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Al-Ma'idah 78

Ayah 78 of 120 · Medinan

لُعِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِنۢ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ عَلَىٰ لِسَانِ دَاوُۥدَ وَعِيسَى ٱبۡنِ مَرۡيَمَۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا عَصَواْ وَّكَانُواْ يَعۡتَدُونَ ٧٨

Cursed were those who disbelieved among the Children of Israel by the tongue of David and of Jesus, the son of Mary. That was because they disobeyed and [habitually] transgressed.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. لُعِنَWere cursedluʿina
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  3. كَفَرُواْdisbelievedkafarū
  4. مِنۢfrommin
  5. بَنِيٓ(the) Childrenbanī
  6. إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ(of) Israelis'rāīla
  7. عَلَىٰbyʿalā
  8. لِسَانِ(the) tonguelisāni
  9. دَاوُۥدَ(of) Dawooddāwūda
  10. وَعِيسَىand Isawaʿīsā
  11. ٱبۡنِsonib'ni
  12. مَرۡيَمَۚ(of) Maryammaryama
  13. ذَٰلِكَthat (was)dhālika
  14. بِمَاbecausebimā
  15. عَصَواْthey disobeyedʿaṣaw
  16. وَّكَانُواْand they werewakānū
  17. يَعۡتَدُونَtransgressingyaʿtadūna

Tafsir

Allah, may He be glorified, tells us that He distanced the disbelievers of the Israelites from His mercy in the scripture He revealed to David, namely the Psalms, and in the scripture He revealed to Jesus, son of Mary, namely the Gospel. He did this because of the sins they committed and due to their violation of the things Allah made sacred.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran