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

Allah states, because of their breaking the
promise that We took from them, We cursed
them, deviated them away from the truth, and
expelled them from guidance,
and made their hearts grow hard...,
وَجَعَلْنَا قُلُوبَهُمْ‏ قَاسِيَةً‏
and they do not heed any word of advice that
they hear, because of the hardness of their
hearts.
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یُحَر ِّفُونَ‏ الْكَلِمَ‏ عَن م َّوَاضِعِهِ‏
They change the words from their (right) places...,
Since their comprehension became corrupt, they
behaved treacherously with Allah's Ayat, altering
His Book from its apparent meanings which He
sent down, and distorting its indications.
They attributed to Allah what He did not say, and
we seek refuge with Allah from such behavior.
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وَنَسُواْ‏ حَظا م ِّم َّا ذُآ ِّرُواْ‏ بِهِ‏
and have abandoned a good part of the Message that
was sent to them.
by not implementing it and by ignoring it.
Allah said next,
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وَلاَ‏ تَزَالُ‏ تَط َّلِعُ‏ عَلَىَ‏ خَآئِنَةٍ‏ م ِّنْهُمْ‏
إِلا َّ قَلِيلاً‏ م ِّنْهُ‏ ‏ُم ...
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And you will not cease to discover deceit in them, except
a few of them.
such as their plots and treachery against you, O
Muhammad, and your Companions.
Mujahid said that;
this Ayah refers to their plot to kill the Messenger
of Allah.
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