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In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
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| 1. |
[5:1] O you who believe, you shall fulfill your covenants. Permitted for
you to eat are the livestock, except those specifically prohibited herein.
You shall not permit hunting throughout Hajj pilgrimage. GOD decrees whatever
He wills. |
| 2. |
[5:2] O you who believe, do not violate the rites instituted by GOD, nor
the Sacred Months, nor the animals to be offered, nor the garlands marking
them, nor the people who head for the Sacred Shrine (Ka`bah) seeking blessings
from their Lord and approval. Once you complete the pilgrimage, you may hunt.
Do not be provoked into aggression by your hatred of people who once prevented
you from going to the Sacred Masjid. You shall cooperate in matters of
righteousness and piety; do not cooperate in matters that are sinful and
evil. You shall observe GOD. GOD is strict in enforcing retribution.
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*5:2 Hunting and the cutting of plants are forbidden during pilgrimage
for the conservation of natural resources. With thousands of pilgrims converging
on Mecca, if hunting were permitted, the land would quickly be stripped of
its natural resources. Animal offerings are made part of the pilgrimage to
provide for the converging pilgrims,
as well as the local population, and to replenish any depleted supplies.
See 2:196. |
| 3. |
[5:3] Prohibited for you are animals that die of themselves, blood, the meat
of pigs, and animals dedicated to other than GOD.
(Animals that die of themselves include
those) strangled, struck with an object, fallen from a height,
gored, attacked by a wild animal - unless you save your animal before it
dies - and animals sacrificed on altars. Also prohibited is dividing the
meat through a game of chance; this is an abomination. Today, the disbelievers
have given up concerning (the eradication
of) your religion; do not fear them and fear Me instead. Today,
I have completed your religion, perfected My blessing upon you, and I have
decreed Submission as the religion for you. If one is forced by famine
(to eat prohibited food), without being deliberately
sinful, then GOD is Forgiver, Merciful.
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*5:3 The "meat" of the pig is prohibited, not the "fat." Anything that
is not specifically prohibited in the Quran must be considered lawful. See
6:145-146. |
| 4. |
[5:4] They consult you concerning what is lawful for them; say, "Lawful for
you are all good things, including what trained dogs and falcons catch for
you." You train them according to GOD's teachings. You may eat what they
catch for you, and mention GOD's name thereupon. You shall observe GOD. GOD
is most efficient in reckoning. |
| 5. |
[5:5] Today, all good food is made lawful for you. The food of the people
of the scripture is lawful for you. Also, you may marry the chaste women
among the believers, as well as the chaste women among the followers of previous
scripture, provided you pay them their due dowries. You shall maintain chastity,
not committing adultery, nor taking secret lovers. Anyone who rejects faith,
all his work will be in vain, and in the Hereafter he will be with the losers. |
| 6. |
[5:6] O you who believe, when you observe the Contact Prayers (Salat), you
shall: (1) wash your faces, (2) wash your arms to the elbows, (3) wipe your
heads, and (4) wash your feet to the ankles. If you were unclean due to sexual
orgasm, you shall bathe. If you are ill, or traveling, or had any digestive
excretion (urinary, fecal, or gas), or
had (sexual) contact with the women,
and you cannot find water, you shall observe the dry ablution (Tayammum)
by touching clean dry soil, then rubbing your faces and hands. GOD does not
wish to make the religion difficult for you; He wishes to cleanse you and
to perfect His blessing upon you, that you may be appreciative. |
| 7. |
[5:7] Remember GOD's blessing upon you, and His covenant that He covenanted
with you: you said, "We hear and we obey." You shall observe GOD; GOD is
fully aware of the innermost thoughts. |
| 8. |
[5:8] O you who believe, you shall be absolutely equitable, and observe GOD,
when you serve as witnesses. Do not be provoked by your conflicts with some
people into committing injustice. You shall be absolutely equitable, for
it is more righteous. You shall observe GOD. GOD is fully Cognizant of everything
you do. |
| 9. |
[5:9] GOD promises those who believe and lead a righteous life forgiveness
and a great recompense. |
| 10. |
[5:10] As for those who disbelieve and reject our revelations, they are the
dwellers of Hell. |
| 11. |
[5:11] O you who believe, remember GOD's blessings upon you; when some people
extended their hands to aggress against you, He protected you and withheld
their hands. You shall observe GOD; in GOD the believers shall trust. |
| 12. |
[5:12] GOD had taken a covenant from the Children of Israel, and we raised
among them twelve patriarchs. And GOD said, "I am with you, so long as you
observe the Contact Prayers (Salat), give the obligatory charity (Zakat),
and believe in My messengers and respect them, and continue to lend GOD a
loan of righteousness. I will then remit your sins, and admit you into gardens
with flowing streams. Anyone who disbelieves after this, has indeed strayed
off the right path."
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*5:12 If you fulfill the requirements stated in this verse, God will let
you know that He is with you; you will have no doubt about it. Prominent
among God's signs are mathematical signs for those who understand the Quran's
miracle (Appendix 1). |
| 13. |
[5:13] It was a consequence of their violating the covenant that we condemned
them, and we caused their hearts to become hardened. Consequently, they took
the words out of context, and disregarded some of the commandments given
to them. You will continue to witness betrayal from them, excepting a few
of them. You shall pardon them, and disregard them. GOD loves those who are
benevolent. |
| 14. |
[5:14] Also from those who said, "We are Christian," we took their covenant.
But they disregarded some of the commandments given to them. Consequently,
we condemned them to animosity and hatred among themselves, until the Day
of Resurrection. GOD will then inform them of everything they had done. |
| 15. |
[5:15] O people of the scripture, our messenger has come to you to proclaim
for you many things you have concealed in the scripture, and to pardon many
other transgressions you have committed. A beacon has come to you from GOD,
and a profound scripture. |
| 16. |
[5:16] With it, GOD guides those who seek His approval. He guides them to
the paths of peace, leads them out of darkness into the light by His leave,
and guides them in a straight path. |
| 17. |
[5:17] Pagans indeed are those who say that GOD is the Messiah, the son of
Mary. Say, "Who could oppose GOD if He willed to annihilate the Messiah,
son of Mary, and his mother, and everyone on earth?" To GOD belongs the
sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, and everything between them. He
creates whatever He wills. GOD is Omnipotent. |
| 18. |
[5:18] The Jews and the Christians said, "We are GOD's children and His beloved."
Say, "Why then does He punish you for your sins? You are just humans like
the other humans He created." He forgives whomever He wills and punishes
whomever He wills. To GOD belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the
earth, and everything between them, and to Him is the final destiny. |
| 19. |
[5:19] O people of the scripture, our messenger has come to you, to explain
things to you, after a period of time without messengers, lest you say, "We
did not receive any preacher or warner." A preacher and warner has now come
to you. GOD is Omnipotent.
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*5:19 This verse reports the fulfillment of the biblical and Quranic prophecy
regarding the advent of God's Messenger of the Covenant (Malachi 3:1, Quran
3:81). The name of this messenger is mathematically coded into the Quran
as "Rashad Khalifa." This very special verse warrants the presentation of
specific evidence. By adding the gematrical value of "Rashad" (505), plus
the value of "Khalifa" (725), plus the sura number (5), plus the verse number
(19), we obtain a total of 505+725+5+19 = 1254, or 19x66. Nineteen is the
Quran's common denominator, which was revealed through Rashad Khalifa. More
evidence and specific details are in Appendix 2. |
| 20. |
[5:20] Recall that Moses said to his people, "O my people, remember GOD's
blessings upon you: He appointed prophets from among you, made you kings,
and granted you what He never granted any other people. |
| 21. |
[5:21] "O my people, enter the holy land that GOD has decreed for you, and
do not rebel, lest you become losers." |
| 22. |
[5:22] They said, "O Moses, there are powerful people in it, and we will
not enter it, unless they get out of it. If they get out, we are entering." |
| 23. |
[5:23] Two men who were reverent and blessed by GOD said, "Just enter the
gate. If you just enter it, you will surely prevail. You must trust in GOD,
if you are believers." |
| 24. |
[5:24] They said, "O Moses, we will never enter it, so long as they are in
it. Therefore, go - you and your Lord - and fight. We are sitting right here." |
| 25. |
[5:25] He said, "My Lord, I can only control myself and my brother. So, allow
us to part company with the wicked people." |
| 26. |
[5:26] He said, "Henceforth, it is forbidden them for forty years, during
which they will roam the earth aimlessly. Do not grieve over such wicked
people." |
| 27. |
[5:27] Recite for them the true history of Adam's two sons. They made an
offering, and it was accepted from one of them, but not from the other. He
said, "I will surely kill you." He said, "GOD accepts only from the righteous. |
| 28. |
[5:28] "If you extend your hand to kill me, I am not extending my hand to
kill you. For I reverence GOD, Lord of the universe. |
| 29. |
[5:29] "I want you, not me, to bear my sin and your sin, then you end up
with the dwellers of Hell. Such is the requital for the transgressors." |
| 30. |
[5:30] His ego provoked him into killing his brother. He killed him, and
ended up with the losers. |
| 31. |
[5:31] GOD then sent a raven to scratch the soil, to teach him how to bury
his brother's corpse. He said, "Woe to me; I failed to be as intelligent
as this raven, and bury my brother's corpse." He became ridden with remorse.
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*5:27-31 The names of the two sons involved in this first murder are not
relevant. But they are given in the Bible as Abel and Cain (Genesis 4:2-9).
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| 32. |
[5:32] Because of this, we decreed for the Children of Israel that anyone
who murders any person who had not committed murder or horrendous crimes,
it shall be as if he murdered all the people. And anyone who spares a life,
it shall be as if he spared the lives of all the people. Our messengers went
to them with clear proofs and revelations, but most of them, after all this,
are still transgressing. |
| 33. |
[5:33] The just retribution for those who fight GOD and His messenger, and
commit horrendous crimes, is to be killed, or crucified, or to have their
hands and feet cut off on alternate sides, or to be banished from the land.
This is to humiliate them in this life, then they suffer a far worse retribution
in the Hereafter. |
| 34. |
[5:34] Exempted are those who repent before you overcome them. You should
know that GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful. |
| 35. |
[5:35] O you who believe, you shall reverence GOD and seek the ways and means
to Him, and strive in His cause, that you may succeed. |
| 36. |
[5:36] Certainly, those who disbelieved, if they possessed everything on
earth, even twice as much, and offered it as ransom to spare them the retribution
on the Day of Resurrection, it would not be accepted from them; they have
incurred a painful retribution. |
| 37. |
[5:37] They will want to exit Hell, but alas, they can never exit therefrom;
their retribution is eternal. |
| 38. |
[5:38] The thief, male or female, you shall mark their hands* as a punishment
for their crime, and to serve as an example from GOD. GOD is Almighty, Most
Wise.
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*5:38 The practice of cutting off the thief's hand, as decreed by the
false Muslims, is a satanic practice without Quranic basis. Due to the special
importance of this example, God has provided mathematical proof in support
of marking the hand of the thief, rather than severing it. Verse 12:31 refers
to the women who so admired Joseph that they "cut" their hands. Obviously,
they did not "cut off" their hands; nobody can. The sum of sura and verse
numbers are the same for 5:38 and 12:31, i.e., 43. It is also the will and
mercy of God that this mathematical relationship conforms with the Quran's
19-based code. Nineteen verses after 12:31, we see the same word (12:50).
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| 39. |
[5:39] If one repents after committing this crime, and reforms, GOD redeems
him. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful. |
| 40. |
[5:40] Do you not know that GOD possesses the sovereignty of the heavens
and the earth? He punishes whomever He wills, and forgives whomever He wills.
GOD is Omnipotent. |
| 41. |
[5:41] O you messenger, do not be saddened by those who hasten to disbelieve
among those who say, "We believe," with their mouths, while their hearts
do not believe. Among the Jews, some listened to lies. They listened to people
who never met you, and who distorted the words out of context, then said,
"If you are given this, accept it, but if you are given anything different,
beware." Whomever GOD wills to divert, you can do nothing to help him against
GOD. GOD does not wish to cleanse their hearts. They have incurred humiliation
in this world, and in the Hereafter, they will suffer a terrible retribution. |
| 42. |
[5:42] They are upholders of lies, and eaters of illicit earnings. If they
come to you to judge among them, you may judge among them, or you may disregard
them. If you choose to disregard them, they cannot harm you in the least.
But if you judge among them, you shall judge equitably. GOD loves those who
are equitable. |
| 43. |
[5:43] Why do they ask you to judge among them, when they have the Torah,
containing GOD's law, and they chose to disregard it? They are not believers. |
| 44. |
[5:44] We have sent down the Torah, containing guidance and light. Ruling
in accordance with it were the Jewish prophets, as well as the rabbis and
the priests, as dictated to them in GOD's scripture, and as witnessed by
them. Therefore, do not reverence human beings; you shall reverence Me instead.
And do not trade away My revelations for a cheap price. Those who do not
rule in accordance with GOD's revelations are the disbelievers.
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*5:44 The Torah is a collection of all the scriptures revealed through
all the prophets of Israel prior to Jesus Christ, i.e., today's Old Testament.
Nowhere in the Quran do we find that the Torah was given to Moses. |
| 45. |
[5:45] And we decreed for them in it that: the life for the life, the eye
for the eye, the nose for the nose, the ear for the ear, the tooth for the
tooth, and an equivalent injury for any injury. If one forfeits what is due
to him as a charity, it will atone for his sins. Those who do not rule in
accordance with GOD's revelations are the unjust. |
| 46. |
[5:46] Subsequent to them, we sent Jesus, the son of Mary, confirming the
previous scripture, the Torah. We gave him the Gospel, containing guidance
and light, and confirming the previous scriptures, the Torah, and augmenting
its guidance and light, and to enlighten the righteous. |
| 47. |
[5:47] The people of the Gospel shall rule in accordance with GOD's revelations
therein. Those who do not rule in accordance with GOD's revelations are the
wicked. |
| 48. |
[5:48] Then we revealed to you this scripture, truthfully, confirming previous
scriptures, and superseding them. You shall rule among them in accordance
with GOD's revelations, and do not follow their wishes if they differ from
the truth that came to you. For each of you, we have decreed laws and different
rites. Had GOD willed, He could have made you one congregation. But He thus
puts you to the test through the revelations He has given each of you. You
shall compete in righteousness. To GOD is your final destiny - all of you
- then He will inform you of everything you had disputed. |
| 49. |
[5:49] You shall rule among them in accordance with GOD's revelations to
you. Do not follow their wishes, and beware lest they divert you from some
of GOD's revelations to you. If they turn away, then know that GOD wills
to punish them for some of their sins. Indeed, many people are wicked. |
| 50. |
[5:50] Is it the law of the days of ignorance that they seek to uphold? Whose
law is better than GOD's for those who have attained certainty?[5:67] O you
messenger, deliver what is revealed to you from your Lord - until you do,
you have not delivered His message - and GOD will protect you from the people.
GOD does not guide the disbelieving people. |
| 51. |
[5:51] O you who believe, do not take certain Jews and Christians as allies;
these are allies of one another. Those among you who ally themselves with
these belong with them. GOD does not guide the transgressors.
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*5:51 Relations with other people are governed by the basic rule in 5:57
& 60:8-9. The Jews and Christians who cannot be friends are specifically
mentioned in 5:57; they are the ones who mock and ridicule the believers,
or attack them. |
| 52. |
[5:52] You will see those who harbor doubt in their hearts hasten to join
them, saying, "We fear lest we may be defeated." May GOD bring victory, or
a command from Him, that causes them to regret their secret thoughts. |
| 53. |
[5:53] The believers will then say, "Are these the same people who swore
by GOD solemnly that they were with you?" Their works have been nullified;
they are the losers. |
| 54. |
[5:54] O you who believe, if you revert from your religion, then GOD will
substitute in your place people whom He loves and who love Him. They will
be kind with the believers, stern with the disbelievers, and will strive
in the cause of GOD without fear of any blame. Such is GOD's blessing; He
bestows it upon whomever He wills. GOD is Bounteous, Omniscient. |
| 55. |
[5:55] Your real allies are GOD and His messenger, and the believers who
observe the Contact Prayers (Salat), and give the obligatory charity (Zakat),
and they bow down. |
| 56. |
[5:56] Those who ally themselves with GOD and His messenger, and those who
believed, belong in the party of GOD; absolutely, they are the victors. |
| 57. |
[5:57] O you who believe, do not befriend those among the recipients of previous
scripture who mock and ridicule your religion, nor shall you befriend the
disbelievers. You shall reverence GOD, if you are really believers. |
| 58. |
[5:58] When you call to the Contact Prayers (Salat), they mock and ridicule
it. This is because they are people who do not understand. |
| 59. |
[5:59] Say, "O people of the scripture, do you not hate us because we believe
in GOD, and in what was revealed to us, and in what was revealed before us,
and because most of you are not righteous?" |
| 60. |
[5:60] Say, "Let me tell you who are worse in the sight of GOD: those who
are condemned by GOD after incurring His wrath until He made them (as despicable
as) monkeys and pigs, and the idol worshipers. These are far worse, and farther
from the right path." |
| 61. |
[5:61] When they come to you, they say, "We believe," even though they were
full of disbelief when they entered, and they are full of disbelief when
they leave. GOD is fully aware of everything they conceal. |
| 62. |
[5:62] You see many of them readily committing evil and transgression, and
eating from illicit earnings. Miserable indeed is what they do. |
| 63. |
[5:63] If only the rabbis and the priests enjoin them from their sinful
utterances and illicit earnings! Miserable indeed is what they commit. |
| 64. |
[5:64] The Jews even said, "GOD's hand is tied down!" It is their hands that
are tied down. They are condemned for uttering such a blasphemy. Instead,
His hands are wide open, spending as He wills. For certain, your Lord's
revelations to you will cause many of them to plunge deeper into transgression
and disbelief. Consequently, we have committed them to animosity and hatred
among themselves until the Day of Resurrection. Whenever they ignite the
flames of war, GOD puts them out. They roam the earth wickedly, and GOD dislikes
the evildoers. |
| 65. |
[5:65] If only the people of the scripture believe and lead a righteous life,
we will then remit their sins, and admit them into gardens of bliss. |
| 66. |
[5:66] If only they would uphold the Torah and the Gospel, and what is sent
down to them herein from their Lord, they would be showered with blessings
from above them and from beneath their feet. Some of them are righteous,
but many of them are evildoers. |
| 67. |
[5:67] O you messenger, deliver what is revealed to you from your Lord -
until you do, you have not delivered His message - and GOD will protect you
from the people. GOD does not guide the disbelieving people. |
| 68. |
[5:68] Say, "O people of the scripture, you have no basis until you uphold
the Torah, and the Gospel, and what is sent down to you herein from your
Lord." For sure, these revelations from your Lord will cause many of them
to plunge deeper into transgression and disbelief. Therefore, do not feel
sorry for the disbelieving people. |
| 69. |
[5:69] Surely, those who believe, those who are Jewish, the converts, and
the Christians; any of them who (1) believe in GOD and (2) believe in the
Last Day, and (3) lead a righteous life, have nothing to fear, nor will they
grieve. |
| 70. |
[5:70] We have taken a covenant from the Children of Israel, and we sent
to them messengers. Whenever a messenger went to them with anything they
disliked, some of them they rejected, and some they killed. |
| 71. |
[5:71] They thought that they would not be tested, so they turned blind and
deaf, then GOD redeemed them, but then many of them turned blind and deaf
again. GOD is Seer of everything they do |
| 72. |
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Today's Christianity Not Jesus' Religion*
[5:72] Pagans indeed are those who say that GOD is the Messiah, son of Mary.
The Messiah himself said, "O Children of Israel, you shall worship GOD; my
Lord and your Lord." Anyone who sets up any idol beside GOD, GOD has forbidden
Paradise for him, and his destiny is Hell. The wicked have no helpers. |
| 73. |
[5:73] Pagans indeed are those who say that GOD is a third of a trinity.
There is no god except the one god. Unless they refrain from saying this,
those who disbelieve among them will incur a painful retribution. |
| 74. |
[5:74] Would they not repent to GOD, and ask His forgiveness? GOD is Forgiver,
Most Merciful. |
| 75. |
[5:75] The Messiah, son of Mary, is no more than a messenger like the messengers
before him, and his mother was a saint. Both of them used to eat the food.
Note how we explain the revelations for them, and note how they still deviate! |
| 76. |
[5:76] Say, "Would you worship beside GOD powerless idols who can neither
harm you, nor benefit you? GOD is Hearer, Omniscient."
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*5:72-76 In John 20:17, we see that Jesus taught that he was neither God,
nor the son of God. Many theologians have concluded, after careful research,
that today's Christianity is not the same Christianity taught by Jesus. Two
outstanding books on this subject are "The Myth of God Incarnate" (The
Westminster Press, Philadelphia, 1977) and The "Mythmaker" (Harper &
Row, New York, 1986). On the front jacket of "The Mythmaker" we read the
following statement:
" ...Hyam Maccoby presents new arguments to support the view that Paul,
not Jesus, was the founder of Christianity....it was Paul alone who created
a new religion through his vision of Jesus as a divine Saviour who died to
save humanity." |
| 77. |
[5:77] Say, "O people of the scripture, do not transgress the limits of your
religion beyond the truth, and do not follow the opinions of people who have
gone astray, and have misled multitudes of people; they are far astray from
the right path." |
| 78. |
[5:78] Condemned are those who disbelieved among the Children of Israel,
by the tongue of David and Jesus, the son of Mary. This is because they disobeyed
and transgressed. |
| 79. |
[5:79] They did not enjoin one another from committing evil. Miserable indeed
is what they did. |
| 80. |
[5:80] You would see many of them allying themselves with those who disbelieve.
Miserable indeed is what their hands have sent forth on behalf of their souls.
GOD is angry with them and, consequently, they will abide forever in retribution. |
| 81. |
[5:81] Had they believed in GOD, and the prophet, and in what was revealed
to him herein, they would not have befriended them. But many of them are
evil. |
| 82. |
[5:82] You will find that the worst enemies of the believers are the Jews
and the idol worshipers. And you will find that the closest people in friendship
to the believers are those who say, "We are Christian." This is because they
have priests and monks among them, and they are not arrogant. |
| 83. |
[5:83] When they hear what was revealed to the messenger, you see their eyes
flooding with tears as they recognize the truth therein, and they say, "Our
Lord, we have believed, so count us among the witnesses. |
| 84. |
[5:84] "Why should we not believe in GOD, and in the truth that has come
to us, and hope that our Lord may admit us with the righteous people?" |
| 85. |
[5:85] GOD has rewarded them for saying this; He will admit them into gardens
with flowing streams. They abide therein forever. Such is the reward for
the righteous. |
| 86. |
[5:86] As for those who disbelieve and reject our revelations, they are the
dwellers of Hell. |
| 87. |
[5:87] O you who believe, do not prohibit good things that are made lawful
by GOD, and do not aggress; GOD dislikes the aggressors. |
| 88. |
[5:88] And eat from the good and lawful things that GOD has provided for
you. You shall reverence GOD, in whom you are believers. |
| 89. |
[5:89] GOD does not hold you responsible for the mere utterance of oaths;
He holds you responsible for your actual intentions. If you violate an oath,
you shall atone by feeding ten poor people from the same food you offer to
your own family, or clothing them, or by freeing a slave. If you cannot afford
this, then you shall fast three days. This is the atonement for violating
the oaths that you swore to keep. You shall fulfill your oaths. GOD thus
explains His revelations to you, that you may be appreciative. |
| 90. |
[5:90] O you who believe, intoxicants, and gambling, and the altars of idols,
and the games of chance are abominations of the devil; you shall avoid them,
that you may succeed. |
| 91. |
[5:91] The devil wants to provoke animosity and hatred among you through
intoxicants and gambling, and to distract you from remembering GOD, and from
observing the Contact Prayers (Salat). Will you then refrain? |
| 92. |
[5:92] You shall obey GOD, and you shall obey the messenger, and beware.
If you turn away, then know that the sole duty of our messenger is to deliver
the message efficiently. |
| 93. |
[5:93] Those who believe and lead a righteous life bear no guilt by eating
any food, so long as they observe the commandments, believe and lead a righteous
life, then maintain their piety and faith, and continue to observe piety
and righteousness. GOD loves the righteous. |
| 94. |
[5:94] O you who believe, GOD will test you with some game within reach of
your hands and your arrows (during
pilgrimage). GOD thus distinguishes those among you who observe
Him in their privacy. Those who transgress after this have incurred a painful
retribution. |
| 95. |
[5:95] O you who believe, do not kill any game during pilgrimage. Anyone
who kills any game on purpose, his fine shall be a number of livestock animals
that is equivalent to the game animals he killed. The judgment shall be set
by two equitable people among you. They shall make sure that the offerings
reach the Ka`bah. Otherwise, he may expiate by feeding poor people, or by
an equivalent fast to atone for his offense. GOD has pardoned past offenses.
But if anyone returns to such an offense, GOD will avenge it. GOD is Almighty,
Avenger. |
| 96. |
[5:96] All fish of the sea are made lawful for you to eat. During pilgrimage,
this may provide for you during your journey. You shall not hunt throughout
the pilgrimage. You shall reverence GOD, before whom you will be summoned. |
| 97. |
[5:97] GOD has appointed the Ka`bah, the Sacred Masjid, to be a sanctuary
for the people, and also the Sacred Months, the offerings (to the Sacred
Masjid), and the garlands marking them. You should know that GOD knows everything
in the heavens and the earth, and that GOD is Omniscient.
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*5:97 The idol-worshiping Muslims have instituted two "Sacred Masjids"
by consecrating the Prophet's tomb. The Quran talks only about one Sacred
Masjid. |
| 98. |
[5:98] Know that GOD is strict in enforcing retribution, and that GOD is
Forgiving, Most Merciful. |
| 99. |
[5:99] The sole duty of the messenger is to deliver the message, and GOD
knows everything you declare and everything you conceal. |
| 100. |
[5:100] Proclaim: "The bad and the good are not the same, even if the abundance
of the bad may impress you. You shall reverence GOD,
(even if you are in the minority) O you
who possess intelligence, that you may succeed." |
| 101. |
[5:101] O you who believe, do not ask about matters which, if revealed to
you prematurely, would hurt you. If you ask about them in light of the Quran,
they will become obvious to you. GOD has deliberately overlooked them. GOD
is Forgiver, Clement.
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| 102. |
[5:102] Others before you have asked the same questions, then became disbelievers
therein. |
| 103. |
[5:103] GOD did not prohibit livestock that begets certain combinations of
males and females, nor livestock liberated by an oath, nor the one that begets
two males in a row, nor the bull that fathers ten. It is the disbelievers
who invented such lies about GOD. Most of them do not understand. |
| 104. |
[5:104] When they are told, "Come to what GOD has revealed, and to the
messenger," they say, "What we found our parents doing is sufficient for
us." What if their parents knew nothing, and were not guided? |
| 105. |
[5:105] O you who believe, you should worry only about your own necks. If
the others go astray, they cannot hurt you, as long as you are guided. To
GOD is your ultimate destiny, all of you, then He will inform you of everything
you had done. |
| 106. |
[5:106] O you who believe, witnessing a will when one of you is dying shall
be done by two equitable people among you. If you are traveling, then two
others may do the witnessing. After observing the Contact Prayer (Salat),
let the witnesses swear by GOD, to alleviate your doubts: "We will not use
this to attain personal gains, even if the testator is related to us. Nor
will we conceal GOD's testimony. Otherwise, we would be sinners." |
| 107. |
[5:107] If the witnesses are found to be guilty of bias, then two others
shall be asked to take their places. Choose two persons who were victimized
by the first witnesses, and let them swear by GOD: "Our testimony is more
truthful than theirs; we will not be biased. Otherwise, we will be
transgressors." |
| 108. |
[5:108] This is more apt to encourage an honest testimony on their part,
fearing that their oath may be disregarded like that of the previous witnesses.
You shall observe GOD and listen. GOD does not guide the wicked. |
| 109. |
[5:109] The day will come when GOD will summon the messengers and ask them,
"How was the response to you?" They will say, "We have no knowledge. You
are the Knower of all secrets." |
| 110. |
[5:110] GOD will say, "O Jesus, son of Mary, remember My blessings upon you
and your mother. I supported you with the Holy Spirit, to enable you to speak
to the people from the crib, as well as an adult. I taught you the scripture,
wisdom, the Torah, and the Gospel. Recall that you created from clay the
shape of a bird by My leave, then blew into it, and it became a live bird
by My leave. You healed the blind and the leprous by My leave, and revived
the dead by My leave. Recall that I protected you from the Children of Israel
who wanted to hurt you, despite the profound miracles you had shown them.
The disbelievers among them said, `This is obviously magic.' |
| 111. |
[5:111] "Recall that I inspired the disciples: `You shall believe in Me and
My messenger.' They said, `We have believed, and bear witness that we are
submitters.' " |
| 112. |
[5:112] Recall that the disciples said, "O Jesus, son of Mary, can your Lord
send down to us a feast from the sky?" He said, "You should reverence GOD,
if you are believers." |
| 113. |
[5:113] They said, "We wish to eat from it, and to reassure our hearts, and
to know for sure that you have told us the truth. We will serve as witnesses
thereof." |
| 114. |
[5:114] Said Jesus, the son of Mary, "Our god, our Lord, send down to us
a feast from the sky. Let it bring plenty for each and every one of us, and
a sign from You. Provide for us; You are the best Provider." |
| 115. |
[5:115] GOD said, "I am sending it down. Anyone among you who disbelieves
after this, I will punish him as I never punished anyone else."
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*5:114-115 The Quran's overwhelming miracle (Appendix 1) is described
in 74:35 as "One of the greatest miracles," and brings with it an uncommonly
great responsibility. |
| 116. |
[5:116] GOD will say, "O Jesus, son of Mary, did you say to the people, `Make
me and my mother idols beside GOD?' " He will say, "Be You glorified. I could
not utter what was not right. Had I said it, You already would have known
it. You know my thoughts, and I do not know Your thoughts. You know all the
secrets.
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*5:116 It is noteworthy that the Quran consistently calls Jesus "son of
Mary" and the Bible calls him "son of man." God knew that some will blaspheme
and call him "son of God!" |
| 117. |
[5:117] "I told them only what You commanded me to say, that: `You shall
worship GOD, my Lord and your Lord.' I was a witness among them for as long
as I lived with them. When You terminated my life on earth, You became the
Watcher over them. You witness all things. |
| 118. |
[5:118] "If You punish them, they are Your constituents. If You forgive them,
You are the Almighty, Most Wise." |
| 119. |
[5:119] GOD will proclaim, "This is a day when the truthful will be saved
by their truthfulness." They have deserved gardens with flowing streams.
They abide therein forever. GOD is pleased with them, and they are pleased
with Him. This is the greatest triumph. |
| 120. |
[5:120] To GOD belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, and
everything in them, and He is Omnipotent. |
