And if only the People of the Scripture had believed and feared Allah, We would have removed from them their misdeeds and admitted them to Gardens of Pleasure. (Al-Ma'idah [5] : 65)
1 Mufti Taqi Usmani
If the People of the Book had believed and feared Allah, We would have written off their evil deeds and would have surely admitted them to the Gardens of Bliss.
2 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Had the People of the Book only been faithful and mindful ˹of Allah˺, We would have certainly absolved them of their sins and admitted them into the Gardens of Bliss.
3 Ruwwad Translation Center
Had the People of the Book believed and feared Allah, We would have surely expiated their sins from them and admitted them to Gardens of Pleasure.
4 A. J. Arberry
But had the People of the Book believed and been godfearing, We would have acquitted them of their evil deeds, and admitted them to Gardens of Bliss.
5 Abdul Haleem
If only the People of the Book would believe and be mindful of God, We would take away their sins and bring them into the Gardens of Delight.
6 Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And had the people of the Book believed and feared, We would surely have expiated from them their misdeeds and would surely have made them enter the Garden of Delight.
7 Abdullah Yusuf Ali
If only the People of the Book had believed and been righteous, We should indeed have blotted out their iniquities and admitted them to gardens of bliss.
8 Abul Ala Maududi
Had the People of the Book only believed and been God-fearing, We should surely have effaced from them their evil deeds, and caused them to enter Gardens of Bliss.
9 Ahmed Ali
If the people of the Book had believed and feared, We would surely have absolved them of their sins, and admitted them to gardens of delight.
10 Ahmed Raza Khan
If the People given the Book(s) had accepted faith and been pious, We would have certainly redeemed them of their sins and would have certainly taken them into serene Gardens.
11 Ali Quli Qarai
Had the People of the Book believed and been Godwary, We would surely have absolved them of their misdeeds and admitted them into gardens of bliss.
12 Ali Ünal
If only the People of the Book would believe (in the Prophet Muhammad and what is revealed to him), and keep from disobedience to God in piety so as to deserve His protection, We would certainly blot out from them their (previous) evil deeds and admit them for sure into Gardens of bounty and blessings.
13 Amatul Rahman Omar
And if the people of the Scripture had only believed and guarded against evil, We would surely have absolved them of their sins and We would surely make them enter Gardens of bliss.
14 English Literal
And if that The Book`s people believed and feared and obeyed We would have substituted from them their sins/crimes, and We would have entered them the blessing`s gardens
15 Faridul Haque
If the People given the Book(s) had accepted faith and been pious, We would have certainly redeemed them of their sins and would have certainly taken them into serene Gardens.
16 Hamid S. Aziz
But if only the people of the Book would believe and fear (avoid evil), We would remit their offences, and We would make them enter into Gardens of Delight
17 Hilali & Khan
And if only the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) had believed (in Muhammad SAW) and warded off evil (sin, ascribing partners to Allah) and had become Al-Muttaqun (the pious - see V. 2:2) We would indeed have blotted out their sins and admitted them to Gardens of pleasure (in Paradise).
18 Maulana Mohammad Ali
And the Jews say: The hand of Allah is tied up. Their own hands are shackled and they are cursed for what they say. Nay, both his hands are spread out. He disburses as He pleases. And that which has been revealed to thee from thy Lord will certainly make many of them increase in inordinacy and disbelief. And We have cast among them enmity and hatred till the day of Resurrection. Whenever they kindle fire for war Allah puts it out, and they strive to make mischief in the land. And Allah loves not the mischief-makers.
19 Mohammad Habib Shakir
And if the followers of the Book had believed and guarded (against evil) We would certainly have covered their evil deeds and We would certainly have made them enter gardens of bliss
20 Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
If only the People of the Scripture would believe and ward off (evil), surely We should remit their sins from them and surely We should bring them into Gardens of Delight.
21 Muhammad Sarwar
Had the People of the Book accepted the faith and observed piety, certainly, We would have redeemed their bad deeds and admitted them into a blissful Paradise.
22 Qaribullah & Darwish
If the People of the Book had believed and kept from evil, We would pardon them their sins and admit them to the Gardens of Delight.
23 Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
And if only the People of the Scripture had believed and had Taqwa, We would indeed have expiated for them their sins and admitted them to Gardens of pleasure (in Paradise).
24 Wahiduddin Khan
If only the People of the Book would believe and be mindful of God, We would surely pardon their sins and We would surely admit them into the Gardens of Bliss.
25 Talal Itani
Had the People of the Scriputure believed and been righteous, We would have remitted their sins, and admitted them into the Gardens of Bliss.
26 Tafsir jalalayn
But had the People of the Scripture believed, in Muhammad (s), and feared unbelief, We would have absolved them of their evil deeds and We would admitted them to Gardens of Bliss.
We would indeed have expiated for them their sins and admitted them to Gardens of pleasure (in Paradise).
meaning We would have removed the dangers from them and granted them their objectives
28 Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim
Had Ahl al-Kitab conformed to Allah’s will and acknowledged the mission of His Messenger and -the Quran- sent down to him, and entertained the profound reverence dutiful to Allah, We would have dropped the charges against them and cancelled their misfortunes and admitted them to the gardens of bliss and beatitude
القرآن الكريم - المائدة٥ :٦٥ Al-Ma'idah 5:65 Al-Maidah