Quran 5:65 — Al-Maaida, verse 65
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If only the People of the Book would believe and be mindful of God, We would take away their sins and bring them into the Gardens of Delight.
وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ آمَنُوا وَاتَّقَوْا لَكَفَّرْنَا عَنْهُمْ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ وَلَأَدْخَلْنَاهُمْ جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ
walaw anna ahla l-kitābi āmanū wa-ittaqaw lakaffarnā ʿanhum sayyiātihim wala-adkhalnāhum jannāti l-naʿīmi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- But had the People of the Book believed and been godfearing, We would have acquitted them of their evil deeds, and admitted them to Gardens of Bliss.
- Muhammad Asad
- If the followers of the Bible would but attain to [true] faith and God-consciousness, We should indeed efface their [previous] bad deeds, and indeed bring them into gardens of bliss;
- Sahih International
- And if only the People of the Scripture had believed and feared Allāh, We would have removed from them their misdeeds and admitted them to Gardens of Pleasure.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَوْwalaw | And if | — |
| 2 | أَنَّanna | that | — |
| 3 | أَهْلَahla | (the) People | أهل |
| 4 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi | (of) the Book | كتب |
| 5 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | (had) believed | أمن |
| 6 | وَٱتَّقَوْا۟wa-ittaqaw | and feared (Allah) | وقي |
| 7 | لَكَفَّرْنَاlakaffarnā | surely We (would have) removed | كفر |
| 8 | عَنْهُمْʿanhum | from them | — |
| 9 | سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْsayyiātihim | their evil (deeds) | سوأ |
| 10 | وَلَأَدْخَلْنَـٰهُمْwala-adkhalnāhum | and surely We (would have) admitted them | دخل |
| 11 | جَنَّـٰتِjannāti | (to) Gardens | جنن |
| 12 | ٱلنَّعِيمِl-naʿīmi | (of) Bliss | نعم |