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Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 65 (5:65)

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وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّقَوْا۟ لَكَفَّرْنَا عَنْهُمْ سَئَِّاتِهِمْ وَلَأَدْخَلْنَٰهُمْ …

Quran 5:65 is ayah 65 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 6, on page 119 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:65
وَلَوْأَنَّأَهْلَٱلْكِتَٰبِءَامَنُوا۟وَٱتَّقَوْا۟لَكَفَّرْنَاعَنْهُمْسَئَِّاتِهِمْوَلَأَدْخَلْنَٰهُمْجَنَّٰتِٱلنَّعِيمِ٦٥
walaw anna ahla l-kitābi āmanū wa-ittaqaw lakaffarnā ʿanhum sayyiātihim wala-adkhalnāhum jannāti l-naʿīmi

And if only the People of the Scripture had believed and feared Allāh, We would have removed from them their misdeeds and admitted them to Gardens of Pleasure.(65)

Word by word

  1. وَلَوْwalawAnd if
  2. أَنَّannathat
  3. أَهْلَahla(the) People
  4. ٱلْكِتَٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
  5. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū(had) believed
  6. وَٱتَّقَوْا۟wa-ittaqawand feared (Allah)
  7. لَكَفَّرْنَاlakaffarnāsurely We (would have) removed
  8. عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
  9. سَئَِّاتِهِمْsayyiātihimtheir evil (deeds)
  10. وَلَأَدْخَلْنَٰهُمْwala-adkhalnāhumand surely We (would have) admitted them
  11. جَنَّٰتِjannāti(to) Gardens
  12. ٱلنَّعِيمِl-naʿīmi(of) Bliss

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