Sura 5 Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread), ayah 66
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وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ أَقَامُوا التَّوْرَاةَ وَالْإِنْجِيلَ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِمْ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ لَأَكَلُوا مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِنْ تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِهِمْ ۚ مِنْهُمْ أُمَّةٌ مُقْتَصِدَةٌ ۖ وَكَثِيرٌ مِنْهُمْ سَاءَ مَا يَعْمَلُونَ
Translation by words
- وَلَوْ
- And if
- أَنَّهُمْ
- that they
- أَقَامُوا۟
- had stood firmly
- ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ
- (by) the Taurat
- وَٱلْإِنجِيلَ
- and the Injeel
- وَمَآ
- and what
- أُنزِلَ
- was revealed
- إِلَيْهِم
- to them
- مِّن
- from
- رَّبِّهِمْ
- their Lord,
- لَأَكَلُوا۟
- surely they (would have) eaten
- مِن
- from
- فَوْقِهِمْ
- above them
- وَمِن
- and from
- تَحْتِ
- beneath
- أَرْجُلِهِم
- their feet.
- مِّنْهُمْ
- Among them
- أُمَّةٌ
- (is) a community
- مُّقْتَصِدَةٌ
- moderate,
- وَكَثِيرٌ
- but many
- مِّنْهُمْ
- of them -
- سَآءَ
- evil
- مَا
- (is) what
- يَعْمَلُونَ
- they do.
And if only they upheld (the law of) the Torah, the Gospel, and what has been revealed to them from their Lord, they would have consumed (provision) from above them and from beneath their feet. Among them are a moderate community, but many of them - evil is that which they do.
5:66
Translation: Saheeh International