Sura 5, The Feast (Al-Mã´edah)
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
[5:1] O you who believe, you shall fulfill your covenants.
Permitted for you to eat are the livestock, except those
specifically prohibited herein. You shall not permit hunting
throughout Hajj pilgrimage. GOD decrees whatever He wills.
[5:2] O you who believe, do not violate the rites instituted by
GOD, nor the Sacred Months, nor the animals to be offered, nor the
garlands marking them, nor the people who head for the Sacred
Shrine (Ka`bah) seeking blessings from their Lord and approval.
Once you complete the pilgrimage, you may hunt.* Do not be
provoked into aggression by your hatred of people who once
prevented you from going to the Sacred Masjid. You shall cooperate
in matters of righteousness and piety; do not cooperate in matters
that are sinful and evil. You shall observe GOD. GOD is strict in
enforcing retribution.
Footnote
Only Four Meats Prohibited "Animals that die of themselves" Defined
[5:3] Prohibited for you are animals that die of themselves,
blood, the meat of pigs,* and animals dedicated to other than GOD.
(Animals that die of themselves include those) strangled, struck
with an object, fallen from a height, gored, attacked by a wild
animal - unless you save your animal before it dies - and animals
sacrificed on altars. Also prohibited is dividing the meat through
a game of chance; this is an abomination. Today, the disbelievers
have given up concerning (the eradication of) your religion; do
not fear them and fear Me instead. Today, I have completed your
religion, perfected My blessing upon you, and I have decreed
Submission as the religion for you. If one is forced by famine (to
eat prohibited food), without being deliberately sinful, then GOD
is Forgiver, Merciful.
Footnote
[5:4] They consult you concerning what is lawful for them; say,
"Lawful for you are all good things, including what trained dogs
and falcons catch for you." You train them according to GOD's
teachings. You may eat what they catch for you, and mention GOD's
name thereupon. You shall observe GOD. GOD is most efficient in
reckoning.
[5:5] Today, all good food is made lawful for you. The food of the
people of the scripture is lawful for you. Also, you may marry the
chaste women among the believers, as well as the chaste women
among the followers of previous scripture, provided you pay them
their due dowries. You shall maintain chastity, not committing
adultery, nor taking secret lovers. Anyone who rejects faith, all
his work will be in vain, and in the Hereafter he will be with the
losers.
Ablution
[5:6] O you who believe, when you observe the Contact Prayers
(Salat), you shall: (1) wash your faces, (2) wash your arms to the
elbows, (3) wipe your heads, and (4) wash your feet to the ankles.
If you were unclean due to sexual orgasm, you shall bathe. If you
are ill, or traveling, or had any digestive excretion (urinary,
fecal, or gas), or had (sexual) contact with the women, and you
cannot find water, you shall observe the dry ablution (Tayammum)
by touching clean dry soil, then rubbing your faces and hands. GOD
does not wish to make the religion difficult for you; He wishes to
cleanse you and to perfect His blessing upon you, that you may be
appreciative.
[5:7] Remember GOD's blessing upon you, and His covenant that He
covenanted with you: you said, "We hear and we obey." You shall
observe GOD; GOD is fully aware of the innermost thoughts.
You Shall Not Bear False Witness
[5:8] O you who believe, you shall be absolutely equitable, and
observe GOD, when you serve as witnesses. Do not be provoked by
your conflicts with some people into committing injustice. You
shall be absolutely equitable, for it is more righteous. You shall
observe GOD. GOD is fully Cognizant of everything you do.
[5:9] GOD promises those who believe and lead a righteous life
forgiveness and a great recompense.
[5:10] As for those who disbelieve and reject our revelations,
they are the dwellers of Hell.
God Defends the Believers
[5:11] O you who believe, remember GOD's blessings upon you; when
some people extended their hands to aggress against you, He
protected you and withheld their hands. You shall observe GOD; in
GOD the believers shall trust.
Conditions for Staying Within God's Protection*
[5:12] GOD had taken a covenant from the Children of Israel, and
we raised among them twelve patriarchs. And GOD said, "I am with
you, so long as you observe the Contact Prayers (Salat), give the
obligatory charity (Zakat), and believe in My messengers and
respect them, and continue to lend GOD a loan of righteousness. I
will then remit your sins, and admit you into gardens with flowing
streams. Anyone who disbelieves after this, has indeed strayed off
the right path."
Footnote
Consequences of Violating God's Covenant
[5:13] It was a consequence of their violating the covenant that
we condemned them, and we caused their hearts to become hardened.
Consequently, they took the words out of context, and disregarded
some of the commandments given to them. You will continue to
witness betrayal from them, excepting a few of them. You shall
pardon them, and disregard them. GOD loves those who are
benevolent.
Christians, too, Must Obey God's Messenger
[5:14] Also from those who said, "We are Christian," we took their
covenant. But they disregarded some of the commandments given to
them. Consequently, we condemned them to animosity and hatred
among themselves, until the Day of Resurrection. GOD will then
inform them of everything they had done.
The Quran: God's Message to the Jews and Christians
[5:15] O people of the scripture, our messenger has come to you to
proclaim for you many things you have concealed in the scripture,
and to pardon many other transgressions you have committed. A
beacon has come to you from GOD, and a profound scripture.
[5:16] With it, GOD guides those who seek His approval. He guides
them to the paths of peace, leads them out of darkness into the
light by His leave, and guides them in a straight path.
Gross Blasphemy
[5:17] Pagans indeed are those who say that GOD is the Messiah,
the son of Mary. Say, "Who could oppose GOD if He willed to
annihilate the Messiah, son of Mary, and his mother, and everyone
on earth?" To GOD belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the
earth, and everything between them. He creates whatever He wills.
GOD is Omnipotent.
God's Messenger to the Jews, Christians and Muslims
[5:18] The Jews and the Christians said, "We are GOD's children
and His beloved." Say, "Why then does He punish you for your sins?
You are just humans like the other humans He created." He forgives
whomever He wills and punishes whomever He wills. To GOD belongs
the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, and everything
between them, and to Him is the final destiny.
God's Messenger of the Covenant
[5:19] O people of the scripture, our messenger has come to you,
to explain things to you, after a period of time without
messengers, lest you say, "We did not receive any preacher or
warner." A preacher and warner has now come to you. GOD is
Omnipotent.*
Footnote
[5:20] Recall that Moses said to his people, "O my people,
remember GOD's blessings upon you: He appointed prophets from
among you, made you kings, and granted you what He never granted
any other people.
God Gives the Holy Land to Israel
[5:21] "O my people, enter the holy land that GOD has decreed for
you, and do not rebel, lest you become losers."
[5:22] They said, "O Moses, there are powerful people in it, and
we will not enter it, unless they get out of it. If they get out,
we are entering."
[5:23] Two men who were reverent and blessed by GOD said, "Just
enter the gate. If you just enter it, you will surely prevail. You
must trust in GOD, if you are believers."
Despite All the Miracles They Saw
[5:24] They said, "O Moses, we will never enter it, so long as
they are in it. Therefore, go - you and your Lord - and fight. We
are sitting right here."
[5:25] He said, "My Lord, I can only control myself and my
brother. So, allow us to part company with the wicked people."
[5:26] He said, "Henceforth, it is forbidden them for forty years,
during which they will roam the earth aimlessly. Do not grieve
over such wicked people."
The First Murder*
[5:27] Recite for them the true history of Adam's two sons. They
made an offering, and it was accepted from one of them, but not
from the other. He said, "I will surely kill you." He said, "GOD
accepts only from the righteous.
Footnote
[5:28] "If you extend your hand to kill me, I am not extending my
hand to kill you. For I reverence GOD, Lord of the universe.
[5:29] "I want you, not me, to bear my sin and your sin, then you
end up with the dwellers of Hell. Such is the requital for the
transgressors."
[5:30] His ego provoked him into killing his brother. He killed
him, and ended up with the losers.
[5:31] GOD then sent a raven to scratch the soil, to teach him how
to bury his brother's corpse. He said, "Woe to me; I failed to be
as intelligent as this raven, and bury my brother's corpse." He
became ridden with remorse.
Grossness of Murder
[5:32] Because of this, we decreed for the Children of Israel that
anyone who murders any person who had not committed murder or
horrendous crimes, it shall be as if he murdered all the people.
And anyone who spares a life, it shall be as if he spared the
lives of all the people. Our messengers went to them with clear
proofs and revelations, but most of them, after all this, are
still transgressing.
Capital Punishment: When is it Justified?
[5:33] The just retribution for those who fight GOD and His
messenger, and commit horrendous crimes, is to be killed, or
crucified, or to have their hands and feet cut off on alternate
sides, or to be banished from the land. This is to humiliate them
in this life, then they suffer a far worse retribution in the
Hereafter.
[5:34] Exempted are those who repent before you overcome them. You
should know that GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.
[5:35] O you who believe, you shall reverence GOD and seek the
ways and means to Him, and strive in His cause, that you may
succeed.
The Cost of Disbelief
[5:36] Certainly, those who disbelieved, if they possessed
everything on earth, even twice as much, and offered it as ransom
to spare them the retribution on the Day of Resurrection, it would
not be accepted from them; they have incurred a painful
retribution.
[5:37] They will want to exit Hell, but alas, they can never exit
therefrom; their retribution is eternal.
Mathematical Proof Supports Quranic Justice
[5:38] The thief, male or female, you shall mark their hands* as a
punishment for their crime, and to serve as an example from GOD.
GOD is Almighty, Most Wise.
Footnote
[5:39] If one repents after committing this crime, and reforms,
GOD redeems him. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.
[5:40] Do you not know that GOD possesses the sovereignty of the
heavens and the earth? He punishes whomever He wills, and forgives
whomever He wills. GOD is Omnipotent.
[5:41] O you messenger, do not be saddened by those who hasten to
disbelieve among those who say, "We believe," with their mouths,
while their hearts do not believe. Among the Jews, some listened
to lies. They listened to people who never met you, and who
distorted the words out of context, then said, "If you are given
this, accept it, but if you are given anything different, beware."
Whomever GOD wills to divert, you can do nothing to help him
against GOD. GOD does not wish to cleanse their hearts. They have
incurred humiliation in this world, and in the Hereafter, they
will suffer a terrible retribution.
[5:42] They are upholders of lies, and eaters of illicit earnings.
If they come to you to judge among them, you may judge among them,
or you may disregard them. If you choose to disregard them, they
cannot harm you in the least. But if you judge among them, you
shall judge equitably. GOD loves those who are equitable.
[5:43] Why do they ask you to judge among them, when they have the
Torah, containing GOD's law, and they chose to disregard it? They
are not believers.
Honoring Previous Scripture
[5:44] We have sent down the Torah,* containing guidance and
light. Ruling in accordance with it were the Jewish prophets, as
well as the rabbis and the priests, as dictated to them in GOD's
scripture, and as witnessed by them. Therefore, do not reverence
human beings; you shall reverence Me instead. And do not trade
away My revelations for a cheap price. Those who do not rule in
accordance with GOD's revelations are the disbelievers.
Footnote
The Law of Equivalence
[5:45] And we decreed for them in it that: the life for the life,
the eye for the eye, the nose for the nose, the ear for the ear,
the tooth for the tooth, and an equivalent injury for any injury.
If one forfeits what is due to him as a charity, it will atone for
his sins. Those who do not rule in accordance with GOD's
revelations are the unjust.
The Gospel of Jesus: Guidance and Light
[5:46] Subsequent to them, we sent Jesus, the son of Mary,
confirming the previous scripture, the Torah. We gave him the
Gospel, containing guidance and light, and confirming the previous
scriptures, the Torah, and augmenting its guidance and light, and
to enlighten the righteous.
[5:47] The people of the Gospel shall rule in accordance with
GOD's revelations therein. Those who do not rule in accordance
with GOD's revelations are the wicked.
Quran: The Ultimate Reference
[5:48] Then we revealed to you this scripture, truthfully,
confirming previous scriptures, and superseding them. You shall
rule among them in accordance with GOD's revelations, and do not
follow their wishes if they differ from the truth that came to
you. For each of you, we have decreed laws and different rites.
Had GOD willed, He could have made you one congregation. But He
thus puts you to the test through the revelations He has given
each of you. You shall compete in righteousness. To GOD is your
final destiny - all of you - then He will inform you of everything
you had disputed.
[5:49] You shall rule among them in accordance with GOD's
revelations to you. Do not follow their wishes, and beware lest
they divert you from some of GOD's revelations to you. If they
turn away, then know that GOD wills to punish them for some of
their sins. Indeed, many people are wicked.
[5:50] Is it the law of the days of ignorance that they seek to
uphold? Whose law is better than GOD's for those who have attained
certainty?
Certain Jews and Christians Cannot Be Friends*
[5:51] O you who believe, do not take certain Jews and Christians
as allies; these are allies of one another. Those among you who
ally themselves with these belong with them. GOD does not guide
the transgressors.
Footnote
[5:52] You will see those who harbor doubt in their hearts hasten
to join them, saying, "We fear lest we may be defeated." May GOD
bring victory, or a command from Him, that causes them to regret
their secret thoughts.
[5:53] The believers will then say, "Are these the same people who
swore by GOD solemnly that they were with you?" Their works have
been nullified; they are the losers.
[5:54] O you who believe, if you revert from your religion, then
GOD will substitute in your place people whom He loves and who
love Him. They will be kind with the believers, stern with the
disbelievers, and will strive in the cause of GOD without fear of
any blame. Such is GOD's blessing; He bestows it upon whomever He
wills. GOD is Bounteous, Omniscient.
[5:55] Your real allies are GOD and His messenger, and the
believers who observe the Contact Prayers (Salat), and give the
obligatory charity (Zakat), and they bow down.
[5:56] Those who ally themselves with GOD and His messenger, and
those who believed, belong in the party of GOD; absolutely, they
are the victors.
Which Jews and Christians
[5:57] O you who believe, do not befriend those among the
recipients of previous scripture who mock and ridicule your
religion, nor shall you befriend the disbelievers. You shall
reverence GOD, if you are really believers.
Recipients of the Scriptures Transgress
[5:58] When you call to the Contact Prayers (Salat), they mock and
ridicule it. This is because they are people who do not
understand.
[5:59] Say, "O people of the scripture, do you not hate us because
we believe in GOD, and in what was revealed to us, and in what was
revealed before us, and because most of you are not righteous?"
[5:60] Say, "Let me tell you who are worse in the sight of GOD:
those who are condemned by GOD after incurring His wrath until He
made them (as despicable as) monkeys and pigs, and the idol
worshipers. These are far worse, and farther from the right path."
[5:61] When they come to you, they say, "We believe," even though
they were full of disbelief when they entered, and they are full
of disbelief when they leave. GOD is fully aware of everything
they conceal.
[5:62] You see many of them readily committing evil and
transgression, and eating from illicit earnings. Miserable indeed
is what they do.
[5:63] If only the rabbis and the priests enjoin them from their
sinful utterances and illicit earnings! Miserable indeed is what
they commit.
Blaspheming Against God
[5:64] The Jews even said, "GOD's hand is tied down!" It is their
hands that are tied down. They are condemned for uttering such a
blasphemy. Instead, His hands are wide open, spending as He wills.
For certain, your Lord's revelations to you will cause many of
them to plunge deeper into transgression and disbelief.
Consequently, we have committed them to animosity and hatred among
themselves until the Day of Resurrection. Whenever they ignite the
flames of war, GOD puts them out. They roam the earth wickedly,
and GOD dislikes the evildoers.
Salvation For Jews and Christians
[5:65] If only the people of the scripture believe and lead a
righteous life, we will then remit their sins, and admit them into
gardens of bliss.
They Must Believe in This Quran
[5:66] If only they would uphold the Torah and the Gospel, and
what is sent down to them herein from their Lord, they would be
showered with blessings from above them and from beneath their
feet. Some of them are righteous, but many of them are evildoers.
The Messenger Must Deliver
[5:67] O you messenger, deliver what is revealed to you from your
Lord - until you do, you have not delivered His message - and GOD
will protect you from the people. GOD does not guide the
disbelieving people.
[5:68] Say, "O people of the scripture, you have no basis until
you uphold the Torah, and the Gospel, and what is sent down to you
herein from your Lord." For sure, these revelations from your Lord
will cause many of them to plunge deeper into transgression and
disbelief. Therefore, do not feel sorry for the disbelieving
people.
Minimum Requirements For Salvation
[5:69] Surely, those who believe, those who are Jewish, the
converts, and the Christians; any of them who (1) believe in GOD
and (2) believe in the Last Day, and (3) lead a righteous life,
have nothing to fear, nor will they grieve.
[5:70] We have taken a covenant from the Children of Israel, and
we sent to them messengers. Whenever a messenger went to them with
anything they disliked, some of them they rejected, and some they
killed.
[5:71] They thought that they would not be tested, so they turned
blind and deaf, then GOD redeemed them, but then many of them
turned blind and deaf again. GOD is Seer of everything they do.
Today's Christianity Not Jesus' Religion*
[5:72] Pagans indeed are those who say that GOD is the Messiah,
son of Mary. The Messiah himself said, "O Children of Israel, you
shall worship GOD; my Lord* and your Lord." Anyone who sets up any
idol beside GOD, GOD has forbidden Paradise for him, and his
destiny is Hell. The wicked have no helpers.
Footnote
[5:73] Pagans indeed are those who say that GOD is a third of a
trinity. There is no god except the one god. Unless they refrain
from saying this, those who disbelieve among them will incur a
painful retribution.
[5:74] Would they not repent to GOD, and ask His forgiveness? GOD
is Forgiver, Most Merciful.
[5:75] The Messiah, son of Mary, is no more than a messenger like
the messengers before him, and his mother was a saint. Both of
them used to eat the food. Note how we explain the revelations for
them, and note how they still deviate!
[5:76] Say, "Would you worship beside GOD powerless idols who can
neither harm you, nor benefit you? GOD is Hearer, Omniscient."
Choose Your Friends Carefully
[5:77] Say, "O people of the scripture, do not transgress the
limits of your religion beyond the truth, and do not follow the
opinions of people who have gone astray, and have misled
multitudes of people; they are far astray from the right path."
[5:78] Condemned are those who disbelieved among the Children of
Israel, by the tongue of David and Jesus, the son of Mary. This is
because they disobeyed and transgressed.
Apathy Condemned
[5:79] They did not enjoin one another from committing evil.
Miserable indeed is what they did.
[5:80] You would see many of them allying themselves with those
who disbelieve. Miserable indeed is what their hands have sent
forth on behalf of their souls. GOD is angry with them and,
consequently, they will abide forever in retribution.
[5:81] Had they believed in GOD, and the prophet, and in what was
revealed to him herein, they would not have befriended them. But
many of them are evil.
A Statement of Fact
[5:82] You will find that the worst enemies of the believers are
the Jews and the idol worshipers. And you will find that the
closest people in friendship to the believers are those who say,
"We are Christian." This is because they have priests and monks
among them, and they are not arrogant.
[5:83] When they hear what was revealed to the messenger, you see
their eyes flooding with tears as they recognize the truth
therein, and they say, "Our Lord, we have believed, so count us
among the witnesses.
[5:84] "Why should we not believe in GOD, and in the truth that
has come to us, and hope that our Lord may admit us with the
righteous people?"
[5:85] GOD has rewarded them for saying this; He will admit them
into gardens with flowing streams. They abide therein forever.
Such is the reward for the righteous.
[5:86] As for those who disbelieve and reject our revelations,
they are the dwellers of Hell.
Do Not Prohibit Lawful Things
[5:87] O you who believe, do not prohibit good things that are
made lawful by GOD, and do not aggress; GOD dislikes the
aggressors.
[5:88] And eat from the good and lawful things that GOD has
provided for you. You shall reverence GOD, in whom you are
believers.
Do Not Take God's Name in Vain
[5:89] GOD does not hold you responsible for the mere utterance of
oaths; He holds you responsible for your actual intentions. If you
violate an oath, you shall atone by feeding ten poor people from
the same food you offer to your own family, or clothing them, or
by freeing a slave. If you cannot afford this, then you shall fast
three days. This is the atonement for violating the oaths that you
swore to keep. You shall fulfill your oaths. GOD thus explains His
revelations to you, that you may be appreciative.
Intoxicants and Gambling Prohibited
[5:90] O you who believe, intoxicants, and gambling, and the
altars of idols, and the games of chance are abominations of the
devil; you shall avoid them, that you may succeed.
[5:91] The devil wants to provoke animosity and hatred among you
through intoxicants and gambling, and to distract you from
remembering GOD, and from observing the Contact Prayers (Salat).
Will you then refrain?
[5:92] You shall obey GOD, and you shall obey the messenger, and
beware. If you turn away, then know that the sole duty of our
messenger is to deliver the message efficiently.
[5:93] Those who believe and lead a righteous life bear no guilt
by eating any food, so long as they observe the commandments,
believe and lead a righteous life, then maintain their piety and
faith, and continue to observe piety and righteousness. GOD loves
the righteous.
Game Conservation
[5:94] O you who believe, GOD will test you with some game within
reach of your hands and your arrows (during pilgrimage). GOD thus
distinguishes those among you who observe Him in their privacy.
Those who transgress after this have incurred a painful
retribution.
[5:95] O you who believe, do not kill any game during pilgrimage.
Anyone who kills any game on purpose, his fine shall be a number
of livestock animals that is equivalent to the game animals he
killed. The judgment shall be set by two equitable people among
you. They shall make sure that the offerings reach the Ka`bah.
Otherwise, he may expiate by feeding poor people, or by an
equivalent fast to atone for his offense. GOD has pardoned past
offenses. But if anyone returns to such an offense, GOD will
avenge it. GOD is Almighty, Avenger.
All Creatures of the Sea Lawful to Eat
[5:96] All fish of the sea are made lawful for you to eat. During
pilgrimage, this may provide for you during your journey. You
shall not hunt throughout the pilgrimage. You shall reverence GOD,
before whom you will be summoned.
[5:97] GOD has appointed the Ka`bah, the Sacred Masjid,* to be a
sanctuary for the people, and also the Sacred Months, the
offerings (to the Sacred Masjid), and the garlands marking them.
You should know that GOD knows everything in the heavens and the
earth, and that GOD is Omniscient.
Footnote
[5:98] Know that GOD is strict in enforcing retribution, and that
GOD is Forgiving, Most Merciful.
[5:99] The sole duty of the messenger is to deliver the message,
and GOD knows everything you declare and everything you conceal.
[5:100] Proclaim: "The bad and the good are not the same, even if
the abundance of the bad may impress you. You shall reverence GOD,
(even if you are in the minority) O you who possess intelligence,
that you may succeed."
[5:101] O you who believe, do not ask about matters which, if
revealed to you prematurely, would hurt you. If you ask about them
in light of the Quran, they will become obvious to you. GOD has
deliberately overlooked them. GOD is Forgiver, Clement.
[5:102] Others before you have asked the same questions, then
became disbelievers therein.
[5:103] GOD did not prohibit livestock that begets certain
combinations of males and females, nor livestock liberated by an
oath, nor the one that begets two males in a row, nor the bull
that fathers ten. It is the disbelievers who invented such lies
about GOD. Most of them do not understand.
Do Not Follow Your Parents' Religion Blindly
[5:104] When they are told, "Come to what GOD has revealed, and to
the messenger," they say, "What we found our parents doing is
sufficient for us." What if their parents knew nothing, and were
not guided?
[5:105] O you who believe, you should worry only about your own
necks. If the others go astray, they cannot hurt you, as long as
you are guided. To GOD is your ultimate destiny, all of you, then
He will inform you of everything you had done.
Witnessing A Will
[5:106] O you who believe, witnessing a will when one of you is
dying shall be done by two equitable people among you. If you are
traveling, then two others may do the witnessing. After observing
the Contact Prayer (Salat), let the witnesses swear by GOD, to
alleviate your doubts: "We will not use this to attain personal
gains, even if the testator is related to us. Nor will we conceal
GOD's testimony. Otherwise, we would be sinners."
[5:107] If the witnesses are found to be guilty of bias, then two
others shall be asked to take their places. Choose two persons who
were victimized by the first witnesses, and let them swear by GOD:
"Our testimony is more truthful than theirs; we will not be
biased. Otherwise, we will be transgressors."
[5:108] This is more apt to encourage an honest testimony on their
part, fearing that their oath may be disregarded like that of the
previous witnesses. You shall observe GOD and listen. GOD does not
guide the wicked.
The Dead Messengers Totally Unaware
[5:109] The day will come when GOD will summon the messengers and
ask them, "How was the response to you?" They will say, "We have
no knowledge. You are the Knower of all secrets."
[5:110] GOD will say, "O Jesus, son of Mary, remember My blessings
upon you and your mother. I supported you with the Holy Spirit, to
enable you to speak to the people from the crib, as well as an
adult. I taught you the scripture, wisdom, the Torah, and the
Gospel. Recall that you created from clay the shape of a bird by
My leave, then blew into it, and it became a live bird by My
leave. You healed the blind and the leprous by My leave, and
revived the dead by My leave. Recall that I protected you from the
Children of Israel who wanted to hurt you, despite the profound
miracles you had shown them. The disbelievers among them said,
`This is obviously magic.'
[5:111] "Recall that I inspired the disciples: `You shall believe
in Me and My messenger.' They said, `We have believed, and bear
witness that we are submitters.' "
The Feast
[5:112] Recall that the disciples said, "O Jesus, son of Mary, can
your Lord send down to us a feast from the sky?" He said, "You
should reverence GOD, if you are believers."
[5:113] They said, "We wish to eat from it, and to reassure our
hearts, and to know for sure that you have told us the truth. We
will serve as witnesses thereof."
Greater Miracles Bring Greater Responsibility*
[5:114] Said Jesus, the son of Mary, "Our god, our Lord, send down
to us a feast from the sky. Let it bring plenty for each and every
one of us, and a sign from You. Provide for us; You are the best
Provider."
Footnote
[5:115] GOD said, "I am sending it down. Anyone among you who
disbelieves after this, I will punish him as I never punished
anyone else."*
Footnote
On The Day Of Resurrection
[5:116] GOD will say, "O Jesus, son of Mary,* did you say to the
people, `Make me and my mother idols beside GOD?' " He will say,
"Be You glorified. I could not utter what was not right. Had I
said it, You already would have known it. You know my thoughts,
and I do not know Your thoughts. You know all the secrets.
Footnote
[5:117] "I told them only what You commanded me to say, that: `You
shall worship GOD, my Lord and your Lord.' I was a witness among
them for as long as I lived with them. When You terminated my life
on earth, You became the Watcher over them. You witness all
things.
[5:118] "If You punish them, they are Your constituents. If You
forgive them, You are the Almighty, Most Wise."
[5:119] GOD will proclaim, "This is a day when the truthful will
be saved by their truthfulness." They have deserved gardens with
flowing streams. They abide therein forever. GOD is pleased with
them, and they are pleased with Him. This is the greatest triumph.
[5:120] To GOD belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the
earth, and everything in them, and He is Omnipotent.
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