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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَوْفُوا۟ بِٱلْعُقُودِ ۚ أُحِلَّتْ لَكُم بَهِيمَةُ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ إِلَّا مَا يُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ غَيْرَ مُحِلِّى ٱلصَّيْدِ وَأَنتُمْ حُرُمٌ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَحْكُمُ مَا يُرِيدُ﴿١

Translation (Sahih International)

O you who have believed, fulfill [all] contracts. Lawful for you are the animals of grazing livestock except for that which is recited to you [in this Qur'an] - hunting not being permitted while you are in the state of ihram. Indeed, Allah ordains what He intends.

Word-by-word meaning

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnayou (who)
ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūbelieve
أَوْفُوا۟awfūFulfil
بِٱلْعُقُودِ ۚbil-ʿuqūdithe contracts
أُحِلَّتْuḥillatAre made lawful
لَكُمlakumfor you
بَهِيمَةُbahīmatuthe quadruped
ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِl-anʿāmi(of) the grazing livestock
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَاwhat
يُتْلَىٰyut'lāis recited
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumon you
غَيْرَghayranot
مُحِلِّىmuḥillībeing permitted
ٱلصَّيْدِl-ṣaydi(to) hunt
وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
حُرُمٌ ۗḥurumun(are in) Ihram
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
يَحْكُمُyaḥkumudecrees
مَاwhat
يُرِيدُyurīduHe wills

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in Al-MadinaThe Virtues of Surat Al-Ma'idah; When It was RevealedAt-Tirmidhi recorded that `Abdullah bin `Amr said, "The last Surahs to be revealed were Surat Al-Ma'idah and Surat Al-Fath (chapter 48)." At-Tirmidhi commented, "This Hadith is Hasan, Gharib.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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