Surah Al-Ma'idah English Translation & Transliteration

¹O you who believe, fulfill your contracts.(1) All animals are lawful to you, except those whose prohibition will be made known to you;(2) however, it is not lawful for you to hunt land game while you are in the state of ihram (pilgrim consecration).(3) Allah decides rightly about all things.

²O you who believe! Do not show disrespect to Allah's religious symbols, to the inviolable sacred month, to the sacrificial offerings of the pilgrimage and the sacrificial animals marked with garlands, or to those who come to the Sacred House (al-Bayt al-Haram) seeking their Lord's bounty/to trade and to attain His good pleasure.(1) When you have left the state of ihram, you may hunt. Do not let your anger toward a people, because they once barred you from entering the Sacred Mosque (al-Masjid al-Haram), lead you into aggression against them.(3) Help one another in goodness and in guarding yourselves against evil; do not help one another in sin and hostility.(4) Fear Allah. Allah's punishment is very severe.

³Forbidden to you are: the meat of dead animals (carrion), blood, the flesh of swine, what has been slaughtered in the name of anyone other than Allah, the strangled, the one beaten to death, the one killed by a fall, the one butted or gored to death, and what has been eaten by beasts of prey (except what you reach before it dies and slaughter according to the rule), animals slaughtered in the name of standing stones and things held sacred, and your seeking your lot by divining arrows. These are acts of straying from the religion.(1) Today the disbelievers have given up hope of your religion (of your turning back from it). So do not fear them; fear Me. Today I have perfected your religion for you, completed My blessing upon you, and approved Islam for you as your religion.(2) Whoever is forced by hunger, without inclining toward sin, (may eat of these animals). Allah is forgiving and merciful.

⁴They ask you what has been made lawful for them. Say: "All that is pure and good has been made lawful for you.(1) Eat of what the hunting animals you have trained and raised, by means of the knowledge Allah has taught you, catch and bring to you, mentioning Allah's name over it.(2) Act responsibly toward Allah; surely Allah is swift in reckoning."

⁵Today all that is clean and wholesome has been made lawful for you. The food of those who were given the Book is lawful for you, and your food is lawful for them. And it is lawful for you to marry free and chaste women from among the believers, and free and chaste women from among those who were given the Book before you, provided that you give them their dowries (mahr), not turning to indecency and unlawful sexual intercourse (zina), nor taking secret lovers. Whoever does not fulfill what his faith requires, his deeds will come to nothing, and in the Hereafter he will be among the losers.

⁶O you who believe! When you rise for the prayer, wash your faces, and your hands up to the elbows. Wipe your heads, and your feet up to the ankles too. If you are in a state of major ritual impurity (junub), purify yourselves from head to foot. If you are ill or on a journey, or one of you has come from relieving himself, or you have had contact with your wives, and you cannot find water/cannot reach water, then perform tayammum with clean earth/a clean surface, wiping your faces and your hands with it. Allah does not wish to make things hard for you. Allah wishes to purify you and to complete His blessing upon you, so that you may give the blessings their due.

⁷Remember the many blessings Allah has bestowed on you, and the agreement by which you bound yourselves through the solemn covenant (mithaq) you gave Allah when you said, "We hear and we obey." Act responsibly toward Allah, for Allah knows the most intimate secrets of hearts.

⁸O you who believe! Be witnesses who uphold truth and justice for Allah's sake. Do not let your anger toward a people drive you to injustice; be just. That is the conduct most in keeping with a sense of responsibility. Guard yourselves against defying Allah's commands. Surely Allah is fully aware of everything you do.

⁹Allah has promised those who believe and do good deeds befitting their faith that there is for them both forgiveness and a great reward.

¹⁰But as for the disbelievers who refuse to believe in Our verses and cling to lies in the face of Our verses, they are the people of the blazing Fire.

¹¹O you who believe! Reflect on this blessing of Allah upon you: recall when a certain people set out to attack you and wipe you out, and Allah held them back. Guard yourselves against defying Allah. So let the believers rely and trust in Allah alone.

¹²Allah had long ago taken a firm covenant/pledge from the Children of Israel. We appointed twelve representatives from among them, and Allah said: "I am with you; if you perform the prayer properly, give the zakat (the obligatory alms), believe in My messengers and support them, and spend your wealth in His way for the good pleasure of Allah, I will certainly cover over your evil deeds and place you in gardens beneath which rivers flow. But whoever of you breaks this promise after this has strayed from the straight path."

¹³And because they broke their covenant, hardened their hearts, twisted the meanings of words, and moreover forgot and failed to act upon part of the truths they had been reminded of, We cursed them. Except for a very few of them, you will always see treachery from them. Yet even so, be tolerant toward them and take no notice of them. Surely Allah loves those who are tolerant.

¹⁴We also took a firm covenant/pledge from those who say, "We are Christians/Nasara." Sadly, they too forgot and failed to act upon the truths they had been reminded of, and so the enmity and hatred among them will continue until the Day of Resurrection. Allah will inform them, one by one, of what they used to do.

¹⁵O People of the Book, Our Messenger has come to you, making clear to you much of what you used to conceal of the Book, and passing over much. That is, there has come to you from Allah an illuminating message and a clear Book/the Quran.

¹⁶Through this Book/the Quran, Allah will lead those who seek His good pleasure to the paths of peace and happiness, and by His leave bring them out of darkness into light, and so guide them to His straight path.

¹⁷Indeed, those who say, "Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary," have plainly disbelieved. Say: "If Allah had willed to destroy the Messiah son of Mary, and his mother, and everyone on earth all together, who could have stood in the way of Allah's will?" Absolute sovereignty over the heavens and the earth and all that is between them belongs to Allah. He creates whatever He wills in whatever way He wills. Allah has power over all things.

¹⁸The Jews and the Christians said: "We are the children of Allah and His beloved ones." Say: "Then why does Allah punish you for your sins?" No, you too are human beings whom Allah has created. Allah forgives those who deserve it and punishes those who deserve it. All authority over the heavens and the earth and all that is between them belongs to Allah. And in the end, the return is to Him.

¹⁹O People of the Book! So that you may not take refuge in the excuse, "There was a break in the line of messengers, and no bearer of good news and no warner came to us," here has come to you Our Messenger, making the truths clear to you: a warner and a bearer of good news. For Allah sets a measure for all things.

²⁰Recall when Moses said to his people: "O my people, remember the many blessings Allah has bestowed on you: how He raised up prophets from among you, made you kings, and gave you a blessing He had given to no one else among the nations."

²¹"O my people, enter and settle in this holy land that Allah has ordained for you. Do not turn back and flee, or you will be overthrown and end up as losers."

²²They said: "O Moses, there is a tyrannical people there, too mighty to resist. We will not enter it unless they leave it. If they leave it, only then will we enter."

²³Two courageous men who believed in Allah, from among those who feared the enemy, said: "Attack them through the front gate and take hold of the city's main gate, for if you enter by it, you will surely prevail. Put your trust in Allah, if you are believers."

²⁴They said: "O Moses, as long as they are there, we will never enter it. Go, you and your Lord, and fight them. We shall sit right here."

²⁵Moses said: "My Lord, I have authority over no one but myself and my brother. So separate us from this people of transgressors who have strayed from the path."

²⁶Allah said to Moses: "They will be barred from entering that land for forty years; they will wander aimlessly and bewildered in the desert. Do not grieve for a people of transgressors who have strayed from the path!"

²⁷And relate to them, with a true purpose, the story of the two sons of Adam. Recall when they each offered a sacrifice, and it was accepted from one of them and not from the other. (The one whose sacrifice was not accepted) said: "I will certainly kill you!" The other said: "Allah accepts only from those who act responsibly."

²⁸"Even if you set out to kill me, I will not attempt to kill you. For I fear Allah, the Lord of the worlds."

²⁹"I would rather you bore both the sin of killing me and your own sin, and so ended up in Hell! That is the punishment of the wrongdoers," he said.

³⁰In the end, overcome by envy, he killed him, and so became one of the losers.

³¹Then Allah sent a crow scratching at the ground, to show him how to bury his brother's corpse. He said: "Woe is me! I have not even been able to do as much as this crow to bury my brother's body." And he became one of those filled with remorse.

³²For this reason We decreed for the Children of Israel: "Whoever takes a life, other than in return for a murder or for spreading discord and corruption on the earth, it is as though he has killed all mankind. And whoever saves or protects the life of a single human being, it is as though he has given life to all mankind." Indeed, Our messengers came to them with all the proofs of the truth, yet even after that many of them went on acting with insolence and excess on the earth.

³³The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger, who conveys Allah's message, and who spread corruption in the land through terror and anarchy, is to be put to death, or to be stripped of all their rights and banished from their homes. That is their disgrace in this world alone. In the Hereafter a still greater punishment awaits them.

³⁴Excepted from this, however, are those who repent in remorse/turn back from their wrongdoing before you capture them. Know that in that case, Allah too is forgiving and merciful.

³⁵O you who believe! Act responsibly toward Allah, seek a means of reaching Him by doing deeds that will win His good pleasure, and strive in His way, so that you may attain salvation.

³⁶Truly, even if the disbelievers owned everything on earth and as much again besides, and wished to give it as ransom to escape the punishment of the Day of Resurrection, it would never be accepted from them. For them there is a painful punishment.

³⁷They will want to get out of the Fire, but they will never get out of it. For them there is a lasting punishment.

³⁸As for the male thief and the female thief, cut off their hands from theft, in requital for what they have done, as an exemplary punishment. Allah is mighty, and decides rightly.

³⁹But whoever repents in remorse after committing theft and sets his conduct right, surely Allah too is forgiving and merciful.

⁴⁰Do you not know that sovereignty over the heavens and the earth belongs to Allah alone? Allah punishes those who deserve it and forgives those who deserve it. For Allah sets a measure for all things.

⁴¹O Messenger, do not let yourself be grieved by those who vie with one another in disbelief: those who say with their mouths, "We believe," though their hearts do not believe, and the Jews who come to listen to you in order to spy for another people who do not come to you, and to fabricate lies in your name. They twist words by tearing them from their original context and distort their meaning, and they say: "If you are given this ruling (fatwa), take it; but if you are not given it, keep away from it." If Allah tests one who does not wish to purify his heart, there is nothing you can do. What they deserve is disgrace and humiliation in this world, and in the Hereafter a terrible punishment.

⁴²They are avid listeners to lies and greatly given to devouring what is unlawful (haram). If they come to you with a case, you may judge between them or decline to judge, as you wish! If you do not take up their case, they cannot harm you in any way. But if you do judge, judge between them with justice! For Allah loves those who establish justice.

⁴³How is it that they come to you for arbitration while they have the Torah, which contains Allah's ruling, in their hands, and then turn away from that ruling? Such people are not believers (even in their own book).

⁴⁴Without any doubt, it was We who sent down the Torah, containing guidance and light.(1) The prophets, who had submitted to Allah, judged the Jews by it;(2) and the scholars devoted to the Lord and the men of religion likewise judged by what was in Allah's Book. They are still witnesses to it. So do not fear people; fear Me alone.(3) Do not exchange My verses for a paltry price.(4) Those who do not judge by what Allah has sent down, it is they who are the disbelievers.(5)

⁴⁵In it We prescribed for them: a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth, and for wounds an equivalent penalty. But whoever forgoes his right, it will be an expiation for his sins. Those who do not judge by what Allah has sent down, it is they who are the wrongdoers who persist in error.

⁴⁶And after them We sent Jesus son of Mary, confirming the Torah that had come before him. And We gave him the Gospel, which guides and illuminates, confirms the Torah that was in his hands, and is guidance and admonition for those who guard themselves against sin.

⁴⁷Let the people to whom the Gospel was given judge by what Allah has sent down in it. Those who do not judge by what Allah has sent down, it is they who are the transgressors who have strayed from the path.

⁴⁸And to you We have sent down this Quran with the truth, confirming the truths in the revelations that came before it and distinguishing what is right in them from what is wrong. So judge between them by what Allah has sent down,(1) and do not follow their desires now that the truth has come to you.(2) For each of you We have laid down a law (shari'ah) and a way. Had Allah willed, He would have made you all one single community (ummah),(3) but He did not, in order to test you through what He has given you.(4) So race one another in good deeds;(5) in the end, your return is to Allah,(6) and He will inform you, one by one, of the things you differed about.(7)

⁴⁹So judge between them by the Quran Allah has sent down,(1) and do not follow their arbitrary desires and whims!(2) Beware lest they lead you away from any part of the Quran Allah has sent down to you.(3) If they turn away, know that Allah wishes to punish them for some of their sins.(4) For most people are transgressors/have strayed from the path.(5)

⁵⁰Do they, then, seek the judgment of the Age of Ignorance (jahiliyyah)? For a people of true faith, who is better in judgment than Allah?

⁵¹O you who believe! Do not take the Jews and the Christians as awliya/close friends and partners. They are friends of one another. Whoever among you takes them as friends and partners is one of them. Allah does not let those who take the Jews and the Christians as friends and allies attain their aims.

⁵²You see those in whose hearts there is sickness rushing about in their interests, saying: "We fear that things may go wrong and some disaster befall us." But if Allah should grant a victory, or an instruction come from Him, they will begin to suffer pangs of conscience over what they hid within themselves.

⁵³And the believers will say: "Are these the ones who swore by Allah with all their might that they would stand with you?" All their efforts have come to nothing, and in the end it is they who have lost.

⁵⁴O you who believe! Whoever among you turns back from his religion,(1) let him know that Allah will bring in their place a people whom Allah loves and who love Allah. They are humble toward the believers and dignified toward the disbelievers; they strive with all their might in Allah's way and are not afraid of anyone's reproach. That is Allah's grace, which He gives to those who deserve it. Allah's generosity is vast, and He knows all things.(2)

⁵⁵Your true friend and protector (wali) is Allah, His Messenger, and the believers who perform the prayer, give the zakat, and bow to His commands.

⁵⁶Whoever becomes an enemy of Allah, of His Messenger, who conveys Allah's message, and of the believers, let him know that it is these, Allah's supporters, who will prevail.

⁵⁷O you who believe! Do not take as friends and allies those who make your religion an object of mockery and amusement, whether from among the People of the Book or the disbelievers who do not believe in this revelation. Act responsibly toward Allah, if you truly believe and trust in your own values.

⁵⁸When you call one another to the prayer, they make it an object of mockery and amusement. That is because they are a people who do not use their reason.

⁵⁹Say: "O People of the Book! Do you hate us only because we believe in Allah, in the Quran sent down to us, and in what was sent down before?(1) No doubt most of you have become transgressors who have strayed from the path."(2)

⁶⁰Say: "Shall I tell you of those who deserve a worse penalty than this in Allah's sight, and who will incur Allah's curse and wrath? They act wantonly like apes, behave like swine, and serve the taghut (false deities and tyrannical powers). It is they who have the worst place in Allah's sight and have strayed furthest from the right path."

⁶¹When they come to you, they say: "We believe." Yet they came in to you as disbelievers and went out again as disbelievers. Allah knows best what they are concealing.

⁶²You see many of them vying with one another in sin and hostility and in devouring what is unlawful. How evil is what they do!

⁶³Should not those devoted to the Lord and the scholars have forbidden them from sinful speech and from devouring what is unlawful? How evil is what they keep doing!

⁶⁴The Jews said: "Allah has become stingy." May their own hands be tied! Cursed be they for saying this. On the contrary, Allah's generosity is limitless and His blessings are infinite; He spends as He wills.(1) What has been sent down to you from your Lord will surely increase many of them in insolence and disbelief.(2) The enmity and hatred among them will last until the Day of Resurrection. Every time they kindle the fire of war, Allah puts it out. They race one another to spread corruption in the land.(3) But Allah does not love those who spread corruption.(4)

⁶⁵Had the People of the Book believed and trusted and acted responsibly, We would have wiped out their sins, pardoned them, and placed them in gardens full of blessings.

⁶⁶And had they put into practice, as they should, the Torah, the Gospel, and the Quran sent down to them from their Lord, they would have been awash with blessings.(1) Among them there are some who are moderate and balanced and who heed what they are told;(2) but how evil is what most of them do!

⁶⁷O Messenger! Proclaim exactly the Quran that has been sent down to you from your Lord! If you do not do so, you will not have fulfilled your mission as a messenger to convey/deliver His message.(1) For Allah will protect you from people who disbelieve.(2) Indeed, Allah does not let this people of disbelievers reach their goal.(3)

⁶⁸Say: "O People of the Book! You have no worth at all until you put into practice the Torah, the Gospel, and the Quran, the final revelation sent down to you from your Lord."(1) Indeed, the Quran sent down to you from your Lord will surely increase many of them in insolence and denial.(2) So do not grieve for that people of disbelievers.(3)

⁶⁹Whoever among those who believe in this revelation, the Jews, the Sabians, and the Christians believes in Allah and the Last Day and does right and good deeds befitting his faith, there is no fear of punishment for them, and they will not grieve.

⁷⁰Long ago We took a covenant/pledge from the Children of Israel and sent messengers to them. Whenever a messenger came to them with a message that did not suit their desires and whims, some they accused of lying, and some they killed.

⁷¹Thinking that no calamity would befall them, they acted blind and deaf to the Divine warnings. Then Allah accepted their repentance. Yet afterwards many of them again acted blind and deaf to the Divine truths. And Allah sees full well what they do.

⁷²Indeed, those who say, "Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary!" have plainly disbelieved. Yet the Messiah had said to them: "O Children of Israel! Serve Allah, who is my Lord and your Lord/Owner. Whoever associates partners with Allah, Allah will certainly forbid him Paradise, and his destination will be the Fire. For the wrongdoers who associate partners with Allah have no helpers at all."

⁷³Indeed, those who say, "Allah is the third of three," have plainly disbelieved too. Yet there is no god but the One God. If they do not put an end to these assertions of theirs, a painful punishment will surely afflict those of them who disbelieve.

⁷⁴Will they still not turn to Allah in repentance and ask His forgiveness? Yet Allah is most forgiving and merciful.

⁷⁵The Messiah, son of Mary, is only a messenger. Many messengers came and went before him. His mother, too, was a woman true in heart and word, and chaste. Both of them, like other mortal human beings, used to eat ordinary food. See how We make clear to them the verses that convey the truth! Then see how they turn the truth upside down!

⁷⁶Say: "Do you serve, placing it between yourselves and Allah, one who has no power to do you either harm or good? Yet Allah hears all and knows all."

⁷⁷Say: "O People of the Book! Do not exceed the bounds unjustly in your system of belief. Do not follow the whims and deviant beliefs of people who strayed from the right path before, led many others astray, and have now strayed completely from the right path."

⁷⁸Those of the Children of Israel who disbelieved were cursed by the tongue of David and of Jesus son of Mary. That was because they rebelled and overstepped the limits.

⁷⁹For they would not try to turn one another away from the evil they committed. What vile things they used to do!

⁸⁰You see many of them taking the disbelievers as friends and allies. What evil things their own selves make them do! That is why they have incurred Allah's wrath, and they are condemned to punishment.

⁸¹Had they believed in Allah, in the Prophet, and in the Quran sent down to you, they would not have taken them as friends and confidants. But most of them are transgressors who have strayed from the path.

⁸²You will find the Jews and those who associate partners with Allah to be the most intense of all people in hostility toward those who believe. And you will find the nearest in affection to those who believe to be those who say: "We are Nasara (helpers of Jesus in Allah's way)." That is because among them there are scholars and monks who are not arrogant (toward this message/the Quran).

⁸³When they hear the verses sent down to the Messenger, you see their eyes overflowing with tears because they recognize the truth. They say: "Our Lord, we believe; so record us among those who bear witness to the truth!"

⁸⁴"And why should we not believe in Allah and in the truth that has come to us, the Quran, when we long for our Lord to include us among His good servants?"

⁸⁵In return for these words of theirs, Allah has rewarded them with gardens beneath which rivers flow, where they will remain. That is the reward of those who do good.

⁸⁶But those who do not believe in Our verses and cling to lies in the face of Our verses, they will end up in the blazing Fire.

⁸⁷O you who believe, do not make unlawful for yourselves the good and pure things Allah has made lawful for you. Do not violate the limits Allah has set (by laying down what is unlawful and lawful). For Allah does not love those who violate the limits.

⁸⁸Enjoy the lawful and pure provision Allah has given you. And act responsibly toward Allah, in whom you believe and trust.

⁸⁹Allah does not hold you responsible for oaths you swear thoughtlessly, but He does hold you responsible for oaths you swear deliberately. The expiation (kaffara) for breaking such an oath is to feed ten poor people with the average of what you feed your own families, or to clothe them, or to set a slave free. Whoever cannot afford to do these must fast for three days. This is the expiation for the oaths you break. So be true to your oaths. Thus does Allah explain His verses to you, so that you may be grateful.

⁹⁰O you who believe! Every kind of intoxicating drink/whatever clouds the mind, gambling and games of chance, stones set up for worship, and instruments of divination and fortune-telling are filth, the work of Satan. Keep away from all of these, so that you may attain salvation.

⁹¹Satan wants only to sow the seeds of enmity and hatred among you through intoxicating drink/whatever clouds the mind and gambling, and to hold you back from the remembrance of Allah, the Quran, and from the prayer. So now you will give them up, will you not?

⁹²So obey Allah, obey the Messenger, who conveys Allah's messages, and guard yourselves against sin. But if you turn away, know that Our Messenger's only duty is to convey the message clearly.

⁹³Those who believe and do good deeds as their faith requires bear no responsibility for having drunk wine and lived off the proceeds of gambling in the past, so long as they guard themselves against sin, remain steadfast in faith, and continue to do right and good deeds. Then, if one acts responsibly and believes, and does good while guarding himself against sin, Allah loves those who do good in this way.

⁹⁴O you who believe! Allah will surely test you with game animals close enough to catch with your hands and your spears, in order to bring to light those who fear Him though they cannot see Him. Whoever oversteps the limits after this, there is a painful punishment for him.

⁹⁵O you who believe! Do not kill game while you are in the state of ihram. Whoever of you kills it knowing of this prohibition, his penalty is to bring to the Kaaba and sacrifice a domestic animal determined by two just persons among you; or to feed poor people to an equivalent amount; or to fast for an equivalent period, so that he may thus bear the penalty for the sin he has committed. Allah has pardoned what was done in the past. But whoever commits these offenses again, Allah will make him taste the bitter consequence of what he has done. For Allah is mighty and punishes those who deserve it.

⁹⁶Hunting and eating aquatic animals has been made lawful for you, for the benefit of both you and travelers. But hunting land animals has been made unlawful for you as long as you are in the state of ihram. Be reverent toward Allah, in whose presence you will be gathered.

⁹⁷Allah has made the Kaaba, the Sacred House (al-Bayt al-Haram), the inviolable month (the sacred months in which fighting is forbidden), and the sacrificial animals, garlanded and ungarlanded, into religious symbols and a means of reviving commercial life. This is so that you may understand that Allah knows all that is in the heavens and on the earth, and that Allah knows all things.

⁹⁸Know that Allah is both very severe in punishment and very forgiving and merciful.

⁹⁹The Messenger's only duty is to convey the message clearly.(1) For Allah knows both what you reveal and what you hide within yourselves.(2)

¹⁰⁰Say: "Even if the abundance of bad and ugly things dazzles you, the bad/unlawful and the pure/lawful are never equal. O people of understanding! Observe the limits Allah has set, so that you may attain salvation."

¹⁰¹O you who believe! Do not keep asking about things which, if they were made plain to you, would displease you. If you ask about them while the Quran is being sent down, they will be made plain to you. (Since they have not been made plain,) Allah has exempted you from them. For Allah is most forgiving and does not hasten to punish.

¹⁰²Some people before you asked all sorts of needless and inappropriate questions. Then, by failing to do what the answers required, they became disbelievers.

¹⁰³Allah did not grant sanctity (to certain animals by calling them) bahira, sa'iba, wasila, or ham.(1) But the disbelievers fabricate lies by attributing these deviant beliefs of theirs to Allah.(2) Most of them do not use their reason.(3)

¹⁰⁴When they are told, "Come to the Quran Allah has sent down and to the Messenger who conveys Allah's message," they say, "No, we follow the tradition our forefathers left us; that is enough for us!" What, even if their forefathers were people who did not know the truth and were not on the right path?

¹⁰⁵O you who believe! First and foremost, fulfill your own responsibilities. For if you are on the right path, no one who goes astray can harm you.(1) In the end, you will all return to Allah. He will inform you, one by one, of what you used to do.(2)

¹⁰⁶O you who believe! When death approaches one of you, take two honest people from among you as witnesses at the time of making a bequest. If you are on a journey and the signs of death have come upon you, call on two people not from among you to bear witness. If you doubt that they will act honestly, detain them after the prayer and have them swear as follows: "We swear by Allah that we will not sell our oath for any gain, even for the sake of a relative. We will not conceal, under any circumstances, what Allah knows. Otherwise we would be among the sinners."

¹⁰⁷If it comes to light that those two witnesses have lied, two people from the side of the one who has been wronged take their place and swear by Allah, saying: "Our testimony is truer than their testimony. For we have not deviated from truth and justice; otherwise we would be among the wrongdoers who violate others' rights."

¹⁰⁸This procedure ensures that witnesses either give their testimony truthfully, or refrain from false witness for fear that their oaths will be refuted by the oaths of others. So guard yourselves against defying Allah's commands, and listen to Him intently. For Allah does not let a people of transgressors who do not keep their word and have strayed from the path reach their goal.

¹⁰⁹On that day Allah will gather all the messengers together and say to them: "What response was given to the message you conveyed?" They will say: "We have no knowledge; You alone know best all that is hidden!"

¹¹⁰On that day Allah will say: "O Jesus son of Mary! Reflect on My blessing upon you and your mother! I strengthened you with the Holy Spirit (Gabriel). You spoke to people both in the cradle and as a grown man. I taught you the Book and wisdom (understanding it and carrying it into life), and in particular the Torah and the Gospel. By My leave you made the figure of a bird out of clay, then breathed into it, and by My leave it became a bird and flew away. Again, by My leave you healed the blind and the lepers, and by My leave you brought the dead to life. And recall when you came to the Children of Israel with all the proofs of the truth, and those of them who disbelieved said, 'This is nothing but plain sorcery!', and I prevented them from harming you."

¹¹¹And recall when I commanded the disciples: "Believe and trust in Me and in My Messenger." They said: "We believe; bear witness that we are Muslims!"

¹¹²And recall when the disciples said: "O Jesus son of Mary, can your Lord send down to us a table spread with food from the sky? (Can you ask your Lord for this?)" Jesus said: "Fear Allah, if you are believers!"

¹¹³The disciples said: "We want to eat from it, so that our hearts may be set at rest, and we may know that you have told us the truth, and that we may be witnesses to it."

¹¹⁴Jesus son of Mary then implored: "O Allah, our Lord! Send down to us a table spread from the sky, to be a festival and a joy both for us and for the first and the last of us, and a sign of Your infinite power. Grant us this provision. For You are the best of providers."

¹¹⁵Allah said: "I will surely send it down to you; but whoever of you is ungrateful for this blessing after this, I will inflict on him a punishment the like of which I have not deemed fit for anyone among the nations."

¹¹⁶And when Allah says: "O Jesus son of Mary, was it you who told people, 'Take me and my mother as gods, placing us between yourselves and Allah'?", Jesus will reply: "Far be it from me, my Lord! Glory be to You. It does not befit me to say what I have no right to say. Had I said it, You would surely have known it. For You know me inside out, but I cannot know the mystery of Your being. Surely it is You, and You alone, who knows all that is hidden."

¹¹⁷"I told them only what You commanded me to. I said, 'Serve Allah alone, who is Lord/Owner of both you and me.' As long as I was among them, I saw and knew what they were doing; but after You caused me to die and took my soul, it is You who knows and sees what they have done. For You alone have been witness to all things from the very beginning."

¹¹⁸"If You punish them, they are Your servants. And if You forgive them, it is You who are absolutely supreme and exalted, and who puts everything in its proper place."

¹¹⁹On that day Allah will say: "This is the day on which those who were true to their pledge of faith and obedience will see the good of their faithfulness. For them there are gardens beneath which rivers flow, where they will remain forever." Allah is well pleased with them, and they are well pleased with Allah. That is the magnificent salvation.

¹²⁰Sovereignty over the heavens and the earth and all that is in them belongs to Allah. He has power over all things.