Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 66 (5:66)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ أَقَامُوا۟ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ وَٱلْإِنجِيلَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِم مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ …

Quran 5:66 is ayah 66 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.

5:66
وَلَوْأَنَّهُمْأَقَامُوا۟ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَوَٱلْإِنجِيلَوَمَآأُنزِلَإِلَيْهِممِّنرَّبِّهِمْلَأَكَلُوا۟مِنفَوْقِهِمْوَمِنتَحْتِأَرْجُلِهِم ۚمِّنْهُمْأُمَّةٌمُّقْتَصِدَةٌ ۖوَكَثِيرٌمِّنْهُمْسَآءَمَايَعْمَلُونَ٦٦
walaw annahum aqāmū l-tawrāta wal-injīla wamā unzila ilayhim min rabbihim la-akalū min fawqihim wamin taḥti arjulihim min'hum ummatun muq'taṣidatun wakathīrun min'hum sāa mā yaʿmalūna

And if only they had upheld [the law of] the Torah, the Gospel, and what has been revealed to them from their Lord [i.e., the Qur’ān], they would have consumed [provision] from above them and from beneath their feet. Among them are a moderate [i.e., acceptable] community, but many of them - evil is that which they do.(66)

Word by word

  1. وَلَوْwalawAnd if
  2. أَنَّهُمْannahumthat they
  3. أَقَامُوا۟aqāmūhad stood firmly
  4. ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَl-tawrāta(by) the Taurat
  5. وَٱلْإِنجِيلَwal-injīlaand the Injeel
  6. وَمَآwamāand what
  7. أُنزِلَunzilawas revealed
  8. إِلَيْهِمilayhimto them
  9. مِّنminfrom
  10. رَّبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord
  11. لَأَكَلُوا۟la-akalūsurely they (would have) eaten
  12. مِنminfrom
  13. فَوْقِهِمْfawqihimabove them
  14. وَمِنwaminand from
  15. تَحْتِtaḥtibeneath
  16. أَرْجُلِهِم ۚarjulihimtheir feet
  17. مِّنْهُمْmin'humAmong them
  18. أُمَّةٌummatun(is) a community
  19. مُّقْتَصِدَةٌ ۖmuq'taṣidatunmoderate
  20. وَكَثِيرٌwakathīrunbut many
  21. مِّنْهُمْmin'humof them
  22. سَآءَsāaevil
  23. مَاmā(is) what
  24. يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnathey do

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