Surah 5. Al-Maida, Ayah 12
| ۞ وَلَقَدْ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ مِيثَاقَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَبَعَثْنَا مِنْهُمُ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ نَقِيبًا ۖ وَقَالَ اللَّهُ إِنِّي مَعَكُمْ ۖ لَئِنْ أَقَمْتُمُ الصَّلَاةَ وَآتَيْتُمُ الزَّكَاةَ وَآمَنْتُمْ بِرُسُلِي وَعَزَّرْتُمُوهُمْ وَأَقْرَضْتُمُ اللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا لَأُكَفِّرَنَّ عَنْكُمْ سَيِّئَاتِكُمْ وَلَأُدْخِلَنَّكُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ ۚ فَمَنْ كَفَرَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْكُمْ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ سَوَاءَ السَّبِيلِ |
| Asad | : | AND, INDEED, God accepted a [similar] solemn pledge21 from the children of Israel when We caused twelve of their leaders to be sent [to Canaan as spies].22 And God said: "Behold, I shall be with you! If you are constant in prayer, and spend in charity, and believe in My apostles and aid them, and offer up unto God a goodly loan,23 I will surely efface your bad deeds and bring you into gardens through which running waters flow. But he from among you who, after this, denies the truth, will indeed have strayed from the right path!" |
| Malik | : | Allah did in fact make a covenant with the Children of Israel and appointed twelve chieftains from among them and said: "I am with you; if you establish Salah (prayers) pay Zakah, believe in My Rasools, support them and give a generous loan to Allah (spend in charity), I will certainly forgive you your sins and admit you to gardens beneath which the rivers flow. However, if any one of you, after this, violates this covenant, he will indeed go astray from the Right Way." |
| Pickthall | : | Allah made a covenant of old with the Children of Israel and We raised among them twelve chieftains: and Allah said: Lo! I am with you. If ye establish worship and pay the poor due, and believe in My messengers and support them, and lend unto Allah a kindly loan, surely I shall remit your sins, and surely I shall bring you into gardens underneath which rivers flow. Whoso among you disbelieveth after this will go astray from a plain road. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Allah did aforetime take a Covenant from the Children of Israel and We appointed twelve captains among them and Allah said: "I am with you: if ye (but) establish regular prayers practice regular charity believe in My apostles honor and assist them and loan to Allah a beautiful loan verily I will wipe out from you your evils and admit you to gardens with rivers flowing beneath; but if any of you after this resisteth faith he hath truly wandered from the path of rectitude." 709 710 711 |
| Transliteration | : | yaa 'ayyuhaa 'alladhena 'aamano udhkuro nicmah 'allaah calay -kum 'idh hamma qawm 'an yabsut.o 'ilay -kum ayde -him fa- kaffa ayde -him can -kum wa- ittaqo 'allaah wa- calaa 'allaah fa- li- yatawakkal al- mu'minon |
Note - 21The interpolation of "similar" is justified by the
obvious reference to verse {7} above. The pledge was
similar in that it related to obedience to God's
commandments.
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Note - 22Lit., "when We sent out twelve leaders from among them".
This is a reference to the Biblical story (in Numbers
xiii), according to which God commanded Moses to send out
one leading personality from each of the twelve tribes
"to spy out the land of Canaan" before the children of
Israel invaded it. (The noun naqib, here rendered as
"leader", has also the meaning of "investigator" or "spy"
inasmuch as it is derived from the verb naqaba, which
signifies - among other things - "he scrutinized" or
"investigated"). The subsequent near-revolt of the
children of Israel - caused by their fear of the powerful
tribes which inhabited Canaan (cf. Numbers xiv) - is
briefly referred to in the first sentence of verse {13}
and more fully described in verses {20-26} of this surah.
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Note - 23I.e., by doing righteous deeds.
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Note - 709Cf. ii. 63 and n. 78, "Moses... called for the elders of
the people... and all the people answered together and
said. 'All that the Lord hath spoken we will do.' "
(Exod. xix, 7-8). This was under the towering height of
Mount Sinai. The chieftains or elders or leaders of the
people were selected, one from each of the twelve tribes
(see ii. 60 and n. 73). For census purposes the names of
the elders of the tribes are given in Num. i. 4-16: they
are called "every one the head of the house of his
fathers". Later, twelve other "heads of the Children of
Israel" were selected to spy out the land of Canaan:
their names are mentioned in Num. xiii. 1-16. See also,
below, v. 20-26 and notes.
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Note - 710Cf. ii. 245, n. 276. The phrase means "spending in the
cause of Allah". Allah in His infinite grace looks upon
this as a loan, for which He gives a recompense manifold.
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Note - 711The path of rectitude: or the even way: see ii. 108. n.
109.
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The interpolation of "similar" is justified by the obvious reference to verse {7} above. The pledge was similar in that it related to obedience to God's commandments. |
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Lit., "when We sent out twelve leaders from among them". This is a reference to the Biblical story (in Numbers xiii), according to which God commanded Moses to send out one leading personality from each of the twelve tribes "to spy out the land of Canaan" before the children of Israel invaded it. (The noun naqib, here rendered as "leader", has also the meaning of "investigator" or "spy" inasmuch as it is derived from the verb naqaba, which signifies - among other things - "he scrutinized" or "investigated"). The subsequent near-revolt of the children of Israel - caused by their fear of the powerful tribes which inhabited Canaan (cf. Numbers xiv) - is briefly referred to in the first sentence of verse {13} and more fully described in verses {20-26} of this surah. |
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Cf. ii. 63 and n. 78, "Moses... called for the elders of the people... and all the people answered together and said. 'All that the Lord hath spoken we will do.' " (Exod. xix, 7-8). This was under the towering height of Mount Sinai. The chieftains or elders or leaders of the people were selected, one from each of the twelve tribes (see ii. 60 and n. 73). For census purposes the names of the elders of the tribes are given in Num. i. 4-16: they are called "every one the head of the house of his fathers". Later, twelve other "heads of the Children of Israel" were selected to spy out the land of Canaan: their names are mentioned in Num. xiii. 1-16. See also, below, v. 20-26 and notes. |
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Cf. ii. 245, n. 276. The phrase means "spending in the cause of Allah". Allah in His infinite grace looks upon this as a loan, for which He gives a recompense manifold. |
