Sura 5 Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread), ayah 18

  1. وَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَىٰ نَحْنُ أَبْنَاءُ اللَّهِ وَأَحِبَّاؤُهُ ۚ قُلْ فَلِمَ يُعَذِّبُكُمْ بِذُنُوبِكُمْ ۖ بَلْ أَنْتُمْ بَشَرٌ مِمَّنْ خَلَقَ ۚ يَغْفِرُ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ وَيُعَذِّبُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ ۚ وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ وَإِلَيْهِ الْمَصِيرُ

    Translation by words

    وَقَالَتِ
    And said,
    ٱلْيَهُودُ
    the Jews
    وَٱلنَّصَٰرَىٰ
    and the Christians
    نَحْنُ
    "We (are)
    أَبْنَٰٓؤُا۟
    (the) children
    ٱللَّهِ
    (of) Allah
    وَأَحِبَّٰٓؤُهُۥ
    and His beloved."
    قُلْ
    Say,
    فَلِمَ
    "Then why
    يُعَذِّبُكُم
    (does He) punish you
    بِذُنُوبِكُم
    for your sins?"
    بَلْ
    Nay,
    أَنتُم
    you (are)
    بَشَرٌ
    human beings
    مِّمَّنْ
    from among (those)
    خَلَقَ
    He created.
    يَغْفِرُ
    He forgives
    لِمَن
    [for] whom
    يَشَآءُ
    He wills
    وَيُعَذِّبُ
    and punishes
    مَن
    whom
    يَشَآءُ
    He wills.
    وَلِلَّهِ
    And for Allah
    مُلْكُ
    (is the) dominion
    ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ
    (of) the heavens
    وَٱلْأَرْضِ
    and the earth
    وَمَا
    and whatever
    بَيْنَهُمَا
    (is) between them,
    وَإِلَيْهِ
    and to Him
    ٱلْمَصِيرُ
    (is) the final return.

    But the Jews and the Christians say, "We are the children of Allah and His beloved." Say, "Then why does He punish you for your sins?" Rather, you are human beings from among those He has created. He forgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills. And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, and to Him is the (final) destination.

    5:18

Translation: Saheeh International

Sura 5 Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)