Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 60 (5:60)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

قُلْ هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُم بِشَرٍّ مِّن ذَٰلِكَ مَثُوبَةً عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ مَن لَّعَنَهُ ٱللَّهُ وَغَضِبَ …

Quran 5:60 is ayah 60 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 6, on page 118 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:60
قُلْهَلْأُنَبِّئُكُمبِشَرٍّمِّنذَٰلِكَمَثُوبَةًعِندَٱللَّهِ ۚمَنلَّعَنَهُٱللَّهُوَغَضِبَعَلَيْهِوَجَعَلَمِنْهُمُٱلْقِرَدَةَوَٱلْخَنَازِيرَوَعَبَدَٱلطَّٰغُوتَ ۚأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَشَرٌّمَّكَانًاوَأَضَلُّعَنسَوَآءِٱلسَّبِيلِ٦٠
qul hal unabbi-ukum bisharrin min dhālika mathūbatan ʿinda l-lahi man laʿanahu l-lahu waghaḍiba ʿalayhi wajaʿala min'humu l-qiradata wal-khanāzīra waʿabada l-ṭāghūta ulāika sharrun makānan wa-aḍallu ʿan sawāi l-sabīli

Say, "Shall I inform you of [what is] worse than that as penalty from Allāh? [It is that of] those whom Allāh has cursed and with whom He became angry and made of them apes and pigs and slaves of ṭāghūt. Those are worse in position and further astray from the sound way."(60)

Word by word

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. هَلْhalShall
  3. أُنَبِّئُكُمunabbi-ukumI inform you
  4. بِشَرٍّbisharrin(of) worse
  5. مِّنminthan
  6. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
  7. مَثُوبَةًmathūbatan(as) recompense
  8. عِندَʿindafrom
  9. ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahiAllah
  10. مَنmanWhom
  11. لَّعَنَهُlaʿanahuhas (been) cursed
  12. ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
  13. وَغَضِبَwaghaḍibaand He became angry
  14. عَلَيْهِʿalayhiwith him
  15. وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand made
  16. مِنْهُمُmin'humuof them
  17. ٱلْقِرَدَةَl-qiradata[the] apes
  18. وَٱلْخَنَازِيرَwal-khanāzīraand [the] swines
  19. وَعَبَدَwaʿabadaand (who) worshipped
  20. ٱلطَّٰغُوتَ ۚl-ṭāghūtathe false deities
  21. أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
  22. شَرٌّsharrun(are) worse
  23. مَّكَانًاmakānan(in) position
  24. وَأَضَلُّwa-aḍalluand farthest astray
  25. عَنʿanfrom
  26. سَوَآءِsawāi(the) even
  27. ٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīliway

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