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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 42of 120

سَمَّٰعُونَ لِلْكَذِبِ أَكَّٰلُونَ لِلسُّحْتِ ۚ فَإِن جَآءُوكَ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَهُمْ أَوْ أَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ ۖ وَإِن تُعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ فَلَن يَضُرُّوكَ شَيْـًۭٔا ۖ وَإِنْ حَكَمْتَ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَهُم بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُقْسِطِينَ﴿٤٢

Translation (Sahih International)

[They are] avid listeners to falsehood, devourers of [what is] unlawful. So if they come to you, [O Muhammad], judge between them or turn away from them. And if you turn away from them - never will they harm you at all. And if you judge, judge between them with justice. Indeed, Allah loves those who act justly.

Word-by-word meaning

سَمَّـٰعُونَsammāʿūnaListeners
لِلْكَذِبِlil'kadhibito [the] falsehood
أَكَّـٰلُونَakkālūnadevourers
لِلسُّحْتِ ۚlilssuḥ'tiof the forbidden
فَإِنfa-inSo if
جَآءُوكَjāūkathey come to you
فَٱحْكُمfa-uḥ'kumthen judge
بَيْنَهُمْbaynahumbetween them
أَوْawor
أَعْرِضْaʿriḍturn away
عَنْهُمْ ۖʿanhumfrom them
وَإِنwa-inAnd if
تُعْرِضْtuʿ'riḍyou turn away
عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
فَلَنfalanthen never
يَضُرُّوكَyaḍurrūkawill they harm you
شَيْـًۭٔا ۖshayan(in) anything
وَإِنْwa-inAnd if
حَكَمْتَḥakamtayou judge
فَٱحْكُمfa-uḥ'kumthen judge
بَيْنَهُمbaynahumbetween them
بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۚbil-qis'ṭiwith [the] justice
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
يُحِبُّyuḥibbuloves
ٱلْمُقْسِطِينَl-muq'siṭīnathe ones who are just

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Do Not Feel Sad Because of the Behavior of the Jews and HypocritesThese honorable Ayat were revealed about those who rush into disbelief, deviating from the obedience of Allah, His Messenger, prefering their opinions and lusts to what Allah has legislated,مِنَ الَّذِينَ قَالُواْ ءَامَنَّا بِأَفْوَهِهِمْ وَلَمْ تُؤْمِن قُلُوبُهُمْ(of such who say, "We believe" with their mouths but their hearts have no faith.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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