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Al-Ma'idah 14

Ayah 14 of 120 · Medinan

وَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا نَصَٰرَىٰٓ أَخَذۡنَا مِيثَٰقَهُمۡ فَنَسُواْ حَظّٗا مِّمَّا ذُكِّرُواْ بِهِۦ فَأَغۡرَيۡنَا بَيۡنَهُمُ ٱلۡعَدَاوَةَ وَٱلۡبَغۡضَآءَ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۚ وَسَوۡفَ يُنَبِّئُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَصۡنَعُونَ ١٤

And from those who say, "We are Christians" We took their covenant; but they forgot a portion of that of which they were reminded.1 So We caused among them2 animosity and hatred until the Day of Resurrection. And Allāh is going to inform them about what they used to do.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 In the Gospel concerning the coming of Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ).

2 i.e., among their various denominations or sects.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمِنَAnd fromwamina
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  3. قَالُوٓاْsaidqālū
  4. إِنَّاIndeed weinnā
  5. نَصَٰرَىٰٓ(are) Christiansnaṣārā
  6. أَخَذۡنَاWe tookakhadhnā
  7. مِيثَٰقَهُمۡtheir covenantmīthāqahum
  8. فَنَسُواْbut they forgotfanasū
  9. حَظّٗاa partḥaẓẓan
  10. مِّمَّاof whatmimmā
  11. ذُكِّرُواْthey were remindeddhukkirū
  12. بِهِۦof [it]bihi
  13. فَأَغۡرَيۡنَاSo We arousedfa-aghraynā
  14. بَيۡنَهُمُbetween thembaynahumu
  15. ٱلۡعَدَاوَةَ[the] enmityl-ʿadāwata
  16. وَٱلۡبَغۡضَآءَand [the] hatredwal-baghḍāa
  17. إِلَىٰtillilā
  18. يَوۡمِ(the) Dayyawmi
  19. ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۚ(of) the Resurrectionl-qiyāmati
  20. وَسَوۡفَAnd soonwasawfa
  21. يُنَبِّئُهُمُwill inform themyunabbi-uhumu
  22. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  23. بِمَاof whatbimā
  24. كَانُواْthey used tokānū
  25. يَصۡنَعُونَdoyaṣnaʿūna

Tafsir

Just as I took a firm promise from the Jews, I also took a promise from those who declare themselves to be pure followers of Jesus (peace be upon him). They also left out practicing some of what they were advised to do, just as their predecessors from among the jews did. I then placed enmity and hatred between them and they began fighting and killing one another, each one declaring the other to be a disbeliever. Allah will inform them about what they used to do and will repay them for the same.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran