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

Quran 5:66

5:66

وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ أَقَامُوا۟ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ وَٱلْإِنجِيلَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِم مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ لَأَكَلُوا۟ مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِن تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِهِم ۚ مِّنْهُمْ أُمَّةٌ مُّقْتَصِدَةٌ ۖ وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ سَآءَ مَا يَعْمَلُونَ

walaw annahum aqāmū l-tawrāta wal-injīla wamā unzila ilayhim min rabbihim la-akalū min fawqihim wamin taḥti arjulihim min'hum ummatun muq'taṣidatun wakathīrun min'hum sāa mā yaʿmalūna

And if only they had upheld [the law of] the Torah, the Gospel, and what has been revealed to them from their Lord [i.e., the Qur’ān], they would have consumed [provision] from above them and from beneath their feet. Among them are a moderate [i.e., acceptable] community, but many of them - evil is that which they do.

— Saheeh International

If they had upheld the Torah and the Gospel and what was sent down to them from their Lord, they would have been given abundance from above and from below: some of them are on the right course, but many of them do evil.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And if only they had acted according to the Taurât (Torah), the Injeel (Gospel), and what has (now) been sent down to them from their Lord (the Qur’ân), they would surely have gotten provision from above them and from underneath their feet. There are from among them people who are on the right course (i.e. they act on the revelation and believe in Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم as ‘Abdullâh bin Salâm رضي الله عنه), but many of them do evil deeds.

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

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وَلَوْwalawAnd if
أَنَّهُمْannahumthat they
أَقَامُوا۟aqāmūhad stood firmly
ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَl-tawrāta(by) the Taurat
وَٱلْإِنجِيلَwal-injīlaand the Injeel
وَمَآwamāand what
أُنزِلَunzilawas revealed
إِلَيْهِمilayhimto them
مِّنminfrom
رَّبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord
لَأَكَلُوا۟la-akalūsurely they (would have) eaten
مِنminfrom
فَوْقِهِمْfawqihimabove them
وَمِنwaminand from
تَحْتِtaḥtibeneath
أَرْجُلِهِمۚarjulihimtheir feet
مِّنْهُمْmin'humAmong them
أُمَّةٌۭummatun(is) a community
مُّقْتَصِدَةٌۭۖmuq'taṣidatunmoderate
وَكَثِيرٌۭwakathīrunbut many
مِّنْهُمْmin'humof them
سَآءَsāaevil
مَاmā(is) what
يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnathey do