Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:64
سُورَةُ المَائـِدَةِ · Medinan · Verse 64 of 120
وَقَالَتِ ٱلْيَهُودُ يَدُ ٱللَّهِ مَغْلُولَةٌ ۚ غُلَّتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَلُعِنُوا۟ بِمَا قَالُوا۟ ۘ بَلْ يَدَاهُ مَبْسُوطَتَانِ يُنفِقُ كَيْفَ يَشَآءُ ۚ وَلَيَزِيدَنَّ كَثِيرًۭا مِّنْهُم مَّآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ طُغْيَٰنًۭا وَكُفْرًۭا ۚ وَأَلْقَيْنَا بَيْنَهُمُ ٱلْعَدَٰوَةَ وَٱلْبَغْضَآءَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۚ كُلَّمَآ أَوْقَدُوا۟ نَارًۭا لِّلْحَرْبِ أَطْفَأَهَا ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَسَادًۭا ۚ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ
Translation
The Jews have said, ‘God is tight-fisted,’ but it is they who are tight-fisted, and they are rejected for what they have said. Truly, God’s hands are open wide: He gives as He pleases. What has been sent down to you from your Lord is sure to increase insolence and defiance in many of them. We have sown enmity and hatred amongst them till the Day of Resurrection. Whenever they kindle the fire of war, God will put it out. They try to spread corruption in the land, but God does not love those who corrupt.
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Topics that discuss this verse
Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:64 is discussed in 21 study guides on Maani. Each guide gathers the key verses, Arabic words and lessons of one Quranic topic.
- Warfare (Harb) (key verse)
- Jews (Yahud) (key verse)
- Striving (Sa'y) (key verse)
- Parables (Amthal)
- People of the Scripture (Ahl al-Kitab)
- Curse (La'n)
- Attributes of Allah (Sifat Allah)
- Tyranny (Tughyan)
- The Earth (Ard)
- Names of Allah (Asma Allah al-Husna)
- Atheism (Ilhad)
- Illiteracy (Ummiyyah)
- Spending (Infaq)
- Debate (Jidal)
- Sorcery (Sihr)
- Corruption (Fasad)
- The Tongue (Lisan)
- Walking (Masy)
- Hastening (Musara'ah)
- Hellfire (Nar)
- Light (Nur)
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