Quran 5:65

Surah Al-Maaida, Verse 65

Juz 6 · Page 119 · Ruku 94 · Medinan

وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّقَوْا۟ لَكَفَّرْنَا عَنْهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ وَلَأَدْخَلْنَٰهُمْ جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

Word by word

وَلَوْ walaw And if أَنَّ anna that أَهْلَ ahla (the) People ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ l-kitābi (of) the Book ءَامَنُوا۟ āmanū (had) believed وَٱتَّقَوْا۟ wa-ittaqaw and feared (Allah) لَكَفَّرْنَا lakaffarnā surely We (would have) removed عَنْهُمْ ʿanhum from them سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ sayyiātihim their evil (deeds) وَلَأَدْخَلْنَـٰهُمْ wala-adkhalnāhum and surely We (would have) admitted them جَنَّـٰتِ jannāti (to) Gardens ٱلنَّعِيمِ l-naʿīmi (of) Bliss

Transliteration

Walaw anna ahla alkitabi amanoowattaqaw lakaffarna AAanhum sayyi-atihimwalaadkhalnahum jannati annaAAeem

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

If only the People of the Scripture would believe and ward off (evil), surely We should remit their sins from them and surely We should bring them into Gardens of Delight.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

If only the People of the Book had believed and been righteous, We should indeed have blotted out their iniquities and admitted them to gardens of bliss.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

ثم قال جل وعلا ( ولو أن أهل الكتاب آمنوا واتقوا ) أي : لو أنهم آمنوا بالله ورسوله ، واتقوا ما كانوا يتعاطونه من المحارم والمآثم ( لكفرنا عنهم سيئاتهم ولأدخلناهم جنات النعيم ) أي : لأزلنا عنهم المحذور ولحصلناهم المقصود .