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    • Quran-5:66 Surah Al-maidah English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

    وَلَوۡ أَنَّهُمۡ أَقَامُواْ ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةَ وَٱلۡإِنجِيلَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡهِم مِّن رَّبِّهِمۡ لَأَكَلُواْ مِن فَوۡقِهِمۡ وَمِن تَحۡتِ أَرۡجُلِهِمۚ مِّنۡهُمۡ أُمَّةٞ مُّقۡتَصِدَةٞۖ وَكَثِيرٞ مِّنۡهُمۡ سَآءَ مَا يَعۡمَلُونَ

    Transliteration:( Wa law annahum aqaamut Tawraata wal Injeela wa maaa unzila ilaihim mir Rabbihim la akaloo min fawqihim wa min tahti arjulihim; minhum ummatum muqta sidatunw wa kaseerum minhum saaa'a maa ya'maloon )

    66. And had they maintained the Tawrat [198] and Injeel and what had been revealed to them from their Lord, they would have certainly received provisions from above them and from beneath their feet [199]. Among them is a moderate community, but most of them are doing evil things [200]. (Kanzul Imaan Translation)

    (66) And if only they had upheld [the law of] the Torah, the Gospel, and what has been revealed to them from their Lord [i.e., the Qur’ān], they would have consumed [provision] from above them and from beneath their feet.[274] Among them are a moderate [i.e., acceptable] community, but many of them - evil is that which they do. (Saheen International Translation)

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    Surah Al-Maidah Ayat 66 Tafsir (Commentry)



    • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
    • Ibn Kathir
    • Ala-Madudi
    • Shaheen International

    📖 Commentary of Surah Al-Ma’idah – Verse 66

    66. And had they maintained the Tawrat [198] and Injeel and what had been revealed to them from their Lord, they would have certainly received provisions from above them and from beneath their feet [199]. Among them is a moderate community, but most of them are doing evil things [200].

    ✅ [198] Meaning of "Had they maintained the Tawrat and Injeel":

    This means if they had truly upheld and followed the Tawrat and Injeel, which includes believing in the Holy Prophet ﷺ as commanded in those books.

    ✅ [199] Provisions from Above and Beneath:

    Their obedience to divine guidance would have brought them abundance — rainfall from the sky and produce from the earth.

    • This illustrates how faith and obedience to Allah lead to an increase in sustenance and blessings.

    ✅ [200] Among Them a Moderate Community:

    Not all People of the Book are the same; some, like Hazrat Abdullah ibn Salaam, were moderate and true believers who accepted the Holy Prophet ﷺ, while many others continued in wrongdoing and disbelief.

    Ibn-Kathir

    The tafsir of Surah Maidah verse 66 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
    Please refer to Surah Maidah ayat 64 which provides the complete commentary from verse 64 through 66.

    (5:66) Had the People of the Book observed the Torah and the Gospel, and all that had been revealed to them from their Lord, sustenance would have been showered over them from above and risen from beneath their feet.[96] Some among them certainly keep to the right path; but many of them do things which are evil.

    Ala-Maududi

    (5:66) Had the People of the Book observed the Torah and the Gospel, and all that had been revealed to them from their Lord, sustenance would have been showered over them from above and risen from beneath their feet.[96] Some among them certainly keep to the right path; but many of them do things which are evil.

    96 In the Old Testament, Leviticus (chapter 26) and Deuteronomy (chapter 28) record a sermon of Moses in which he impresses upon Israel, in great detail, the bounties and blessings of God with which they would be endowed if they obeyed His commandments, and the afflictions, scourges and devastations that would descend upon them if they disobeyed Him and rejected the Book of God. That sermon of Moses is the best explanation of this verse of the Qur’an.

    (66) And if only they had upheld [the law of] the Torah, the Gospel, and what has been revealed to them from their Lord [i.e., the Qur’ān], they would have consumed [provision] from above them and from beneath their feet.[274] Among them are a moderate [i.e., acceptable] community, but many of them - evil is that which they do.

    [274]- i.e., in great abundance.

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    Quran Surah 5 Verse 66

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