Al-Ma'ida

Surat al-Ma'ida (Arabic: سورة المائدة ) (The Table or The Table Spread) is the fifth chapter of the Qur'an, with 120 verses. It is a Madinan sura.

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It begins by specificying which animals are forbidden and which are permissible to consume.

"O ye who believe! fulfil (all) obligations. Lawful unto you (for food) are all four-footed animals,"

"Dead meat, blood, pig, any food which has been blessed by a (false) god other than Allah; an animal whose death resulted from strangulation, bludgeoning, arrows, falling, or bloodloss; an animal which was partly consumed by a wild animal or an animal which is sacrificed on a stone altar are forbidden. However, if faced with starvation, exceptions are allowed."

Specifies that food of Christians and Jews is lawful (Halal) for Muslims. As most Christians are not required to keep the Old Testament's dietary laws, this Sura seems to indicate that pork and ham prepared by Christians is halal for Muslim consumption. The verse was revealed after the Battle of Khaybar .

Verse 36 is a reference to the day of judgement, one of three principle beliefs of Islam, and a central concept in Islamic eschatology:

"As to those who reject Faith,- if they had everything on earth, and twice repeated, to give as ransom for the penalty of the Day of Judgment, it would never be accepted of them, theirs would be a grievous penalty."

Vers 54 is one of three verses in the Qur'an that includes the word Irtiddah, relevant to apostacy It is also interesting in relation to who the "beloved" are, some hadith view it as being Abu Musa al-Ashari [http://www.sunnah.org/aqida/alashaira7.htm, while other say its Salman al-Farsi, and even some say its Abu Bakr.

Vers 55 is well known and important to Shi'a Muslims, it proclaims that Ali is the Wali of the Muslims.

Vers 67 is relevant to the The Farewell Pilgrimage and Ghadir Khumm.

Verses , and addresses the Jews, Christians and Sabians.

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Tafsir Ibn Kathir

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