1 The Virtues of Surah Al-Ma'idah; When It was Revealed Surah to ...

They are you, with these characteristics,
those who incurred the curse of Allah,
were expelled from His mercy,
and who incurred His wrath,
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مَن ل َّعَنَهُ‏ اللّهُ‏ ...
وَغَضِبَ‏ عَلَيْهِ‏
and anger, after which He will never be pleased
with them,
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وَجَعَلَ‏ مِنْهُمُ‏ الْقِرَدَةَ‏ وَالْخَنَازِیرَ‏
those of whom He transformed into monkeys and swine,
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as we mentioned in Surah Al-Baqarah and as we will
mention in Surah Al-A`raf.
Sufyan Ath-Thawri narrated that Ibn Mas`ud said,
"Allah's Messenger was asked if the current
monkeys and swine were those whom Allah
transformed. He said,
إن َّ االلهَ‏ لَمْ‏ یُهْلِكْ‏ قَوْمًا،‏ أَوْ‏ لَمْ‏ یَمْسَخْ‏ قَوْمًا فَيَجْعَلَ‏ لَهُمْ‏ نَسْلًا وَلَا
عَقِبًا،‏ وَإِن َّ الْقِرَدَةَ‏ وَالْخَنَازِیرَ‏ آَانَتْ‏ قَبْلَ‏ ذلِك
Allah never destroyed a people by transforming
them and making offspring or descendants for
them. The monkeys and swine existed before
that.''
This was also recorded by Muslim.
Allah said,
Those who worshipped Taghut...,
and served them, becoming their servants.
The meaning of this Ayah is:
وَعَبَدَ‏ الط َّاغُوتَ‏
you, O People of the Scriptures, who mock our
religion, which consists of Allah's Tawhid, and
singling Him out in worship without others, how
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