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Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 70 (5:70)

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لَقَدْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَٰقَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَأَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهِمْ رُسُلًا ۖ كُلَّمَا جَآءَهُمْ …

Quran 5:70 is ayah 70 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.

5:70
لَقَدْأَخَذْنَامِيثَٰقَبَنِىٓإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَوَأَرْسَلْنَآإِلَيْهِمْرُسُلًا ۖكُلَّمَاجَآءَهُمْرَسُولٌۢبِمَالَاتَهْوَىٰٓأَنفُسُهُمْفَرِيقًاكَذَّبُوا۟وَفَرِيقًايَقْتُلُونَ٧٠
laqad akhadhnā mīthāqa banī is'rāīla wa-arsalnā ilayhim rusulan kullamā jāahum rasūlun bimā lā tahwā anfusuhum farīqan kadhabū wafarīqan yaqtulūna

We had already taken the covenant of the Children of Israel and had sent to them messengers. Whenever there came to them a messenger with what their souls did not desire, a party [of messengers] they denied, and another party they killed.(70)

Word by word

  1. لَقَدْlaqadCertainly
  2. أَخَذْنَاakhadhnāWe took
  3. مِيثَٰقَmīthāqaa Covenant
  4. بَنِىٓbanī(from the) Children
  5. إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) Israel
  6. وَأَرْسَلْنَآwa-arsalnāand We sent
  7. إِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them
  8. رُسُلًا ۖrusulanMessengers
  9. كُلَّمَاkullamāWhenever
  10. جَآءَهُمْjāahumcame to them
  11. رَسُولٌۢrasūlunany Messenger
  12. بِمَاbimāwith what
  13. لَاlānot
  14. تَهْوَىٰٓtahwādesired
  15. أَنفُسُهُمْanfusuhumtheir souls
  16. فَرِيقًاfarīqana group
  17. كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūthey denied
  18. وَفَرِيقًاwafarīqanand a group
  19. يَقْتُلُونَyaqtulūnathey kill

Tafsir (commentary) of 5:70

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This commentary explains ayahs 5:70–71 together.

كُلَّمَا جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ بِمَا لاَ تَهْوَى أَنفُسُهُمْ فَرِيقاً كَذَّبُواْ وَفَرِيقاً يَقْتُلُونَوَحَسِبُواْ أَلاَّ تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ فَعَمُواْ وَصَمُّواْ

(Whenever there came to them a Messenger with what they themselves desired not - a group of them they called liars, and others among them they killed. They thought there will be no Fitnah (trial or punishment) so they became blind and deaf.) thinking that they would suffer no repercussions for of the evil that they committed. Consequently, they were blinded from the truth and became deaf, incapable of hearing the truth. For these reasons they were unable to be guided by it. Allah forgave that, then,

وَصَمُّواْ ثُمَّ

(yet they became blind and deaf) again,

كَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ وَاللَّهُ بَصِيرٌ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ

(many of them, and Allah is the All-Seer of what they do.) He has perfect knowledge of what they do and whomever among them deserves the guidance and whomever deserves misguidance.

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