Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 95 (5:95)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَقْتُلُوا۟ ٱلصَّيْدَ وَأَنتُمْ حُرُمٌ ۚ وَمَن قَتَلَهُۥ مِنكُم …

Quran 5:95 is ayah 95 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 123 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:95
يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟لَاتَقْتُلُوا۟ٱلصَّيْدَوَأَنتُمْحُرُمٌ ۚوَمَنقَتَلَهُۥمِنكُممُّتَعَمِّدًافَجَزَآءٌمِّثْلُمَاقَتَلَمِنَٱلنَّعَمِيَحْكُمُبِهِۦذَوَاعَدْلٍمِّنكُمْهَدْيًۢابَٰلِغَٱلْكَعْبَةِأَوْكَفَّٰرَةٌطَعَامُمَسَٰكِينَأَوْعَدْلُذَٰلِكَصِيَامًالِّيَذُوقَوَبَالَأَمْرِهِۦ ۗعَفَاٱللَّهُعَمَّاسَلَفَ ۚوَمَنْعَادَفَيَنتَقِمُٱللَّهُمِنْهُ ۗوَٱللَّهُعَزِيزٌذُوٱنتِقَامٍ٩٥
yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū lā taqtulū l-ṣayda wa-antum ḥurumun waman qatalahu minkum mutaʿammidan fajazāon mith'lu mā qatala mina l-naʿami yaḥkumu bihi dhawā ʿadlin minkum hadyan bāligha l-kaʿbati aw kaffāratun ṭaʿāmu masākīna aw ʿadlu dhālika ṣiyāman liyadhūqa wabāla amrihi ʿafā l-lahu ʿammā salafa waman ʿāda fayantaqimu l-lahu min'hu wal-lahu ʿazīzun dhū intiqāmin

O you who have believed, do not kill game while you are in the state of iḥrām. And whoever of you kills it intentionally - the penalty is an equivalent from sacrificial animals to what he killed, as judged by two just men among you as an offering [to Allāh] delivered to the Kaʿbah, or an expiation: the feeding of needy people or the equivalent of that in fasting, that he may taste the consequence of his matter [i.e., deed]. Allāh has pardoned what is past; but whoever returns [to violation], then Allāh will take retribution from him. And Allāh is Exalted in Might and Owner of Retribution.(95)

Word by word

  1. يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
  3. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
  4. لَاlā(Do) not
  5. تَقْتُلُوا۟taqtulūkill
  6. ٱلصَّيْدَl-ṣaydathe game
  7. وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
  8. حُرُمٌ ۚḥurumun(are in) Ihram
  9. وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
  10. قَتَلَهُۥqatalahukilled it
  11. مِنكُمminkumamong you
  12. مُّتَعَمِّدًاmutaʿammidanintentionally
  13. فَجَزَآءٌfajazāonthen penalty
  14. مِّثْلُmith'lu(is) similar
  15. مَاmā(to) what
  16. قَتَلَqatalahe killed
  17. مِنَminaof
  18. ٱلنَّعَمِl-naʿamithe cattle
  19. يَحْكُمُyaḥkumujudging
  20. بِهِۦbihiit
  21. ذَوَاdhawātwo men
  22. عَدْلٍʿadlinjust
  23. مِّنكُمْminkumamong you
  24. هَدْيًۢاhadyan(as) an offering
  25. بَٰلِغَbālighareaching
  26. ٱلْكَعْبَةِl-kaʿbatithe Kabah
  27. أَوْawor
  28. كَفَّٰرَةٌkaffāratunan expiation
  29. طَعَامُṭaʿāmufeeding
  30. مَسَٰكِينَmasākīnaneedy people
  31. أَوْawor
  32. عَدْلُʿadluequivalent
  33. ذَٰلِكَdhālika(of) that
  34. صِيَامًاṣiyāman(in) fasting
  35. لِّيَذُوقَliyadhūqathat he may taste
  36. وَبَالَwabāla(the) consequence
  37. أَمْرِهِۦ ۗamrihi(of) his deed
  38. عَفَاʿafāPardoned
  39. ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
  40. عَمَّاʿammāwhat
  41. سَلَفَ ۚsalafa(has) passed
  42. وَمَنْwamanbut whoever
  43. عَادَʿādareturned
  44. فَيَنتَقِمُfayantaqimuthen will take retribution
  45. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  46. مِنْهُ ۗmin'hufrom him
  47. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
  48. عَزِيزٌʿazīzun(is) All-Mighty
  49. ذُوdhūOwner
  50. ٱنتِقَامٍintiqāmin(of) Retribution

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