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

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       O 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.

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The 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)

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