Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)
Verse 101of 120
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَسْـَٔلُوا۟ عَنْ أَشْيَآءَ إِن تُبْدَ لَكُمْ تَسُؤْكُمْ وَإِن تَسْـَٔلُوا۟ عَنْهَا حِينَ يُنَزَّلُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ تُبْدَ لَكُمْ عَفَا ٱللَّهُ عَنْهَا ۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٌۭ﴿١٠١﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
O you who have believed, do not ask about things which, if they are shown to you, will distress you. But if you ask about them while the Qur'an is being revealed, they will be shown to you. Allah has pardoned that which is past; and Allah is Forgiving and Forbearing.
Word-by-word meaning
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
قُلْ(Say,) O Muhammad ,لاَّ يَسْتَوِى الْخَبِيثُ وَالطَّيِّبُ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكَ(Not equal are the bad things and the good things, even though they may please you) O human,كَثْرَةُ الْخَبِيثِ(the abundance of bad.) This Ayah means, the little permissible is better than the abundant evil.فَاتَّقُواْ اللَّهَ يأُوْلِى الأَلْبَـبِ(have Taqwa of Allah, O men of understanding...
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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