لَا يَحْزُنكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُسَـٰرِعُونَ فِى ٱلْكُفْرِ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَلَمْ تُؤْمِن قُلُوبُهُمْ ۛ وَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ ۛ سَمَّـٰعُونَ لِلْكَذِبِ سَمَّـٰعُونَ لِقَوْمٍ ءَاخَرِينَ لَمْ يَأْتُوكَ ۖ يُحَرِّفُونَ ٱلْكَلِمَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَوَاضِعِهِۦ ۖ يَقُولُونَ إِنْ أُوتِيتُمْ هَـٰذَا فَخُذُوهُ وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْتَوْهُ فَٱحْذَرُوا۟ ۚ وَمَن يُرِدِ ٱللَّهُ فِتْنَتَهُۥ فَلَن تَمْلِكَ لَهُۥ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيْـًٔا ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يُرِدِ ٱللَّهُ أَن يُطَهِّرَ قُلُوبَهُمْ ۚ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا خِزْىٌ ۖ وَلَهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

yāayyuhā l-rasūlu lā yaḥzunka alladhīna yusāriʿūna fī l-kuf'ri mina alladhīna qālū āmannā bi-afwāhihim walam tu'min qulūbuhum wamina alladhīna hādū sammāʿūna lil'kadhibi sammāʿūna liqawmin ākharīna lam yatūka yuḥarrifūna l-kalima min baʿdi mawāḍiʿihi yaqūlūna in ūtītum hādhā fakhudhūhu wa-in lam tu'tawhu fa-iḥ'dharū waman yuridi l-lahu fit'natahu falan tamlika lahu mina l-lahi shayan ulāika alladhīna lam yuridi l-lahu an yuṭahhira qulūbahum lahum fī l-dun'yā khiz'yun walahum fī l-ākhirati ʿadhābun ʿaẓīmun

O Messenger, let them not grieve you who hasten into disbelief of those who say, "We believe" with their mouths, but their hearts believe not, and from among the Jews. [They are] avid listeners to falsehood, listening to another people who have not come to you. They distort words beyond their [proper] places [i.e., usages], saying, "If you are given this, take it; but if you are not given it, then beware." But he for whom Allāh intends fitnah - never will you possess [power to do] for him a thing against Allāh. Those are the ones for whom Allāh does not intend to purify their hearts. For them in this world is disgrace, and for them in the Hereafter is a great punishment.

— Saheeh International

Messenger, do not be grieved by those who race to surpass one another in disbelief- those who say with their mouths, ‘We believe,’ but have no faith in their hearts, and the Jews who listen eagerly to lies and to those who have not even met you, who distort the meanings of [revealed] words and say [to each other], ‘If you are given this ruling, accept it, but if you are not, then beware!’––if God intends some people to be so misguided, you will be powerless against God on their behalf. These are the ones whose hearts God does not intend to cleanse- a disgrace for them in this world, and then a heavy punishment in the Hereafter-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

O Messenger (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم)! Let not those who hurry to fall into disbelief grieve you, of such who say: "We believe" with their mouths but their hearts have no faith. And of the Jews are men who listen much and eagerly to lies - listen to others who have not come to you. They change the words from their places; they say, "If you are given this, take it, but if you are not given this, then beware!" And whomsoever Allâh wants to put in Al-Fitnah [error, because of his rejecting of Faith], you can do nothing for him against Allâh. Those are the ones whose hearts Allâh does not want to purify (from disbelief and hypocrisy); for them there is a disgrace in this world, and in the Hereafter a great torment.

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

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۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
ٱلرَّسُولُl-rasūluMessenger
لَاlāLet not
يَحْزُنكَyaḥzunkagrieve you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
يُسَـٰرِعُونَyusāriʿūnahasten
فِىfīin (to)
ٱلْكُفْرِl-kuf'ri[the] disbelief
مِنَminaof
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
قَالُوٓا۟qālūsaid
ءَامَنَّاāmannāWe believe
بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْbi-afwāhihimwith their mouths
وَلَمْwalamand not
تُؤْمِنtu'minbelieve
قُلُوبُهُمْۛqulūbuhumtheir hearts
وَمِنَwaminaand from
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
هَادُوا۟ۛhādū(are) Jews
سَمَّـٰعُونَsammāʿūnaThey (are) listeners
لِلْكَذِبِlil'kadhibito falsehood
سَمَّـٰعُونَsammāʿūna(and) listeners
لِقَوْمٍliqawminfor people
ءَاخَرِينَākharīnaother
لَمْlam(who have) not
يَأْتُوكَۖyatūkacome to you
يُحَرِّفُونَyuḥarrifūnaThey distort
ٱلْكَلِمَl-kalimathe words
مِنۢminfrom
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
مَوَاضِعِهِۦۖmawāḍiʿihitheir context
يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnasaying
إِنْinIf
أُوتِيتُمْūtītumyou are given
هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
فَخُذُوهُfakhudhūhu[so] take it
وَإِنwa-inbut if
لَّمْlamnot
تُؤْتَوْهُtu'tawhuyou are given it
فَٱحْذَرُوا۟ۚfa-iḥ'dharūthen beware
وَمَنwamanAnd (for) whom
يُرِدِyuridiintends
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
فِتْنَتَهُۥfit'natahuhis trial
فَلَنfalanthen never
تَمْلِكَtamlikawill you have power
لَهُۥlahufor him
مِنَminaagainst
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
شَيْـًٔاۚshayananything
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) the ones
لَمْlamnever
يُرِدِyuridiwill intend
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
أَنanthat
يُطَهِّرَyuṭahhiraHe purifies
قُلُوبَهُمْۚqulūbahumtheir hearts
لَهُمْlahumFor them
فِىfīin
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world
خِزْىٌۭۖkhiz'yun(is) disgrace
وَلَهُمْwalahumand for them
فِىfīin
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
عَظِيمٌۭʿaẓīmungreat