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

Quran 5:82

5:82

۞ لَتَجِدَنَّ أَشَدَّ ٱلنَّاسِ عَدَٰوَةً لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱلْيَهُودَ وَٱلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا۟ ۖ وَلَتَجِدَنَّ أَقْرَبَهُم مَّوَدَّةً لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا نَصَـٰرَىٰ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ مِنْهُمْ قِسِّيسِينَ وَرُهْبَانًا وَأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

latajidanna ashadda l-nāsi ʿadāwatan lilladhīna āmanū l-yahūda wa-alladhīna ashrakū walatajidanna aqrabahum mawaddatan lilladhīna āmanū alladhīna qālū innā naṣārā dhālika bi-anna min'hum qissīsīna waruh'bānan wa-annahum lā yastakbirūna

You will surely find the most intense of the people in animosity toward the believers [to be] the Jews and those who associate others with Allāh; and you will find the nearest of them in affection to the believers those who say, "We are Christians." That is because among them are priests and monks and because they are not arrogant.

— Saheeh International

You [Prophet] are sure to find that the most hostile to the believers are the Jews and those who associate other deities with God; you are sure to find that the closest in affection towards the believers are those who say, ‘We are Christians,’ for there are among them people devoted to learning and ascetics. These people are not given to arrogance,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Verily, you will find the strongest among men in enmity to the believers (Muslims) the Jews and those who are Al-Mushrikûn and you will find the nearest in love to the believers (Muslims) those who say: "We are Christians." That is because amongst them are priests and monks, and they are not proud.

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

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۞ لَتَجِدَنَّlatajidannaSurely you will find
أَشَدَّashaddastrongest
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the people
عَدَٰوَةًۭʿadāwatan(in) enmity
لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
ٱلْيَهُودَl-yahūdathe Jews
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those who
أَشْرَكُوا۟ۖashrakū(are) polytheists
وَلَتَجِدَنَّwalatajidannaand surely you will find
أَقْرَبَهُمaqrabahumnearest of them
مَّوَدَّةًۭmawaddatan(in) affection
لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
قَالُوٓا۟qālūsay
إِنَّاinnāWe
نَصَـٰرَىٰۚnaṣārā(are) Christians
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)
بِأَنَّbi-annabecause
مِنْهُمْmin'humamong them
قِسِّيسِينَqissīsīna(are) priests
وَرُهْبَانًۭاwaruh'bānanand monks
وَأَنَّهُمْwa-annahumand that they
لَاlā(are) not
يَسْتَكْبِرُونَyastakbirūnaarrogant