لُعِنَ Were cursed الَّذِیْنَ those who كَفَرُوْا disbelieved مِنْۢ from بَنِیْۤ (the) Children اِسْرَآءِیْلَ (of) Israel عَلٰی by لِسَانِ (the) tongue دَاوٗدَ (of) Dawood وَ عِیْسَی and Isa ابْنِ son مَرْیَمَ ؕ (of) Maryam ذٰلِكَ that (was) بِمَا because عَصَوْا they disobeyed وَّ كَانُوْا and they were یَعْتَدُوْنَ transgressing كَانُوْا They had been لَا not یَتَنَاهَوْنَ forbidding each other عَنْ from مُّنْكَرٍ wrongdoing فَعَلُوْهُ ؕ they did [it] لَبِئْسَ Surely, evil مَا (was) what كَانُوْا they were یَفْعَلُوْنَ doing تَرٰی You see كَثِیْرًا many مِّنْهُمْ of them یَتَوَلَّوْنَ taking as allies الَّذِیْنَ those who كَفَرُوْا ؕ disbelieved لَبِئْسَ Surely evil مَا (is) what قَدَّمَتْ sent forth لَهُمْ for them اَنْفُسُهُمْ their souls اَنْ that سَخِطَ became angry اللّٰهُ Allah عَلَیْهِمْ with them وَ فِی and in الْعَذَابِ the punishment هُمْ they خٰلِدُوْنَ (will) abide forever وَ لَوْ And if كَانُوْا they had یُؤْمِنُوْنَ believed بِاللّٰهِ in Allah وَ النَّبِیِّ and the Prophet وَ مَاۤ and what اُنْزِلَ has been revealed اِلَیْهِ to him مَا not اتَّخَذُوْهُمْ they (would have) taken them اَوْلِیَآءَ (as) allies وَ لٰكِنَّ [and] but كَثِیْرًا many مِّنْهُمْ of them فٰسِقُوْنَ (are) defiantly disobedient لَتَجِدَنَّ Surely you will find اَشَدَّ strongest النَّاسِ (of) the people عَدَاوَةً (in) enmity لِّلَّذِیْنَ to those who اٰمَنُوا believe الْیَهُوْدَ the Jews وَ الَّذِیْنَ and those who اَشْرَكُوْا ۚ (are) polytheists وَ لَتَجِدَنَّ and surely you will find اَقْرَبَهُمْ nearest of them مَّوَدَّةً (in) affection لِّلَّذِیْنَ to those who اٰمَنُوا believe الَّذِیْنَ those who قَالُوْۤا say اِنَّا We نَصٰرٰی ؕ (are) Christians ذٰلِكَ That (is) بِاَنَّ because مِنْهُمْ among them قِسِّیْسِیْنَ (are) priests وَ رُهْبَانًا and monks وَّ اَنَّهُمْ and that they لَا (are) not یَسْتَكْبِرُوْنَ arrogant 5. Al-Ma'idah Page 122 وَ اِذَا And when سَمِعُوْا they listen مَاۤ (to) what اُنْزِلَ has been revealed اِلَی to الرَّسُوْلِ the Messenger تَرٰۤی you see اَعْیُنَهُمْ their eyes تَفِیْضُ overflowing مِنَ with الدَّمْعِ the tears مِمَّا for what عَرَفُوْا they recognized مِنَ of الْحَقِّ ۚ the truth یَقُوْلُوْنَ They say رَبَّنَاۤ Our Lord اٰمَنَّا we have believed فَاكْتُبْنَا so write us مَعَ with الشّٰهِدِیْنَ the witnesses وَ مَا And what لَنَا for us (that) لَا not نُؤْمِنُ we believe بِاللّٰهِ in Allah وَ مَا and what جَآءَنَا came (to) us مِنَ from الْحَقِّ ۙ the truth وَ نَطْمَعُ And we hope اَنْ that یُّدْخِلَنَا will admit us رَبُّنَا our Lord مَعَ with الْقَوْمِ the people الصّٰلِحِیْنَ the righteous فَاَثَابَهُمُ So rewarded them اللّٰهُ Allah بِمَا for what قَالُوْا they said جَنّٰتٍ (with) Gardens تَجْرِیْ flows مِنْ from تَحْتِهَا underneath them الْاَنْهٰرُ the rivers خٰلِدِیْنَ will abide forever فِیْهَا ؕ in it وَ ذٰلِكَ And that جَزَآءُ (is the) reward الْمُحْسِنِیْنَ (of) the good-doers وَ الَّذِیْنَ And those who كَفَرُوْا disbelieved وَ كَذَّبُوْا and denied بِاٰیٰتِنَاۤ Our Signs اُولٰٓىِٕكَ those اَصْحٰبُ (are the) companions الْجَحِیْمِ۠ (of) the Hellfire
(5:78) Those of the Children of Israel who took to unbelief have been cursed by the tongue of David and Jesus, son of Mary, for they rebelled and exceeded the bounds of right.
(5:79) They did not forbid each other from committing the abominable deeds they committed.102 Indeed what they did was evil.
(5:80) And now you can see many of them taking the unbelievers (instead of the believers) for their allies. Indeed they have prepared evil for themselves. Allah is angry with them, and they shall abide in chastisement.
(5:81) For had they truly believed in Allah and the Messenger and what was sent down to him, they would not have taken unbelievers (instead of believers) for their allies.103 But many of them have rebelled against Allah altogether.
(5:82) Of all men you will find the Jews and those who associate others with Allah in His divinity to be the most hostile to those who believe; and you will surely find that of ail people they who say: 'We are Christians', are closest to feeling affection for those who believe. This is because there are worshipful priests and monks among them, and because they are not arrogant.
(5:83) And when they hear what has been revealed to the Messenger you see that their eyes overflow with tears because of the Truth that they recognize and they say: 'Our Lord! We do believe; write us down, therefore, with those who bear witness (to the Truth).
(5:84) And why should we not believe in Allah and the Truth which has come down to us when we do fervently desire that our Lord include us among the righteous?'
(5:85) So Allah rewarded them for these words with Gardens beneath which rivers flow so that they would abide there for ever. Such is the reward of the people who do good.
(5:86) Those who disbelieved and gave the lie to Our signs are rightfully the inmates of the Blazing Flame.
102. The corruption of any nation begins with that of a few individuals. If the collective conscience of that nation is alive, the pressure of public opinion keeps those persons in check and prevents the nation as a whole from becoming corrupted. But if instead of censuring such individuals, the nation leaves them free to behave corruptly, the corruption originally confined to a few continues to spread till it engulfs the whole nation. It was this which ultimately caused the degeneration of Israel. (For the curse against Israel in the words of David and Jesus see Psalms 10, 50 and Matthew 23.)
103. It seems natural that those who believe in God and the Prophets and the Scriptures, compared with the polytheists, would naturally be more sympathetic to those who at least share with them belief in God, in prophethood and in .revelation (whatever their disagreements on other religious issues). It was ironic, therefore, that the Jews should openly support the polytheists in the struggle between polytheism and monotheism, and that their sympathies in the conflict between those who rejected prophethood and those who believed in it should lie expressly with the former. Despite all this, they brazenly claimed to be true believers in God, in the Prophets and in the Scriptures.