Surah Al-Ma'idah, ayah 12
۞ وَلَقَدْ أَخَذَ ٱللَّهُ مِيثَـٰقَ 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 جَنَّـٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ فَمَن كَفَرَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ مِنكُمْ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ سَوَآءَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ
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, 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."
Word by word
- ۞ وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
- أَخَذَakhadhatook
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- مِيثَـٰقَmīthāqaa Covenant
- بَنِىٓbanī(from the) Children
- إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) Israel
- وَبَعَثْنَاwabaʿathnāand We appointed
- مِنْهُمُmin'humuamong them
- ٱثْنَىْith'naytwo
- عَشَرَʿashara(and) ten
- نَقِيبًۭا ۖnaqībanleaders
- وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I (am)
- مَعَكُمْ ۖmaʿakumwith you
- لَئِنْla-inif
- أَقَمْتُمُaqamtumuyou establish
- ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
- وَءَاتَيْتُمُwaātaytumuand give
- ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatathe zakah
- وَءَامَنتُمwaāmantumand you believe
- بِرُسُلِىbirusulīin My Messengers
- وَعَزَّرْتُمُوهُمْwaʿazzartumūhumand you assist them
- وَأَقْرَضْتُمُwa-aqraḍtumuand you loan
- ٱللَّهَl-laha(to) Allah
- قَرْضًاqarḍana loan
- حَسَنًۭاḥasanangoodly
- لَّأُكَفِّرَنَّla-ukaffirannasurely I will remove
- عَنكُمْʿankumfrom you
- سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْsayyiātikumyour evil deeds
- وَلَأُدْخِلَنَّكُمْwala-ud'khilannakumand I will surely admit you
- جَنَّـٰتٍۢjannātin(to) gardens
- تَجْرِىtajrīflow
- مِنminfrom
- تَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath them
- ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚl-anhāruthe rivers
- فَمَنfamanBut whoever
- كَفَرَkafaradisbelieved
- بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
- مِنكُمْminkumamong you
- فَقَدْfaqadthen certainly
- ضَلَّḍallahe strayed
- سَوَآءَsawāa(from) the way
- ٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīlithe right
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