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Surah Al-Maaida (5) — Ayah 70
لَقَدْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَـٰقَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَأَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهِمْ رُسُلًا ۖ كُلَّمَا جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌۢ بِمَا لَا تَهْوَىٰٓ أَنفُسُهُمْ فَرِيقًا كَذَّبُوا۟ وَفَرِيقًا يَقْتُلُونَ ﴿70﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Verily, We took the covenant of the Children of Israel and sent Messengers to them. Whenever there came to them a Messenger with what they themselves desired not, - a group of them they called liars, and others among them they killed.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
لَقَدْ
laqad
Certainly
أَخَذْنَا
akhadhnā
We took
مِيثَـٰقَ
mīthāqa
a Covenant
بَنِىٓ
banī
(from the) Children
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
is'rāīla
(of) Israel
وَأَرْسَلْنَآ
wa-arsalnā
and We sent
إِلَيْهِمْ
ilayhim
to them
رُسُلًۭا ۖ
rusulan
Messengers
كُلَّمَا
kullamā
Whenever
جَآءَهُمْ
jāahum
came to them
رَسُولٌۢ
rasūlun
any Messenger
بِمَا
bimā
with what
لَا
lā
not
تَهْوَىٰٓ
tahwā
desired
أَنفُسُهُمْ
anfusuhum
their souls
فَرِيقًۭا
farīqan
a group
كَذَّبُوا۟
kadhabū
they denied
وَفَرِيقًۭا
wafarīqan
and a group
يَقْتُلُونَ
yaqtulūna
they kill
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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70. We took a solemn covenant from the Children of Israel and sent messengers to them. But whenever a messenger came to them with what their souls did not desire [117], a group of them they denied, and another group they killed.
[117]
Who Deserves Salvation in the Hereafter?
The misdeeds of the Children of Israel have been mentioned at many places in the Quran, and what is noteworthy is that their religion was merely the following of their own desires. To follow from the Book of Allah only those things that suited their desires, and to take the path of disobedience and rebellion in matters that went against their desires, is in reality not following the Book of Allah but rather following one's own desires. And this is exactly what they used to do. In following their desires, they had gone so far that not only did they reject the Prophets, but they did not even hesitate to kill them.
[117]
Who Deserves Salvation in the Hereafter?
The misdeeds of the Children of Israel have been mentioned at many places in the Quran, and what is noteworthy is that their religion was merely the following of their own desires. To follow from the Book of Allah only those things that suited their desires, and to take the path of disobedience and rebellion in matters that went against their desires, is in reality not following the Book of Allah but rather following one's own desires. And this is exactly what they used to do. In following their desires, they had gone so far that not only did they reject the Prophets, but they did not even hesitate to kill them.
