Learn Sūrat al-Māʾidah
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What Sūrat al-Māʾidah is about
Sūrat al-Māʾidah has 120 āyāt in the sixth and seventh juzʼ. It opens by telling believers to fulfil their contracts (5:1). It is named after the table spread with food that the disciples of ʿĪsā (Jesus) asked to be sent down from the sky (5:112–115).
The sūrah gives rulings on lawful food, on washing before prayer (5:6), and on justice even towards those one dislikes (5:8). It says that Allah has now perfected the believers’ religion for them (5:3). It tells the story of the two sons of Ādam (5:27–31), calls on the People of the Book to judge by what was revealed to them, and ends with ʿĪsā answering before Allah that he said only what he was commanded (5:116–117).
- Āyāt 1–11
Contracts, food and purity
Believers must fulfil their contracts. Lawful and forbidden foods are listed, and the religion is declared complete (5:3). The food of the People of the Book and marriage to their chaste women are allowed (5:5). Wuḍūʾ, the full wash and dry ablution are taught (5:6), and believers must be just even to those they dislike (5:8).
- Āyāt 12–26
Covenants, and a land refused
Allah took a covenant from the Children of Israel and from those who call themselves Christians, and both broke it. Mūsā (Moses) tells his people to enter the holy land, but they refuse out of fear (5:21–24). They are left to wander the land for forty years (5:26).
- Āyāt 27–40
The two sons of Ādam
One son of Ādam kills his brother, and a crow shows him how to hide the body (5:27–31). Killing one soul unjustly is like killing all people, and saving one is like saving all (5:32). Punishments are set for those who wage war on Allah and His Messenger, and for theft (5:33–38).
- Āyāt 41–86
Judging by what Allah revealed
The Tawrāh held guidance and light (5:44), the Injīl confirmed it (5:46), and the Qurʼān came confirming both and watching over them (5:48). Each people is to judge by what Allah revealed. Believers are warned against taking those who mock their religion as allies (5:57). Saying that Allah is the Messiah is disbelief (5:72), and some Christians are nearest in affection to the believers (5:82).
- Āyāt 87–108
What is lawful, and what is not
Believers must not forbid the good things Allah allows. Broken oaths have an expiation (5:89). Wine, gambling, stone altars and divining arrows are the work of Shayṭān (5:90). Hunting is forbidden in iḥrām (5:95). The Kaʿbah is set up for people (5:97), and a will made near death needs two just witnesses (5:106).
- Āyāt 109–120
The table from the sky
On the Day Allah gathers the messengers, He reminds ʿĪsā of His favours: he spoke in the cradle and healed by Allah’s leave. The disciples ask for a table spread from the sky, and ʿĪsā prays for it (5:112–115). ʿĪsā says he told people only to worship Allah, his Lord and theirs (5:117).
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