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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 94of 120

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَيَبْلُوَنَّكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِشَىْءٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلصَّيْدِ تَنَالُهُۥٓ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَرِمَاحُكُمْ لِيَعْلَمَ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَخَافُهُۥ بِٱلْغَيْبِ ۚ فَمَنِ ٱعْتَدَىٰ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فَلَهُۥ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ﴿٩٤

Translation (Sahih International)

O you who have believed, Allah will surely test you through something of the game that your hands and spears [can] reach, that Allah may make evident those who fear Him unseen. And whoever transgresses after that - for him is a painful punishment.

Word-by-word meaning

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
لَيَبْلُوَنَّكُمُlayabluwannakumuSurely will test you
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
بِشَىْءٍۢbishayinthrough something
مِّنَminaof
ٱلصَّيْدِl-ṣaydithe game
تَنَالُهُۥٓtanāluhucan reach it
أَيْدِيكُمْaydīkumyour hands
وَرِمَاحُكُمْwarimāḥukumand your spears
لِيَعْلَمَliyaʿlamathat may make evident
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
مَنmanwho
يَخَافُهُۥyakhāfuhufears Him
بِٱلْغَيْبِ ۚbil-ghaybiin the unseen
فَمَنِfamaniAnd whoever
ٱعْتَدَىٰiʿ'tadātransgressed
بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
فَلَهُۥfalahuthen for him
عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
أَلِيمٌۭalīmunpainful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Prohibiting Hunting Game in the Sacred Area and During the State of IhramAli bin Abi Talhah Al-Walibi said that Ibn `Abbas said that Allah's statement,لَيَبْلُوَنَّكُمُ اللَّهُ بِشَىْءٍ مِّنَ الصَّيْدِ تَنَالُهُ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَرِمَـحُكُمْ(Allah will certainly make a trial for you with something in (the matter of) the game that is well within reach of your hands and your lances,)5:94, refers to, "The weak and young game.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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