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Al-Ma'idah 21

Ayah 21 of 120 · Medinan

يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱدۡخُلُواْ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسَةَ ٱلَّتِي كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمۡ وَلَا تَرۡتَدُّواْ عَلَىٰٓ أَدۡبَارِكُمۡ فَتَنقَلِبُواْ خَٰسِرِينَ ٢١

O my people, enter the blessed land [i.e., Palestine] which Allāh has assigned to you and do not turn back [from fighting in Allāh's cause] and [thus] become losers."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَٰقَوۡمِO my peopleyāqawmi
  2. ٱدۡخُلُواْEnterud'khulū
  3. ٱلۡأَرۡضَthe landl-arḍa
  4. ٱلۡمُقَدَّسَةَthe Holyl-muqadasata
  5. ٱلَّتِيwhichallatī
  6. كَتَبَ(has been) ordainedkataba
  7. ٱللَّهُ(by) Allahl-lahu
  8. لَكُمۡfor youlakum
  9. وَلَاand (do) notwalā
  10. تَرۡتَدُّواْturntartaddū
  11. عَلَىٰٓonʿalā
  12. أَدۡبَارِكُمۡyour backsadbārikum
  13. فَتَنقَلِبُواْthen you will turn backfatanqalibū
  14. خَٰسِرِينَ(as) loserskhāsirīna

Tafsir

Moses said, ‘O People, enter the land that has been purified – Jerusalem and the surrounding area – which Allah has promised that you will enter, and fight the disbelievers in it. Do not become weak before the tyrants, because you will then end up as losers in the world and the Afterlife’.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran