Translation of the meanings Ayah 5 Surah Al-Mā’idah - English translation - Jacob - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 5

ٱلۡيَوۡمَ أُحِلَّ لَكُمُ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتُۖ وَطَعَامُ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ حِلّٞ لَّكُمۡ وَطَعَامُكُمۡ حِلّٞ لَّهُمۡۖ وَٱلۡمُحۡصَنَٰتُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ وَٱلۡمُحۡصَنَٰتُ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ مِن قَبۡلِكُمۡ إِذَآ ءَاتَيۡتُمُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ مُحۡصِنِينَ غَيۡرَ مُسَٰفِحِينَ وَلَا مُتَّخِذِيٓ أَخۡدَانٖۗ وَمَن يَكۡفُرۡ بِٱلۡإِيمَٰنِ فَقَدۡ حَبِطَ عَمَلُهُۥ وَهُوَ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ مِنَ ٱلۡخَٰسِرِينَ

5. This day (all) pure foods are made lawful to you. Food of those 'the Jews and Christians' who have been given the Scripture is lawful for you10 and your food is lawful for them. (Lawful for you to marry are) the chaste among the believing women and the chaste among those who have been given the Scripture before you, when you have given them their dowries, maintaining chastity, avoiding fornication or lustful relations outside of marriage. Whoever denies Faith11, indeed his deed is in vain, and in the Hereafter, he will be of the losers.

10. Except the forbidden categories of meat. The Jews and Christians are closer to and share a degree of commonality with the Muslims because they are originally monotheistic, unlike the outright idolaters of them, which makes eating their slaughtered cattle, eatable animals and marrying their women unlawful.
11. By neglecting the pillars of Islam such as the prayer, alms giving, fasting, hajj, or by keeping an alliance and intimacy with the disbelievers.