About the Surah
Surah Title : المائدة
English Title : Al-Maidah
Order in Al-Mushaf : 5
Number of Verses : 120
Type : madinah
Page Number in Al-Mushaf : From Page 106 To Page 127
Al-Maidah
۞يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تَتَّخِذُواْ ٱلۡيَهُودَ وَٱلنَّصَٰرَىٰٓ أَوۡلِيَآءَۘ بَعۡضُهُمۡ أَوۡلِيَآءُ بَعۡضٖۚ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُم مِّنكُمۡ فَإِنَّهُۥ مِنۡهُمۡۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
51O you who believe! Don’t make Jews and Christians your friends. They are friends of each other. And if anyone of you turns to them (for friendship); then surely he is one of them. Indeed, Allah does not guide those people who are wrong-doers.
51The reason for descending the verse
Atiyyah al-‘Awfi said, “‘Ubadah ibn As-Samit went to see the Prophet (s.a.w) and asked him, ‘O Messenger of Allah! I have numerous clients from amongst the Jews, who are ever ready to support me. However, I stand before Allah and His Messenger to absolve myself from the guardianship of the Jews. And I turn, instead, to Allah and His Messenger’. Hearing this, ‘Abd Allah ibn Ubayy said, ‘I am a man who fears the turn of events and will not absolve myself from the guardianship of the Jews’. The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) then said, ‘O Abu’l-Hubab, that which you reserve to yourself of the guardianship of the Jews apart from ‘Ubadah ibn As-Samit is all yours and none of it is his’. He said, ‘I accept’. And so Allah (exalted is He) revealed about the two of them.”(Al-Wahidi,Reasons of Revelation)
