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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 102of 120

قَدْ سَأَلَهَا قَوْمٌۭ مِّن قَبْلِكُمْ ثُمَّ أَصْبَحُوا۟ بِهَا كَٰفِرِينَ﴿١٠٢

Translation (Sahih International)

A people asked such [questions] before you; then they became thereby disbelievers.

Word-by-word meaning

قَدْqadIndeed
سَأَلَهَاsa-alahāasked them
قَوْمٌۭqawmuna people
مِّنminfrom
قَبْلِكُمْqablikumbefore you
ثُمَّthummathen
أَصْبَحُوا۟aṣbaḥūthey became
بِهَاbihāthereby
كَـٰفِرِينَkāfirīnadisbelievers

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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