Surah Al-Ma'idah, ayah 5
ٱلْيَوْمَ أُحِلَّ لَكُمُ ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتُ ۖ وَطَعَامُ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ حِلٌّ لَّكُمْ وَطَعَامُكُمْ حِلٌّ لَّهُمْ ۖ وَٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ وَٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتُ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ إِذَآ ءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ مُحْصِنِينَ غَيْرَ مُسَـٰفِحِينَ وَلَا مُتَّخِذِىٓ أَخْدَانٍ ۗ وَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِٱلْإِيمَـٰنِ فَقَدْ حَبِطَ عَمَلُهُۥ وَهُوَ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ مِنَ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ
This day [all] good foods have been made lawful, and the food of those who were given the Scripture is lawful for you and your food is lawful for them. And [lawful in marriage are] chaste women from among the believers and chaste women from among those who were given the Scripture before you, when you have given them their due compensation, desiring chastity, not unlawful sexual intercourse or taking [secret] lovers. And whoever denies the faith - his work has become worthless, and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the losers.
Word by word
- ٱلْيَوْمَal-yawmaThis day
- أُحِلَّuḥillaare made lawful
- لَكُمُlakumufor you
- ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتُ ۖl-ṭayibātuthe good things
- وَطَعَامُwaṭaʿāmuand (the) food
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
- أُوتُوا۟ūtūwere given
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
- حِلٌّۭḥillun(is) lawful
- لَّكُمْlakumfor you
- وَطَعَامُكُمْwaṭaʿāmukumand your food
- حِلٌّۭḥillun(is) lawful
- لَّهُمْ ۖlahumfor them
- وَٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتُwal-muḥ'ṣanātuAnd the chaste women
- مِنَminafrom
- ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِl-mu'minātithe believers
- وَٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتُwal-muḥ'ṣanātuand the chaste women
- مِنَminafrom
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- أُوتُوا۟ūtūwere given
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
- مِنminfrom
- قَبْلِكُمْqablikumbefore you
- إِذَآidhāwhen
- ءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّātaytumūhunnayou have given them
- أُجُورَهُنَّujūrahunnatheir bridal due
- مُحْصِنِينَmuḥ'ṣinīnabeing chaste
- غَيْرَghayranot
- مُسَـٰفِحِينَmusāfiḥīnabeing lewd
- وَلَاwalāand not
- مُتَّخِذِىٓmuttakhidhīones (who are) taking
- أَخْدَانٍۢ ۗakhdāninsecret lovers
- وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
- يَكْفُرْyakfurdenies
- بِٱلْإِيمَـٰنِbil-īmānithe faith
- فَقَدْfaqadthen surely
- حَبِطَḥabiṭa(are) wasted
- عَمَلُهُۥʿamaluhuhis deeds
- وَهُوَwahuwaand he
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
- مِنَmina(will be) among
- ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَl-khāsirīnathe losers
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