Quran 5:70

Surah Al-Maaida, Verse 70

Juz 6 · Page 119 · Ruku 95 · Medinan

لَقَدْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَٰقَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَأَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهِمْ رُسُلًا كُلَّمَا جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌۢ بِمَا لَا تَهْوَىٰٓ أَنفُسُهُمْ فَرِيقًا كَذَّبُوا۟ وَفَرِيقًا يَقْتُلُونَ

Word by word

لَقَدْ laqad Certainly أَخَذْنَا akhadhnā We took مِيثَـٰقَ mīthāqa a Covenant بَنِىٓ banī (from the) Children إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ is'rāīla (of) Israel وَأَرْسَلْنَآ wa-arsalnā and We sent إِلَيْهِمْ ilayhim to them رُسُلًۭا ۖ rusulan Messengers كُلَّمَا kullamā Whenever جَآءَهُمْ jāahum came to them رَسُولٌۢ rasūlun any Messenger بِمَا bimā with what لَا lā not تَهْوَىٰٓ tahwā desired أَنفُسُهُمْ anfusuhum their souls فَرِيقًۭا farīqan a group كَذَّبُوا۟ kadhabū they denied وَفَرِيقًۭا wafarīqan and a group يَقْتُلُونَ yaqtulūna they kill

Transliteration

Laqad akhathna meethaqabanee isra-eela waarsalna ilayhim rusulan kullamajaahum rasoolun bima la tahwaanfusuhum fareeqan kaththaboo wafareeqan yaqtuloon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

We made a covenant of old with the Children of Israel and We sent unto them messengers. As often as a messenger came unto them with that which their souls desired not (they became rebellious). Some (of them) they denied and some they slew.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

We took the covenant of the Children of Israel and sent them messengers, every time, there came to them a messenger with what they themselves desired not - some (of these) they called impostors, and some they (go so far as to) slay.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

يذكر تعالى أنه أخذ العهود والمواثيق على بني إسرائيل على السمع والطاعة لله ولرسوله ، فنقضوا تلك العهود والمواثيق ، واتبعوا آراءهم وأهواءهم وقدموها على الشرائع ، فما وافقهم منها قبلوه ، وما خالفهم ردوه ; ولهذا قال : ( كلما جاءهم رسول بما لا تهوى أنفسهم فريقا كذبوا وفريقا يقتلون)