Quran 5:13 — Al-Maaida, verse 13
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
But they broke their pledge, so We distanced them [from Us] and hardened their hearts. They distort the meaning of [revealed] words and have forgotten some of what they were told to remember: you [Prophet] will always find treachery in all but a few of them. Overlook this and pardon them: God loves those who do good.
فَبِمَا نَقْضِهِمْ مِيثَاقَهُمْ لَعَنَّاهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَا قُلُوبَهُمْ قَاسِيَةً ۖ يُحَرِّفُونَ الْكَلِمَ عَنْ مَوَاضِعِهِ ۙ وَنَسُوا حَظًّا مِمَّا ذُكِّرُوا بِهِ ۚ وَلَا تَزَالُ تَطَّلِعُ عَلَىٰ خَائِنَةٍ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِنْهُمْ ۖ فَاعْفُ عَنْهُمْ وَاصْفَحْ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِنِينَ
fabimā naqḍihim mīthāqahum laʿannāhum wajaʿalnā qulūbahum qāsiyatan yuḥarrifūna l-kalima ʿan mawāḍiʿihi wanasū ḥaẓẓan mimmā dhukkirū bihi walā tazālu taṭṭaliʿu ʿalā khāinatin min'hum illā qalīlan min'hum fa-uʿ'fu ʿanhum wa-iṣ'faḥ inna l-laha yuḥibbu l-muḥ'sinīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So for their breaking their compact We cursed them and made their hearts hard, they perverting words from their meanings; and they have forgotten a portion of that they were reminded of; and thou wilt never cease to light upon some act of treachery on their part, except a few of them. Yet pardon them, and forgive; surely God loves the good-doers.
- Muhammad Asad
- Then, for having broken their solemn pledge, We rejected them and caused their hearts to harden-[so that now] they distort the meaning of the [re-vealed] words, taking them out of their context; and they have forgotten much of what they had been told to bear in mind; and from all but a few of them thou wilt always experience treachery. But pardon them, and forbear: verily, God loves the doers of good.
- Sahih International
- So for their breaking of the covenant We cursed them and made their hearts hardened. They distort words from their [proper] places [i.e., usages] and have forgotten a portion of that of which they were reminded. And you will still observe deceit among them, except a few of them. But pardon them and overlook [their misdeeds]. Indeed, Allāh loves the doers of good.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَبِمَاfabimā | So for | — |
| 2 | نَقْضِهِمnaqḍihim | their breaking | نقض |
| 3 | مِّيثَـٰقَهُمْmīthāqahum | (of) their covenant | وثق |
| 4 | لَعَنَّـٰهُمْlaʿannāhum | We cursed them | لعن |
| 5 | وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnā | and We made | جعل |
| 6 | قُلُوبَهُمْqulūbahum | their hearts | قلب |
| 7 | قَـٰسِيَةًۭ ۖqāsiyatan | hard | قسو |
| 8 | يُحَرِّفُونَyuḥarrifūna | They distort | حرف |
| 9 | ٱلْكَلِمَl-kalima | the words | كلم |
| 10 | عَنʿan | from | — |
| 11 | مَّوَاضِعِهِۦ ۙmawāḍiʿihi | their places | وضع |
| 12 | وَنَسُوا۟wanasū | and forgot | نسي |
| 13 | حَظًّۭاḥaẓẓan | a part | حظظ |
| 14 | مِّمَّاmimmā | of what | — |
| 15 | ذُكِّرُوا۟dhukkirū | they were reminded | ذكر |
| 16 | بِهِۦ ۚbihi | of [it] | — |
| 17 | وَلَاwalā | And not | — |
| 18 | تَزَالُtazālu | will you cease | زيل |
| 19 | تَطَّلِعُtaṭṭaliʿu | to discover | طلع |
| 20 | عَلَىٰʿalā | of | — |
| 21 | خَآئِنَةٍۢkhāinatin | treachery | خون |
| 22 | مِّنْهُمْmin'hum | from them | — |
| 23 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 24 | قَلِيلًۭاqalīlan | a few | قلل |
| 25 | مِّنْهُمْ ۖmin'hum | of them | — |
| 26 | فَٱعْفُfa-uʿ'fu | But forgive | عفو |
| 27 | عَنْهُمْʿanhum | them | — |
| 28 | وَٱصْفَحْ ۚwa-iṣ'faḥ | and overlook | صفح |
| 29 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 30 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 31 | يُحِبُّyuḥibbu | loves | حبب |
| 32 | ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīna | the good-doers | حسن |