{"collection":"Texts of Islam","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_uq_005_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_uq_005_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_isl_uq_005_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/uq/005.htm","summary":"This is a presentation of Surah Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread), the fifth chapter of the Quran, displaying each verse in Arabic script alongside a detailed phonetic transliteration using IPA-adjacent notation. The chapter belongs to the Medinan period of Quranic revelation and is primarily legislative in character, establishing binding religious obligations for the Muslim community. Its opening verses address ritual law \u2014 dietary prohibitions (forbidding carrion, blood, pork, and meat sacrificed to idols), rules for hunting and slaughter, permitted foods from People of the Book, and the ritual purification (wudu and tayammum) required before prayer. The chapter also commands believers to uphold their covenants, respect the sacred months and pilgrimage rites, cooperate in righteousness but not in sin, and bear witness justly even against those they dislike. A distinctive theological strand runs through the passage challenging Christian claims that Jesus is God and Jewish and Christian claims to special divine favor, asserting instead that God's sovereignty is absolute and that Muhammad's prophethood continues the line begun with Moses. The dual-column format \u2014 Arabic text paired with systematic phonetic transcription \u2014 suggests the text is prepared as a linguistic study or recitation-learning resource rather than a standard translation or commentary.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"Unicode Qur'an: 5. \u200f\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0627\u0626\u062f\u0629\u200e 'lm'y\u0294dt","tradition":"Texts of Islam","translated_text":null,"word_count":6490}