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

and lend to Allah a good loan...,
وَأَقْرَضْتُمُ‏ اللّهَ‏ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا
by spending in His cause, seeking to please Him.
verily, I will remit your sins.
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ل َّأُآَف ِّرَن َّ عَنكُمْ‏ سَي ِّئَاتِكُمْ‏
and errors, I will erase them, cover them, and will
not punish you for them,
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وَلأُدْخِلَن َّكُمْ‏ جَن َّاتٍ‏ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الأَنْهَارُ‏
and admit you to Gardens under which rivers flow (in
Paradise).
thus, protecting you from what you fear and
granting you what you seek.
Breaking the Covenant
Allah said,
فَمَن آَفَرَ‏ بَعْدَ‏ ذَلِكَ‏ مِنكُمْ‏ فَقَدْ‏ ضَل َّ سَوَاء الس َّبِيلِ‏ ﴿١٢ ﴾
But if any of you after this, disbelieved, he has indeed
gone astray from the straight way.
Therefore, those who break this covenant, even
though they pledged and vowed to keep it, yet,
they broke it and denied it ever existed, they
have avoided the clear path and deviated from
the path of guidance to the path of misguidance.
Allah then mentioned the punishment that befell those who
broke His covenant and the pledge they gave Him,
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فَبِمَا نَقْضِهِم م ِّيثَاقَهُمْ‏ لَعن َّاهُمْ‏
So because of their breach of their covenant, We cursed
them...,
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