ٱلْمَائِدَة : ١٣

  • فَبِمَا So for
  • نَقۡضِهِم their breaking
  • مِّيثَٰقَهُمۡ (of) their covenant
  • لَعَنَّـٰهُمۡ We cursed them
  • وَجَعَلۡنَا and We made
  • قُلُوبَهُمۡ their hearts
  • قَٰسِيَةٗۖ hard
  • يُحَرِّفُونَ They distort
  • ٱلۡكَلِمَ the words
  • عَن from
  • مَّوَاضِعِهِۦ their places
  • وَنَسُواْ and forgot
  • حَظّٗا a part
  • مِّمَّا of what
  • ذُكِّرُواْ they were reminded
  • بِهِۦۚ of [it]
  • وَلَا And not
  • تَزَالُ will you cease
  • تَطَّلِعُ to discover
  • عَلَىٰ of
  • خَآئِنَةٖ treachery
  • مِّنۡهُمۡ from them
  • إِلَّا except
  • قَلِيلٗا a few
  • مِّنۡهُمۡۖ of them
  • فَٱعۡفُ But forgive
  • عَنۡهُمۡ them
  • وَٱصۡفَحۡۚ and overlook
  • إِنَّ Indeed
  • ٱللَّهَ Allah
  • يُحِبُّ loves
  • ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ the good-doers
So for their breaking of the covenant We cursed them and made their hearts hardened. They distort words from their [proper] places [i.e., usages] and have forgotten a portion of that of which they were reminded.1 And you will still observe deceit among them, except a few of them. But pardon them and overlook [their misdeeds]. Indeed, Allāh loves the doers of good.
Footnotes
1 In the Torah concerning the coming of Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ).
God says: So because (bi-maa, the maa is extra) of their breaking their covenant, We cursed them, We removed them from Our mercy, and made their hearts hard, unyielding to the acceptance of faith; they pervert words, pertaining to the descriptions of Muhammad may peace and salutation be upon him in the Torah and other things, from their contexts, those in which God has placed them, in other words, they substitute them; and they have forgotten, they have abandoned, a portion, a part, of what they were reminded of, [of what] they were enjoined to in the Torah, in the way of following Muhammad may peace and salutation be upon him; and you - addressing the Prophet may peace and salutation be upon him now-will never cease to discover some treachery on their part, in the way of breaking a covenant or some other matter, except for a few of them, who have submitted themselves [to Islam]. Yet pardon them, and forgive; surely God loves the virtuous: this was abrogated by the 'sword' verse [Q. 9:5].