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 Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:78-79 [11/16] ↕
  
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لُعِنَWere cursed
ٱلَّذِينَthose who
كَفَرُواْdisbelieved
مِنۢfrom
بَنِىٓ(the) Children
إِسْرَٲٓءِيلَ(of) Israel
عَلَىٰby
لِسَانِ(the) tongue
دَاوُۥدَ(of) Dawood
وَعِيسَىand Isa,
ٱبْنِson
مَرْيَمَ‌ۚ(of) Maryam,
ذَٲلِكَthat (was)
بِمَاbecause
عَصَواْthey disobeyed
وَّكَانُواْand they were
يَعْتَدُونَtransgressing.
﴿٧٨﴾
كَانُواْ لَاThey had not been
يَتَنَاهَوْنَforbidding each other
عَنfrom
مُّنكَرٍwrongdoing
فَعَلُوهُ‌ۚthey did [it].
لَبِئْسَSurely, evil
مَا(was) what
كَانُواْthey were
يَفْعَلُونَdoing.
﴿٧٩﴾

لُعِنَ الَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا مِنۡۢ بَنِىۡۤ اِسۡرَآءِيۡلَ عَلٰى لِسَانِ دَاوٗدَ وَعِيۡسَى ابۡنِ مَرۡيَمَ​ ؕ ذٰ لِكَ بِمَا عَصَوْا وَّكَانُوۡا يَعۡتَدُوۡنَ‏  كَانُوۡا لَا يَتَـنَاهَوۡنَ عَنۡ مُّنۡكَرٍ فَعَلُوۡهُ ​ؕ لَبِئۡسَ مَا كَانُوۡا يَفۡعَلُوۡنَ‏ 
Translation
(5:78) Those of the Children of Israel who took to unbelief have been cursed by the tongue of David and Jesus, son of Mary, for they rebelled and exceeded the bounds of right. (5:79) They did not forbid each other from committing the abominable deeds they committed.102 Indeed what they did was evil.
Commentary

102. The corruption of any nation begins with that of a few individuals. If the collective conscience of that nation is alive, the pressure of public opinion keeps those persons in check and prevents the nation as a whole from becoming corrupted. But if instead of censuring such individuals, the nation leaves them free to behave corruptly, the corruption originally confined to a few continues to spread till it engulfs the whole nation. It was this which ultimately caused the degeneration of Israel. (For the curse against Israel in the words of David and Jesus see Psalms 10, 50 and Matthew 23.)