Sura 5 Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread), ayah 101
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يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَسْأَلُوا عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ إِنْ تُبْدَ لَكُمْ تَسُؤْكُمْ وَإِنْ تَسْأَلُوا عَنْهَا حِينَ يُنَزَّلُ الْقُرْآنُ تُبْدَ لَكُمْ عَفَا اللَّهُ عَنْهَا ۗ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٌ
Translation by words
- يَٰٓأَيُّهَا
- O you
- ٱلَّذِينَ
- who
- ءَامَنُوا۟
- believe!
- لَا
- (Do) not
- تَسْـَٔلُوا۟
- ask
- عَنْ
- about
- أَشْيَآءَ
- things
- إِن
- if
- تُبْدَ
- made clear
- لَكُمْ
- to you,
- تَسُؤْكُمْ
- it may distress you
- وَإِن
- and if
- تَسْـَٔلُوا۟
- you ask
- عَنْهَا
- about it
- حِينَ
- when
- يُنَزَّلُ
- is being revealed
- ٱلْقُرْءَانُ
- the Quran
- تُبْدَ
- it would be made clear
- لَكُمْ
- to you.
- عَفَا
- has (been) pardoned
- ٱللَّهُ
- (by) Allah
- عَنْهَا
- [about] it,
- وَٱللَّهُ
- and Allah
- غَفُورٌ
- (is) Oft-Forgiving,
- حَلِيمٌ
- All-Forbearing.
O you who have believed, do not ask about things which, if they are shown to you, will distress you. But if you ask about them while the Qur'an is being revealed, they will be shown to you. Allah has pardoned that which is past; and Allah is Forgiving and Forbearing.
5:101
Translation: Saheeh International