Quran 5:70 — Al-Maaida, verse 70
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We took a pledge from the Children of Israel, and sent messengers to them. Whenever a messenger brought them anything they did not like, they accused some of lying and put others to death;
لَقَدْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَأَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْهِمْ رُسُلًا ۖ كُلَّمَا جَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ بِمَا لَا تَهْوَىٰ أَنْفُسُهُمْ فَرِيقًا كَذَّبُوا وَفَرِيقًا يَقْتُلُونَ
laqad akhadhnā mīthāqa banī is'rāīla wa-arsalnā ilayhim rusulan kullamā jāahum rasūlun bimā lā tahwā anfusuhum farīqan kadhabū wafarīqan yaqtulūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And We took compact with the Children of Israel, and We sent Messengers to them. Whensoever there came to them a Messenger with that their souls had not desire for, some they cried lies to, and some they slew.
- Muhammad Asad
- INDEED, We accepted a solemn pledge from the children of Israel, and We sent apostles unto them; [but] every time an apostle came unto them with anything that was not to their liking, [they rebelled:] to some of them they gave the lie, while others they would slay,
- Sahih International
- We had already taken the covenant of the Children of Israel and had sent to them messengers. Whenever there came to them a messenger with what their souls did not desire, a party [of messengers] they denied, and another party they killed.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَقَدْlaqad | Certainly | — |
| 2 | أَخَذْنَاakhadhnā | We took | أخذ |
| 3 | مِيثَـٰقَmīthāqa | a Covenant | وثق |
| 4 | بَنِىٓbanī | (from the) Children | بني |
| 5 | إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla | (of) Israel | — |
| 6 | وَأَرْسَلْنَآwa-arsalnā | and We sent | رسل |
| 7 | إِلَيْهِمْilayhim | to them | — |
| 8 | رُسُلًۭا ۖrusulan | Messengers | رسل |
| 9 | كُلَّمَاkullamā | Whenever | كلل |
| 10 | جَآءَهُمْjāahum | came to them | جيأ |
| 11 | رَسُولٌۢrasūlun | any Messenger | رسل |
| 12 | بِمَاbimā | with what | — |
| 13 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 14 | تَهْوَىٰٓtahwā | desired | هوي |
| 15 | أَنفُسُهُمْanfusuhum | their souls | نفس |
| 16 | فَرِيقًۭاfarīqan | a group | فرق |
| 17 | كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabū | they denied | كذب |
| 18 | وَفَرِيقًۭاwafarīqan | and a group | فرق |
| 19 | يَقْتُلُونَyaqtulūna | they kill | قتل |