surah maidah

Sura al-Ma'ida - surah maidah (audio)

Sura al-Māʾida (Arabic: سورة المائدة) is the fifth sura of the Qur'an. It is a Madani sura located in juz's six and seven. "Ma'ida" means "food or table of food". Since this sura speaks about receiving food from heavens by the request of the Apostles of Prophet Jesus (a), it was named "al-Ma'ida".

Many rulings and issues are mentioned in Sura al-Ma'ida, including the issue of wilaya in Islam, Trinity in Christianity, Resurrection and the hereafter, observing one's pledge, social justice, just testimony, prohibition of killing people and rulings of halal foods, wudu and Tayammum.

Two of the famous verses of this sura are verse of Ikmal and verse of Tabligh which according to Shi'a views are related with the event of Ghadir and the announcement of the succession of Imam Ali (a). Also according to Shi'a and Sunnis, verse of wilaya was revealed about Imam Ali (a).

Some historical events mentioned in this sura are the destiny of Banu Israel, stories of Abel and Cain, mission of Prophet Jesus (a) and his miracles. About the merits of the recitation of this sura, it is narrated from the Prophet (s) that whoever recites Sura al-Ma'ida, will be given ten rewards for every Jew or Christian who has breathed in this world and ten of his sins will be purged and ten degrees will be added to his degrees.

This Surah maidah is recited by Abdul Basit, Mohamed Siddiq El-Minshawi, Abu Bakr al-Shatri and Saad al-Ghamdi, in their beautiful voices.