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Al-Ma'idah 22

Ayah 22 of 120 · Medinan

قَالُواْ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّ فِيهَا قَوۡمٗا جَبَّارِينَ وَإِنَّا لَن نَّدۡخُلَهَا حَتَّىٰ يَخۡرُجُواْ مِنۡهَا فَإِن يَخۡرُجُواْ مِنۡهَا فَإِنَّا دَٰخِلُونَ ٢٢

They said, "O Moses, indeed within it is a people of tyrannical strength, and indeed, we will never enter it until they leave it; but if they leave it, then we will enter."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالُواْThey saidqālū
  2. يَٰمُوسَىٰٓO Musayāmūsā
  3. إِنَّIndeedinna
  4. فِيهَاin itfīhā
  5. قَوۡمٗا(are) peopleqawman
  6. جَبَّارِينَ(of) tyrannical strengthjabbārīna
  7. وَإِنَّاand indeed, wewa-innā
  8. لَنneverlan
  9. نَّدۡخُلَهَاwill enter itnadkhulahā
  10. حَتَّىٰuntilḥattā
  11. يَخۡرُجُواْthey leaveyakhrujū
  12. مِنۡهَاfrom itmin'hā
  13. فَإِنand iffa-in
  14. يَخۡرُجُواْthey leaveyakhrujū
  15. مِنۡهَا[from] itmin'hā
  16. فَإِنَّاthen certainly we (will)fa-innā
  17. دَٰخِلُونَenter (it)dākhilūna

Tafsir

His people said to him, ‘O Moses, in the Holy Land there is a powerful and mighty people and this is preventing us from entering it. We will not enter it as long as these people are there, because we do not have the ability to fight them. If they leave, we will go in’.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran