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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 5of 120

ٱلْيَوْمَ أُحِلَّ لَكُمُ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتُ ۖ وَطَعَامُ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ حِلٌّۭ لَّكُمْ وَطَعَامُكُمْ حِلٌّۭ لَّهُمْ ۖ وَٱلْمُحْصَنَٰتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ وَٱلْمُحْصَنَٰتُ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ إِذَآ ءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ مُحْصِنِينَ غَيْرَ مُسَٰفِحِينَ وَلَا مُتَّخِذِىٓ أَخْدَانٍۢ ۗ وَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِٱلْإِيمَٰنِ فَقَدْ حَبِطَ عَمَلُهُۥ وَهُوَ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ مِنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ﴿٥

Translation (Sahih International)

This day [all] good foods have been made lawful, and the food of those who were given the Scripture is lawful for you and your food is lawful for them. And [lawful in marriage are] chaste women from among the believers and chaste women from among those who were given the Scripture before you, when you have given them their due compensation, desiring chastity, not unlawful sexual intercourse or taking [secret] lovers. And whoever denies the faith - his work has become worthless, and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the losers.

Word-by-word meaning

ٱلْيَوْمَal-yawmaThis day
أُحِلَّuḥillaare made lawful
لَكُمُlakumufor you
ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتُ ۖl-ṭayibātuthe good things
وَطَعَامُwaṭaʿāmuand (the) food
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
أُوتُوا۟ūtūwere given
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
حِلٌّۭḥillun(is) lawful
لَّكُمْlakumfor you
وَطَعَامُكُمْwaṭaʿāmukumand your food
حِلٌّۭḥillun(is) lawful
لَّهُمْ ۖlahumfor them
وَٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتُwal-muḥ'ṣanātuAnd the chaste women
مِنَminafrom
ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِl-mu'minātithe believers
وَٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتُwal-muḥ'ṣanātuand the chaste women
مِنَminafrom
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
أُوتُوا۟ūtūwere given
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
مِنminfrom
قَبْلِكُمْqablikumbefore you
إِذَآidhāwhen
ءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّātaytumūhunnayou have given them
أُجُورَهُنَّujūrahunnatheir bridal due
مُحْصِنِينَmuḥ'ṣinīnabeing chaste
غَيْرَghayranot
مُسَـٰفِحِينَmusāfiḥīnabeing lewd
وَلَاwalāand not
مُتَّخِذِىٓmuttakhidhīones (who are) taking
أَخْدَانٍۢ ۗakhdāninsecret lovers
وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
يَكْفُرْyakfurdenies
بِٱلْإِيمَـٰنِbil-īmānithe faith
فَقَدْfaqadthen surely
حَبِطَḥabiṭa(are) wasted
عَمَلُهُۥʿamaluhuhis deeds
وَهُوَwahuwaand he
فِىin
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
مِنَmina(will be) among
ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَl-khāsirīnathe losers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Permitting the Slaughtered Animals of the People of the BookAfter Allah mentioned the filthy things that He prohibited for His believing servants and the good things that He allowed for them, He said next,الْيَوْمَ أُحِلَّ لَكُمُ الطَّيِّبَـتُ(Made lawful to you this day are At-Tayyibat.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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