Quran 5:101 — Al-Maaida, verse 101
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
You who believe, do not ask about matters which, if made known to you, might make things difficult for you- if you ask about them while the Quran is being revealed, they will be made known to you- for God has kept silent about them: God is most forgiving and forbearing.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَسْأَلُوا عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ إِنْ تُبْدَ لَكُمْ تَسُؤْكُمْ وَإِنْ تَسْأَلُوا عَنْهَا حِينَ يُنَزَّلُ الْقُرْآنُ تُبْدَ لَكُمْ عَفَا اللَّهُ عَنْهَا ۗ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٌ
yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū lā tasalū ʿan ashyāa in tub'da lakum tasu'kum wa-in tasalū ʿanhā ḥīna yunazzalu l-qur'ānu tub'da lakum ʿafā l-lahu ʿanhā wal-lahu ghafūrun ḥalīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O believers, question not concerning things which, if they were revealed to you, would vex you; yet if you question concerning them when the Koran is being sent down, they will be revealed to you. God has effaced those things; for God is All-forgiving, All-clement.
- Muhammad Asad
- O YOU who have attained to faith! Do not ask about matters which, if they were to be made manifest to you [in terms of law], might cause you hardship; for, if you should ask about them while the Qur'an is being revealed, they might [indeed] be made manifest to you [as laws]. God has absolved [you from any obligation] in this respect: for God is much-forgiving, forbearing.
- Sahih International
- O you who have believed, do not ask about things which, if they are shown to you, will distress you. But if you ask about them while the Qur’ān is being revealed, they will be shown to you. Allāh has pardoned it [i.e., that which is past]; and Allāh is Forgiving and Forbearing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O you | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | who | — |
| 3 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | believe | أمن |
| 4 | لَاlā | (Do) not | — |
| 5 | تَسْـَٔلُوا۟tasalū | ask | سأل |
| 6 | عَنْʿan | about | — |
| 7 | أَشْيَآءَashyāa | things | شيأ |
| 8 | إِنin | if | — |
| 9 | تُبْدَtub'da | made clear | بدو |
| 10 | لَكُمْlakum | to you | — |
| 11 | تَسُؤْكُمْtasu'kum | it may distress you | سوأ |
| 12 | وَإِنwa-in | and if | — |
| 13 | تَسْـَٔلُوا۟tasalū | you ask | سأل |
| 14 | عَنْهَاʿanhā | about it | — |
| 15 | حِينَḥīna | when | حين |
| 16 | يُنَزَّلُyunazzalu | is being revealed | نزل |
| 17 | ٱلْقُرْءَانُl-qur'ānu | the Quran | قرأ |
| 18 | تُبْدَtub'da | it would be made clear | بدو |
| 19 | لَكُمْlakum | to you | — |
| 20 | عَفَاʿafā | has (been) pardoned | عفو |
| 21 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | (by) Allah | أله |
| 22 | عَنْهَا ۗʿanhā | [about] it | — |
| 23 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | and Allah | أله |
| 24 | غَفُورٌghafūrun | (is) Oft-Forgiving | غفر |
| 25 | حَلِيمٌۭḥalīmun | All-Forbearing | حلم |