Al-Ma'idah 5:65
The Table Spread · Juz 6 · Page 119
وَلَوۡ أَنَّ أَهۡلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ءَامَنُواْ وَٱتَّقَوۡاْ لَكَفَّرۡنَا عَنۡهُمۡ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمۡ وَلَأَدۡخَلۡنَٰهُمۡ جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ٦٥
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.
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Commentary on 5:65–66
وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْكِتابِ يعني: اليهود والنصارى، آمَنُوا يعني: صدّقوا بتوحيد الله تعالى وبمحمد ﷺ والقرآن وَاتَّقَوْا الشرك والمعاصي، لَكَفَّرْنا عَنْهُمْ سَيِّئاتِهِمْ يعني:
غفرنا ذنوبهم، وَلَأَدْخَلْناهُمْ جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ في الآخرة.
ثم قال: وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ أَقامُوا التَّوْراةَ وَالْإِنْجِيلَ يعني: أقرّوا بما فيهما، وبيّنوا ما كتموا، وَما أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِمْ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ يعني: بما أنزل إليهم من ربهم، يعني: عملوا بما أنزل إليهم من ربهم في كتابهم ويقال: القرآن. لَأَكَلُوا مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ يعني: يرزقهم الله تعالى المطر من فوقهم، في الوقت الذي ينفعهم، وَمِنْ تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِهِمْ يعني: النبات من الأرض، وقال الزجاج: هذا على وجه التوسعة. يقال: فلان خيره من فوقه إلى قدمه، يعني: لو أنهم فعلوا ما أمروا لأعطاهم الله الخير مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِن تَحْتِ أرجلهم، يعني: صاروا في الخير في الدنيا والآخرة.
وروي أبو موسى الأشعري عن رسول الله ﷺ أنه قال: أيما رجل من أهل الكتاب آمن بنبيّه، وآمن بمحمد ﷺ فله أجران.
ثم قال: مِنْهُمْ أُمَّةٌ مُقْتَصِدَةٌ يعني عصبة وجماعة عادلة، وهم مؤمنو أهل الكتاب، من أهل التوراة والإنجيل وَكَثِيرٌ مِنْهُمْ ساءَ مَا يَعْمَلُونَ الذين لم يصدقوا ولم يؤمنوا.
قوله تعالى:
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5:65
وَلَوۡ أَنَّ أَهۡلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ءَامَنُواْ وَٱتَّقَوۡاْ لَكَفَّرۡنَا عَنۡهُمۡ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمۡ وَلَأَدۡخَلۡنَٰهُمۡ جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ٦٥
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.
5:66
وَلَوۡ أَنَّهُمۡ أَقَامُواْ ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةَ وَٱلۡإِنجِيلَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡهِم مِّن رَّبِّهِمۡ لَأَكَلُواْ مِن فَوۡقِهِمۡ وَمِن تَحۡتِ أَرۡجُلِهِمۚ مِّنۡهُمۡ أُمَّةٞ مُّقۡتَصِدَةٞۖ وَكَثِيرٞ مِّنۡهُمۡ سَآءَ مَا يَعۡمَلُونَ ٦٦
And if only they had upheld [the law of] the Torah, the Gospel, and what has been revealed to them from their Lord [i.e., the Qur’ān], they would have consumed [provision] from above them and from beneath their feet.1 Among them are a moderate [i.e., acceptable] community, but many of them - evil is that which they do.
1 translator’s note
- i.e., in great abundance. ↩
5:67
۞ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلرَّسُولُ بَلِّغۡ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡكَ مِن رَّبِّكَۖ وَإِن لَّمۡ تَفۡعَلۡ فَمَا بَلَّغۡتَ رِسَالَتَهُۥۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعۡصِمُكَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٦٧
O Messenger, announce that which has been revealed to you from your Lord, and if you do not, then you have not conveyed His message. And Allāh will protect you from the people. Indeed, Allāh does not guide the disbelieving people.
5:68
قُلۡ يَٰٓأَهۡلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لَسۡتُمۡ عَلَىٰ شَيۡءٍ حَتَّىٰ تُقِيمُواْ ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةَ وَٱلۡإِنجِيلَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡۗ وَلَيَزِيدَنَّ كَثِيرٗا مِّنۡهُم مَّآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ طُغۡيَٰنٗا وَكُفۡرٗاۖ فَلَا تَأۡسَ عَلَى ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٦٨
Say, "O People of the Scripture, you are [standing] on nothing until you uphold [the law of] the Torah, the Gospel, and what has been revealed to you from your Lord [i.e., the Qur’ān]." And that which has been revealed to you from your Lord will surely increase many of them in transgression and disbelief. So do not grieve over the disbelieving people.
5:69
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَٱلَّذِينَ هَادُواْ وَٱلصَّٰبِـُٔونَ وَٱلنَّصَٰرَىٰ مَنۡ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأٓخِرِ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحٗا فَلَا خَوۡفٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يَحۡزَنُونَ ٦٩
Indeed, those who have believed [in Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] and those [before him (ﷺ)] who were Jews or Sabeans or Christians - those [among them] who believed in Allāh and the Last Day and did righteousness - no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve.1
1 translator’s note
- See footnote to 2:62. ↩
5:70
لَقَدۡ أَخَذۡنَا مِيثَٰقَ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ وَأَرۡسَلۡنَآ إِلَيۡهِمۡ رُسُلٗاۖ كُلَّمَا جَآءَهُمۡ رَسُولُۢ بِمَا لَا تَهۡوَىٰٓ أَنفُسُهُمۡ فَرِيقٗا كَذَّبُواْ وَفَرِيقٗا يَقۡتُلُونَ ٧٠
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.