Surah Al-Ma'idah, ayah 66
وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ أَقَامُوا۟ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ وَٱلْإِنجِيلَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِم مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ لَأَكَلُوا۟ مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِن تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِهِم ۚ مِّنْهُمْ أُمَّةٌ مُّقْتَصِدَةٌ ۖ وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ سَآءَ مَا يَعْمَلُونَ
And if only they had upheld [the law of] the Torah, the Gospel, and what has been revealed to them from their Lord [i.e., the Qur’ān], they would have consumed [provision] from above them and from beneath their feet. Among them are a moderate [i.e., acceptable] community, but many of them - evil is that which they do.
Al-Ma'idah · 5:66
Word by word
- وَلَوْwalawAnd if
- أَنَّهُمْannahumthat they
- أَقَامُوا۟aqāmūhad stood firmly
- ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَl-tawrāta(by) the Taurat
- وَٱلْإِنجِيلَwal-injīlaand the Injeel
- وَمَآwamāand what
- أُنزِلَunzilawas revealed
- إِلَيْهِمilayhimto them
- مِّنminfrom
- رَّبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord
- لَأَكَلُوا۟la-akalūsurely they (would have) eaten
- مِنminfrom
- فَوْقِهِمْfawqihimabove them
- وَمِنwaminand from
- تَحْتِtaḥtibeneath
- أَرْجُلِهِم ۚarjulihimtheir feet
- مِّنْهُمْmin'humAmong them
- أُمَّةٌۭummatun(is) a community
- مُّقْتَصِدَةٌۭ ۖmuq'taṣidatunmoderate
- وَكَثِيرٌۭwakathīrunbut many
- مِّنْهُمْmin'humof them
- سَآءَsāaevil
- مَاmā(is) what
- يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnathey do
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