Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 80 (5:80)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

تَرَىٰ كَثِيرًا مِّنْهُمْ يَتَوَلَّوْنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ۚ لَبِئْسَ مَا قَدَّمَتْ لَهُمْ أَنفُسُهُمْ …

Quran 5:80 is ayah 80 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 6, on page 121 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:80
تَرَىٰكَثِيرًامِّنْهُمْيَتَوَلَّوْنَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟ ۚلَبِئْسَمَاقَدَّمَتْلَهُمْأَنفُسُهُمْأَنسَخِطَٱللَّهُعَلَيْهِمْوَفِىٱلْعَذَابِهُمْخَٰلِدُونَ٨٠
tarā kathīran min'hum yatawallawna alladhīna kafarū labi'sa mā qaddamat lahum anfusuhum an sakhiṭa l-lahu ʿalayhim wafī l-ʿadhābi hum khālidūna

You see many of them becoming allies of those who disbelieved [i.e., the polytheists]. How wretched is that which they have put forth for themselves in that Allāh has become angry with them, and in the punishment they will abide eternally.(80)

Word by word

  1. تَرَىٰtarāYou see
  2. كَثِيرًاkathīranmany
  3. مِّنْهُمْmin'humof them
  4. يَتَوَلَّوْنَyatawallawnataking as allies
  5. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  6. كَفَرُوا۟ ۚkafarūdisbelieved
  7. لَبِئْسَlabi'saSurely evil
  8. مَاmā(is) what
  9. قَدَّمَتْqaddamatsent forth
  10. لَهُمْlahumfor them
  11. أَنفُسُهُمْanfusuhumtheir souls
  12. أَنanthat
  13. سَخِطَsakhiṭabecame angry
  14. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  15. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimwith them
  16. وَفِىwafīand in
  17. ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment
  18. هُمْhumthey
  19. خَٰلِدُونَkhālidūna(will) abide forever

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