Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 73 (5:73)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

لَّقَدْ كَفَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ثَالِثُ ثَلَٰثَةٍ ۘ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّآ إِلَٰهٌ …

Quran 5:73 is ayah 73 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 6, on page 120 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:73
لَّقَدْكَفَرَٱلَّذِينَقَالُوٓا۟إِنَّٱللَّهَثَالِثُثَلَٰثَةٍ ۘوَمَامِنْإِلَٰهٍإِلَّآإِلَٰهٌوَٰحِدٌ ۚوَإِنلَّمْيَنتَهُوا۟عَمَّايَقُولُونَلَيَمَسَّنَّٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟مِنْهُمْعَذَابٌأَلِيمٌ٧٣
laqad kafara alladhīna qālū inna l-laha thālithu thalāthatin wamā min ilāhin illā ilāhun wāḥidun wa-in lam yantahū ʿammā yaqūlūna layamassanna alladhīna kafarū min'hum ʿadhābun alīmun

They have certainly disbelieved who say, "Allāh is the third of three." And there is no god except one God. And if they do not desist from what they are saying, there will surely afflict the disbelievers among them a painful punishment.(73)

Word by word

  1. لَّقَدْlaqadCertainly
  2. كَفَرَkafaradisbelieved
  3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  4. قَالُوٓا۟qālūsay
  5. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  6. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  7. ثَالِثُthālithu(is the) third
  8. ثَلَٰثَةٍ ۘthalāthatin(of) three
  9. وَمَاwamāAnd (there is) no
  10. مِنْmin[of]
  11. إِلَٰهٍilāhingod
  12. إِلَّآillāexcept
  13. إِلَٰهٌilāhun(the) God
  14. وَٰحِدٌ ۚwāḥidun(the) One
  15. وَإِنwa-inAnd if
  16. لَّمْlamnot
  17. يَنتَهُوا۟yantahūthey desist
  18. عَمَّاʿammāfrom what
  19. يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey are saying
  20. لَيَمَسَّنَّlayamassannasurely will afflict
  21. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  22. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
  23. مِنْهُمْmin'humamong them
  24. عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment
  25. أَلِيمٌalīmunpainful

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