Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 102 (5:102)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

قَدْ سَأَلَهَا قَوْمٌ مِّن قَبْلِكُمْ ثُمَّ أَصْبَحُوا۟ بِهَا كَٰفِرِينَ

Quran 5:102 is ayah 102 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 124 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:102
قَدْسَأَلَهَاقَوْمٌمِّنقَبْلِكُمْثُمَّأَصْبَحُوا۟بِهَاكَٰفِرِينَ١٠٢
qad sa-alahā qawmun min qablikum thumma aṣbaḥū bihā kāfirīna

A people asked such [questions] before you; then they became thereby disbelievers.(102)

Word by word

  1. قَدْqadIndeed
  2. سَأَلَهَاsa-alahāasked them
  3. قَوْمٌqawmuna people
  4. مِّنminfrom
  5. قَبْلِكُمْqablikumbefore you
  6. ثُمَّthummathen
  7. أَصْبَحُوا۟aṣbaḥūthey became
  8. بِهَاbihāthereby
  9. كَٰفِرِينَkāfirīnadisbelievers

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