Surah Al-Ma'idah (المائدة) • The Table Spread

Quran 5:21

5:21

يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلْمُقَدَّسَةَ ٱلَّتِى كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَلَا تَرْتَدُّوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَدْبَارِكُمْ فَتَنقَلِبُوا۟ خَـٰسِرِينَ

yāqawmi ud'khulū l-arḍa l-muqadasata allatī kataba l-lahu lakum walā tartaddū ʿalā adbārikum fatanqalibū khāsirīna

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."

— Saheeh International

My people, go into the holy land which God has ordained for you––do not turn back or you will be the losers.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"O my people! Enter the holy land (Palestine) which Allâh has assigned to you and turn not back (in flight); for then you will be returned as losers."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
ٱدْخُلُوا۟ud'khulūEnter
ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe land
ٱلْمُقَدَّسَةَl-muqadasatathe Holy
ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
كَتَبَkataba(has been) ordained
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
لَكُمْlakumfor you
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تَرْتَدُّوا۟tartaddūturn
عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
أَدْبَارِكُمْadbārikumyour backs
فَتَنقَلِبُوا۟fatanqalibūthen you will turn back
خَـٰسِرِينَkhāsirīna(as) losers