Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 62 (5:62)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

وَتَرَىٰ كَثِيرًا مِّنْهُمْ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِى ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِ وَأَكْلِهِمُ ٱلسُّحْتَ ۚ لَبِئْسَ …

Quran 5:62 is ayah 62 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 6, on page 118 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:62
وَتَرَىٰكَثِيرًامِّنْهُمْيُسَٰرِعُونَفِىٱلْإِثْمِوَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِوَأَكْلِهِمُٱلسُّحْتَ ۚلَبِئْسَمَاكَانُوا۟يَعْمَلُونَ٦٢
watarā kathīran min'hum yusāriʿūna fī l-ith'mi wal-ʿud'wāni wa-aklihimu l-suḥ'ta labi'sa mā kānū yaʿmalūna

And you see many of them hastening into sin and aggression and the devouring of [what is] unlawful. How wretched is what they have been doing.(62)

Word by word

  1. وَتَرَىٰwatarāAnd you see
  2. كَثِيرًاkathīranmany
  3. مِّنْهُمْmin'humof them
  4. يُسَٰرِعُونَyusāriʿūnahastening
  5. فِىfīinto
  6. ٱلْإِثْمِl-ith'mi[the] sin
  7. وَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِwal-ʿud'wāniand [the] transgression
  8. وَأَكْلِهِمُwa-aklihimuand eating
  9. ٱلسُّحْتَ ۚl-suḥ'tathe forbidden
  10. لَبِئْسَlabi'saSurely evil
  11. مَاmā(is) what
  12. كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
  13. يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnadoing

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