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Surah Al-Ma’idah, Verse 12

سورة المائدة، الآية ١٢

5:12 Juz 6 Hizb 11 Page 109 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 5:12

وَلَقَدْ أَخَذَ ٱللَّهُ مِيثَٰقَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَبَعَثْنَا مِنْهُمُ ٱثْنَىْ عَشَرَ نَقِيبًا وَقَالَ ٱللَّهُ إِنِّى مَعَكُمْ لَئِنْ أَقَمْتُمُ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَيْتُمُ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَءَامَنتُم بِرُسُلِى وَعَزَّرْتُمُوهُمْ وَأَقْرَضْتُمُ ٱللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا لَّأُكَفِّرَنَّ عَنكُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْ وَلَأُدْخِلَنَّكُمْ جَنَّٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ فَمَن كَفَرَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ مِنكُمْ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ سَوَآءَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ ۝١٢

Transliteration

walaqad akhadha l-lahu mīthāqa banī is'rāīla wabaʿathnā min'humu ith'nay ʿashara naqīban waqāla l-lahu innī maʿakum la-in aqamtumu l-ṣalata waātaytumu l-zakata waāmantum birusulī waʿazzartumūhum wa-aqraḍtumu l-laha qarḍan ḥasanan la-ukaffiranna ʿankum sayyiātikum wala-ud'khilannakum jannātin tajrī min taḥtihā l-anhāru faman kafara baʿda dhālika minkum faqad ḍalla sawāa l-sabīli

Translation

And Allāh had already taken a covenant from the Children of Israel, and We delegated from among them twelve leaders. And Allāh said, "I am with you. If you establish prayer and give zakāh and believe in My messengers and support them and loan Allāh a goodly loan,247 I will surely remove from you your misdeeds and admit you to gardens beneath which rivers flow. But whoever of you disbelieves after that has certainly strayed from the soundness of the way."

Notes

[247] By spending in the cause of Allāh, seeking His reward.

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Verse 12 of Surah Al-Ma’idah (5:12), a Medinan surah, is in juz 6, on page 109 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 12

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Allah had taken a firm promise from the Children of Israel, when He appointed over them twelve chiefs who were placed in authority over them. Allah said to the Israelites: I am with you- with my help and support if you establish the prayer in the complete manner, give Zakat from your wealth, accept all of my messengers without distinction, honour them, assist them and spend in good causes. If you do all of this, I will wipe out the sins you commit and I will enter you, on the Day of Judgement, into gardens with palaces overlooking flowing streams. Whoever disbelieves after making this promise has knowingly and deliberately deviated from the path of truth.

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Other translations of verse 12

Allah took a covenant from the Children of Israel and appointed twelve chiefs from among them. Allah said, “I am with you. If you establish prayer, give zakah, believe in My messengers and support them, and give Allah a goodly loan13, I will surely forgive your sins and admit you into gardens under which rivers flow. But whoever of you disbelieves after this has truly strayed from the straight path.”

Notes

[13] By spending in Allah’s cause, seeking His reward.

Indeed Allâh took the covenant from the Children of Israel (Jews), and We appointed twelve leaders among them. And Allâh said: "I am with you if you perform As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât ) and give Zakât and believe in My Messengers; honour and assist them, and lend a good loan to Allâh, verily, I will expiate your sins and admit you to Gardens under which rivers flow (in Paradise). But if any of you after this, disbelieved, he has indeed gone astray from the Straight Path."

Allah made a covenant of old with the Children of Israel and We raised among them twelve chieftains, and Allah said: Lo! I am with you. If ye establish worship and pay the poor-due, and believe in My messengers and support them, and lend unto Allah a kindly loan, surely I shall remit your sins, and surely I shall bring you into Gardens underneath which rivers flow. Whoso among you disbelieveth after this will go astray from a plain road.

Allah did aforetime take a covenant from the Children of Israel, and we appointed twelve captains among them. And Allah said: "I am with you: if ye (but) establish regular prayers, practise regular charity, believe in my messengers, honour and assist them, and loan to Allah a beautiful loan, verily I will wipe out from you your evils, and admit you to gardens with rivers flowing beneath; but if any of you, after this, resisteth faith, he hath truly wandered from the path or rectitude."

And certainly Allah made a covenant with the children of Israel, and We raised up among them twelve chieftains; and Allah said: Surely I am with you; if you keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and believe in My messengers and assist them and offer to Allah a goodly gift, I will most certainly cover your evil deeds, and I will most certainly cause you to enter into gardens beneath which rivers flow, but whoever disbelieves from among you after that, he indeed shall lose the right way.

And indeed Allah already took compact with the Seeds (Or: sons) of , Israel) and We sent forth among them twelve chieftains. And Allah said, "Surely I am with you, indeed in case you keep up the prayer, and bring the Zakat, (i.e., pay the poor-dues) and believe in My Messengers, and rally to them in assistance, and lend to Allah a fair loan, indeed I will definitely expiate for you your odious deeds, and indeed I will definitely cause you to enter Gardens from beneath which Rivers run. So whoever of you disbelieves after that, then he has already erred away from the level way.

Verse 12 word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْ walaqad And certainly
  2. أَخَذَ akhadha took أ خ ذ
  3. ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah
  4. مِيثَٰقَ mīthāqa a Covenant و ث ق
  5. بَنِىٓ banī (from the) Children ب ن ي
  6. إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ is'rāīla (of) Israel
  7. وَبَعَثْنَا wabaʿathnā and We appointed ب ع ث
  8. مِنْهُمُ min'humu among them
  9. ٱثْنَىْ ith'nay two ث ن ي
  10. عَشَرَ ʿashara (and) ten ع ش ر
  11. نَقِيبًا naqīban leaders ن ق ب
  12. وَقَالَ waqāla And said ق و ل
  13. ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah
  14. إِنِّى innī Indeed, I (am)
  15. مَعَكُمْ maʿakum with you
  16. لَئِنْ la-in if
  17. أَقَمْتُمُ aqamtumu you establish ق و م
  18. ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ l-ṣalata the prayer ص ل و
  19. وَءَاتَيْتُمُ waātaytumu and give أ ت ي
  20. ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ l-zakata the zakah ز ك و
  21. وَءَامَنتُم waāmantum and you believe أ م ن
  22. بِرُسُلِى birusulī in My Messengers ر س ل
  23. وَعَزَّرْتُمُوهُمْ waʿazzartumūhum and you assist them ع ز ر
  24. وَأَقْرَضْتُمُ wa-aqraḍtumu and you loan ق ر ض
  25. ٱللَّهَ l-laha (to) Allah
  26. قَرْضًا qarḍan a loan ق ر ض
  27. حَسَنًا ḥasanan goodly ح س ن
  28. لَّأُكَفِّرَنَّ la-ukaffiranna surely I will remove ك ف ر
  29. عَنكُمْ ʿankum from you
  30. سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْ sayyiātikum your evil deeds س و أ
  31. وَلَأُدْخِلَنَّكُمْ wala-ud'khilannakum and I will surely admit you د خ ل
  32. جَنَّٰتٍ jannātin (to) gardens ج ن ن
  33. تَجْرِى tajrī flow ج ر ي
  34. مِن min from
  35. تَحْتِهَا taḥtihā underneath them ت ح ت
  36. ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ l-anhāru the rivers ن ه ر
  37. فَمَن faman But whoever
  38. كَفَرَ kafara disbelieved ك ف ر
  39. بَعْدَ baʿda after ب ع د
  40. ذَٰلِكَ dhālika that
  41. مِنكُمْ minkum among you
  42. فَقَدْ faqad then certainly
  43. ضَلَّ ḍalla he strayed ض ل ل
  44. سَوَآءَ sawāa (from) the way س و ي
  45. ٱلسَّبِيلِ l-sabīli the right س ب ل

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  • At-Tawbah 9:89

    أَعَدَّ ٱللَّهُ لَهُمْ جَنَّٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ

    Allāh has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally. That is the great attainment.

  • Al-Ma’idah 5:85

    فَأَثَٰبَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا قَالُوا۟ جَنَّٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا وَذَٰلِكَ جَزَآءُ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

    So Allāh rewarded them for what they said with gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally. And that is the reward of doers of good.

  • Al-Buruj 85:11

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ

    Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment.

  • Ibrahim 14:23

    وَأُدْخِلَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ جَنَّٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِمْ تَحِيَّتُهُمْ فِيهَا سَلَٰمٌ

    And those who believed and did righteous deeds will be admitted to gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding eternally therein by permission of their Lord; and their greeting therein will be, "Peace!"

  • Al-Hajj 22:14

    إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُدْخِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ جَنَّٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَفْعَلُ مَا يُرِيدُ

    Indeed, Allāh will admit those who believe and do righteous deeds to gardens beneath which rivers flow. Indeed, Allāh does what He intends.

  • Al-Furqan 25:10

    تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِىٓ إِن شَآءَ جَعَلَ لَكَ خَيْرًا مِّن ذَٰلِكَ جَنَّٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ وَيَجْعَل لَّكَ قُصُورًۢا

    Blessed is He who, if He willed, could have made for you [something] better than that - gardens beneath which rivers flow - and could make for you palaces.

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