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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 54of 120

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَن يَرْتَدَّ مِنكُمْ عَن دِينِهِۦ فَسَوْفَ يَأْتِى ٱللَّهُ بِقَوْمٍۢ يُحِبُّهُمْ وَيُحِبُّونَهُۥٓ أَذِلَّةٍ عَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَعِزَّةٍ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ يُجَٰهِدُونَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا يَخَافُونَ لَوْمَةَ لَآئِمٍۢ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ﴿٥٤

Translation (Sahih International)

O you who have believed, whoever of you should revert from his religion - Allah will bring forth [in place of them] a people He will love and who will love Him [who are] humble toward the believers, powerful against the disbelievers; they strive in the cause of Allah and do not fear the blame of a critic. That is the favor of Allah; He bestows it upon whom He wills. And Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing.

Word-by-word meaning

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
مَنmanWhoever
يَرْتَدَّyartaddaturns back
مِنكُمْminkumamong you
عَنʿanfrom
دِينِهِۦdīnihihis religion
فَسَوْفَfasawfathen soon
يَأْتِىyatī(will be) brought
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
بِقَوْمٍۢbiqawmina people
يُحِبُّهُمْyuḥibbuhumwhom He loves
وَيُحِبُّونَهُۥٓwayuḥibbūnahuand they love Him
أَذِلَّةٍadhillatinhumble
عَلَىʿalātowards
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers
أَعِزَّةٍaʿizzatin(and) stern
عَلَىʿalātowards
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers
يُجَـٰهِدُونَyujāhidūnastriving
فِىin
سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
وَلَاwalāand not
يَخَافُونَyakhāfūnafearing
لَوْمَةَlawmatathe blame
لَآئِمٍۢ ۚlāimin(of) a critic
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
فَضْلُfaḍlu(is the) Grace
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
يُؤْتِيهِyu'tīhiHe grants
مَنmanwhom
يَشَآءُ ۚyashāuHe wills
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
وَٰسِعٌwāsiʿun(is) All-Encompassing
عَلِيمٌʿalīmunAll-Knowing

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Threatening to Replace the Believers With Another People if They Revert from IslamAllah emphasizes His mighty ability and states that whoever reverts from supporting His religion and establishing His Law, then Allah will replace them with whomever is better, mightier and more righteous in Allah's religion and Law.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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