{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/quran/00503.htm","path":"isl/quran/00503.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/quran/00503.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\n12. Walaqad akhatha Allahu meethaqa banee isra-eela wabaAAathna minhumu ithnay AAashara naqeeban waqala Allahu innee maAAakum la-in aqamtumu alssalata waataytumu alzzakata waamantum birusulee waAAazzartumoohum waaqradtumu Allaha qardan hasanan laokaffiranna AAankum sayyi-atikum walaodkhilannakum jannatin tajree min tahtiha al-anharu faman kafara baAAda thalika minkum faqad dalla sawaa alssabeeli\n12. 13 God did aforetime\n Take a Covenant from\n The Children of Israel,\n And We appointed twelve\n Captains among them.\n And God said: \"I am\n With you: if ye (but)\n Establish regular Prayers,\nPractise regular Charity,\n Believe in My apostles,\n Honour and assist them,\n And loan to God\n A beautiful loan,\n Verily I will wipe out\n From you your evils,\n And admit you to Gardens\n With rivers flowing beneath;\n But if any of you, after this,\n Resisteth faith, he hath truly\n Wandered from the path\n Of rectitude.\"\n13. Fabima naqdihim meethaqahum laAAannahum wajaAAalna quloobahum qasiyatan yuharrifoona alkalima AAan mawadiAAihi wanasoo haththan mimma thukkiroo bihi wala tazalu tattaliAAu AAala kha-inatin minhum illa qaleelan minhum faoAAfu AAanhum waisfah inna Allaha yuhibbu almuhsineena\n13. 14 But because of their breach\n Of their Covenant, We\n Cursed them, and made\n Their hearts grow hard:\n They change the words\n From their (right) places\n And forget a good part\n Of the Message that was\n Sent them, nor wilt thou\n Cease to find them\n Barring a few\u2014ever\n Bent on (new) deceits:\n But forgive them, and overlook\n (Their misdeeds): for God\n Loveth those who are kind.\n14. Wamina allatheena qaloo inna nasara akhathna meethaqahum fanasoo haththan mimma thukkiroo bihi faaghrayna baynahumu alAAadawata waalbaghdaa ila yawmi alqiyamati wasawfa yunabbi-ohumu Allahu bima kanoo yasnaAAoona\n14. 15 From those, too, who call\n Themselves Christians,\nWe did take a Covenant,\n But they forgot a good part\n Of the Message that was\n Sent them: so We estranged\n Them, with enmity and hatred\n Between the one and the other,\n To the Day of Judgment.\n And soon will God show\n Them what it is\n They have done.\n15. Ya ahla alkitabi qad jaakum rasooluna yubayyinu lakum katheeran mimma kuntum tukhfoona mina alkitabi wayaAAfoo AAan katheerin qad jaakum mina Allahi noorun wakitabun mubeenun\n15. 16 O People of the Book!\n There hath come to you\n Our Apostle, revealing\n To you much that ye\n Used to hide in the Book,\n And passing over much\n (That is now unnecessary):\n 17 There hath come to you\n From God a (new) light\n And a perspicuous Book,\u2014\n16. Yahdee bihi Allahu mani ittabaAAa ridwanahu subula alssalami wayukhrijuhum mina alththulumati ila alnnoori bi-ithnihi wayahdeehim ila siratin mustaqeemin\n16. 18 Wherewith God guideth all\n Who seek His good pleasure\n To ways of peace and safety,\n And leadeth them out\n Of darkness, by His Will,\n Unto the light,\u2014guideth them\n To a Path that is Straight.\n17. Laqad kafara allatheena qaloo inna Allaha huwa almaseehu ibnu maryama qul faman yamliku mina Allahi shay-an in arada an yuhlika almaseeha ibna maryama waommahu waman fee al-ardi jameeAAan walillahi mulku alssamawati waal-ardi wama baynahuma yakhluqu ma yashao waAllahu AAala kulli shay-in qadeerun\n17. 19 In blasphemy indeed\n Are those that say\n That God is Christ\n The son of Mary.\n Say: \"Who then\n Hath the least power\nAgainst God, if His Will\n Were to destroy Christ\n The son of Mary, his mother,\n And all\u2014every one\n That is on the earth?\n For to God belongeth\n The dominion of the heavens\n And the earth, and all\n That is between. He createth\n What He pleaseth. For God\n Hath power over all things.\"\n18. Waqalati alyahoodu waalnnasara nahnu abnao Allahi waahibbaohu qul falima yuAAaththibukum bithunoobikum bal antum basharun mimman khalaqa yaghfiru liman yashao wayuAAaththibu man yashao walillahi mulku alssamawati waal-ardi wama baynahuma wa-ilayhi almaseeru\n18. 20 (Both) the Jews and the Christians\n Say: \"We are sons\n Of God, and His beloved.\"\n Say: \"Why then doth He\n Punish you for your sins?\n Nay, ye are but men,\n Of the men He hath created:\n He forgiveth whom He pleaseth,\n And He punisheth whom He pleaseth:\n And to God belongeth\n The dominion of the heavens\n And the earth, and all\n That is between:\n And unto Him\n Is the final goal (of all)\"\n19. Ya ahla alkitabi qad jaakum rasooluna yubayyinu lakum AAala fatratin mina alrrusuli an taqooloo ma jaana min basheerin wala natheerin faqad jaakum basheerun wanatheerun waAllahu AAala kulli shay-in qadeerun\n19. 21 O People of the Book!\n Now hath come unto you,\n Making (things) clear unto you,\n Our Apostle, after the break\nIn (the series of) our apostles,\n Lest ye should say:\n \"There came unto us\n No bringer of glad tidings\n And no warner (from evil)\":\n But now hath come\n Unto you a bringer\n Of glad tidings\n And a warner (from evil).\n And God hath power\n Over all things.","title":"The Quran: S\u016bra V.: M\u0101\u00efda, or The Table Spread.: Section 3 (12-19)","type":"page"}