Quran 62:5 — Al-Jumu'a, verse 5
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Those who have been charged to obey the Torah, but do not do so, are like asses carrying books: how base such people are who disobey God’s revelations! God does not guide people who do wrong.
مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ حُمِّلُوا التَّوْرَاةَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَحْمِلُوهَا كَمَثَلِ الْحِمَارِ يَحْمِلُ أَسْفَارًا ۚ بِئْسَ مَثَلُ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ ۚ وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ
mathalu alladhīna ḥummilū l-tawrāta thumma lam yaḥmilūhā kamathali l-ḥimāri yaḥmilu asfāran bi'sa mathalu l-qawmi alladhīna kadhabū biāyāti l-lahi wal-lahu lā yahdī l-qawma l-ẓālimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- The likeness of those who have been loaded with the Torah then they have not carried it, is as the likeness of an ass carrying books. Evil is the likeness of the people who have cried lies to God's signs. God guides never the people of the evildoers.
- Muhammad Asad
- THE PARABLE of those who were graced with the burden of the Torah, and thereafter failed to bear this burden, is that of an ass that carries a load of books [but cannot benefit from them]. Calamitous is the parable of people who are bent on giving the lie to God's messages - for God does not bestow His guidance upon such evildoing folk!
- Sahih International
- The example of those who were entrusted with the Torah and then did not take it on is like that of a donkey who carries volumes [of books]. Wretched is the example of the people who deny the signs of Allāh. And Allāh does not guide the wrongdoing people.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مَثَلُmathalu | (The) likeness | مثل |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (of) those who | — |
| 3 | حُمِّلُوا۟ḥummilū | were entrusted | حمل |
| 4 | ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَl-tawrāta | (with) the Taurat | — |
| 5 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 6 | لَمْlam | not | — |
| 7 | يَحْمِلُوهَاyaḥmilūhā | they bore it | حمل |
| 8 | كَمَثَلِkamathali | (is) like | مثل |
| 9 | ٱلْحِمَارِl-ḥimāri | the donkey | حمر |
| 10 | يَحْمِلُyaḥmilu | who carries | حمل |
| 11 | أَسْفَارًۢا ۚasfāran | books | سفر |
| 12 | بِئْسَbi'sa | Wretched is | بأس |
| 13 | مَثَلُmathalu | (the) example | مثل |
| 14 | ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmi | (of) the people | قوم |
| 15 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | who | — |
| 16 | كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabū | deny | كذب |
| 17 | بِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyāti | (the) Signs | أيي |
| 18 | ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 19 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 20 | لَاlā | (does) not | — |
| 21 | يَهْدِىyahdī | guide | هدي |
| 22 | ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawma | the people | قوم |
| 23 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna | the wrongdoers | ظلم |