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Al-Ma'idah 26

Ayah 26 of 120 · Medinan

قَالَ فَإِنَّهَا مُحَرَّمَةٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡۛ أَرۡبَعِينَ سَنَةٗۛ يَتِيهُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ فَلَا تَأۡسَ عَلَى ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ ٢٦

[Allāh] said, "Then indeed, it is forbidden to them for forty years [in which] they will wander throughout the land. So do not grieve over the defiantly disobedient people."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالَ(Allah) saidqāla
  2. فَإِنَّهَاThen indeed itfa-innahā
  3. مُحَرَّمَةٌ(will be) forbiddenmuḥarramatun
  4. عَلَيۡهِمۡۛto themʿalayhim
  5. أَرۡبَعِينَ(for) fortyarbaʿīna
  6. سَنَةٗۛyearssanatan
  7. يَتِيهُونَthey will wanderyatīhūna
  8. فِيinfī
  9. ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚthe earthl-arḍi
  10. فَلَاSo (do) notfalā
  11. تَأۡسَgrievetasa
  12. عَلَىoverʿalā
  13. ٱلۡقَوۡمِthe peoplel-qawmi
  14. ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَthe defiantly disobedientl-fāsiqīna

Tafsir

Allah said to His Prophet Moses (peace be upon him), ‘Allah has forbidden entry into the Holy Land for the Israelites for a period of forty years, in which they will wander on earth aimlessly without direction. Do not grieve, O Moses, over those who do not follow Allah, because the punishment they receive is because of their sins’.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran