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Surah Al-Maaida (5) — Ayah 65
وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّقَوْا۟ لَكَفَّرْنَا عَنْهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ وَلَأَدْخَلْنَـٰهُمْ جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿65﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And if only the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) had believed (in Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) and warded off evil (sin, ascribing partners to Allâh) and had become Al-Muttaqûn (the pious - See V.2:2) We would indeed have expiated from them their sins and admitted them to Gardens of pleasure (in Paradise).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَوْ
walaw
And if
أَنَّ
anna
that
أَهْلَ
ahla
(the) People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
(of) the Book
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
(had) believed
وَٱتَّقَوْا۟
wa-ittaqaw
and feared (Allah)
لَكَفَّرْنَا
lakaffarnā
surely We (would have) removed
عَنْهُمْ
ʿanhum
from them
سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ
sayyiātihim
their evil (deeds)
وَلَأَدْخَلْنَـٰهُمْ
wala-adkhalnāhum
and surely We (would have) admitted them
جَنَّـٰتِ
jannāti
(to) Gardens
ٱلنَّعِيمِ
l-naʿīmi
(of) Bliss
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
65. 1. That is, the faith which Allah Almighty demands, the most important among them is to have faith in the messengership of Muhammad Rasulullah ﷺ, just as they have been commanded in the books revealed to them. "Wattaqu" — and to refrain from the disobedience of Allah, among which the most important is the shirk in which they are involved, and the denial which they have adopted regarding the Last Messenger.
