Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 101 (5:101)

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يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَسَْٔلُوا۟ عَنْ أَشْيَآءَ إِن تُبْدَ لَكُمْ تَسُؤْكُمْ وَإِن …

Quran 5:101 is ayah 101 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 124 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:101
يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟لَاتَسَْٔلُوا۟عَنْأَشْيَآءَإِنتُبْدَلَكُمْتَسُؤْكُمْوَإِنتَسَْٔلُوا۟عَنْهَاحِينَيُنَزَّلُٱلْقُرْءَانُتُبْدَلَكُمْعَفَاٱللَّهُعَنْهَا ۗوَٱللَّهُغَفُورٌحَلِيمٌ١٠١
yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū lā tasalū ʿan ashyāa in tub'da lakum tasu'kum wa-in tasalū ʿanhā ḥīna yunazzalu l-qur'ānu tub'da lakum ʿafā l-lahu ʿanhā wal-lahu ghafūrun ḥalīmun

O you who have believed, do not ask about things which, if they are shown to you, will distress you. But if you ask about them while the Qur’ān is being revealed, they will be shown to you. Allāh has pardoned it [i.e., that which is past]; and Allāh is Forgiving and Forbearing.(101)

Word by word

  1. يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
  3. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
  4. لَاlā(Do) not
  5. تَسَْٔلُوا۟tasalūask
  6. عَنْʿanabout
  7. أَشْيَآءَashyāathings
  8. إِنinif
  9. تُبْدَtub'damade clear
  10. لَكُمْlakumto you
  11. تَسُؤْكُمْtasu'kumit may distress you
  12. وَإِنwa-inand if
  13. تَسَْٔلُوا۟tasalūyou ask
  14. عَنْهَاʿanhāabout it
  15. حِينَḥīnawhen
  16. يُنَزَّلُyunazzaluis being revealed
  17. ٱلْقُرْءَانُl-qur'ānuthe Quran
  18. تُبْدَtub'dait would be made clear
  19. لَكُمْlakumto you
  20. عَفَاʿafāhas (been) pardoned
  21. ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
  22. عَنْهَا ۗʿanhā[about] it
  23. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Allah
  24. غَفُورٌghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
  25. حَلِيمٌḥalīmunAll-Forbearing

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