سُوْرَةُ المَآئِدَةِ
Surah Al-Maaida (5) — Ayah 14
وَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا نَصَـٰرَىٰٓ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَـٰقَهُمْ فَنَسُوا۟ حَظًّا مِّمَّا ذُكِّرُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَأَغْرَيْنَا بَيْنَهُمُ ٱلْعَدَاوَةَ وَٱلْبَغْضَآءَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۚ وَسَوْفَ يُنَبِّئُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَصْنَعُونَ ﴿14﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And from those who call themselves Christians, We took their covenant, but they have abandoned a good part of the Message that was sent to them. So We planted amongst them enmity and hatred till the Day of Resurrection (when they discarded Allâh’s Book, disobeyed Allâh’s Messengers and His Orders and transgressed beyond bounds in Allâh’s disobedience); and Allâh will inform them of what they used to do.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَمِنَ
wamina
And from
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
said
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed we
نَصَـٰرَىٰٓ
naṣārā
(are) Christians
أَخَذْنَا
akhadhnā
We took
مِيثَـٰقَهُمْ
mīthāqahum
their covenant
فَنَسُوا۟
fanasū
but they forgot
حَظًّۭا
ḥaẓẓan
a part
مِّمَّا
mimmā
of what
ذُكِّرُوا۟
dhukkirū
they were reminded
بِهِۦ
bihi
of [it]
فَأَغْرَيْنَا
fa-aghraynā
So We aroused
بَيْنَهُمُ
baynahumu
between them
ٱلْعَدَاوَةَ
l-ʿadāwata
[the] enmity
وَٱلْبَغْضَآءَ
wal-baghḍāa
and [the] hatred
إِلَىٰ
ilā
till
يَوْمِ
yawmi
(the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۚ
l-qiyāmati
(of) the Resurrection
وَسَوْفَ
wasawfa
And soon
يُنَبِّئُهُمُ
yunabbi-uhumu
will inform them
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
بِمَا
bimā
of what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they used to
يَصْنَعُونَ
yaṣnaʿūna
do
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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14. (In the same way,) We also took a solemn covenant from those who said, "We are Christians." But they too forgot a good part [40] of what they were reminded of. So We stirred up enmity and hatred among them until the Day of Resurrection. And soon Allah will inform them of what they used to do.
[40] A similar firm covenant was taken from the Christians as well, but they did the same as the Jews had done. They too abandoned seeking guidance from the Book of Allah and became engrossed in philosophical and monastic hair-splitting, the result of which was that they split into many sects and began declaring each other disbelievers, and the seeds of mutual hatred and enmity began to grow permanently among them. Then the matter did not end there; rather, permanent enmity and hostility also arose between the Christians and the Jews. And wherever the Christians established rule, they inflicted severe oppression upon the Jews, and this enmity of theirs will continue until the Day of Judgment. This is because their books have been altered, and there no longer remains any divinely revealed, mutually agreed-upon thing among them on the basis of which their unity could ever be established.
[40] A similar firm covenant was taken from the Christians as well, but they did the same as the Jews had done. They too abandoned seeking guidance from the Book of Allah and became engrossed in philosophical and monastic hair-splitting, the result of which was that they split into many sects and began declaring each other disbelievers, and the seeds of mutual hatred and enmity began to grow permanently among them. Then the matter did not end there; rather, permanent enmity and hostility also arose between the Christians and the Jews. And wherever the Christians established rule, they inflicted severe oppression upon the Jews, and this enmity of theirs will continue until the Day of Judgment. This is because their books have been altered, and there no longer remains any divinely revealed, mutually agreed-upon thing among them on the basis of which their unity could ever be established.
