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

Quran 5:24

5:24

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَن نَّدْخُلَهَآ أَبَدًا مَّا دَامُوا۟ فِيهَا ۖ فَٱذْهَبْ أَنتَ وَرَبُّكَ فَقَـٰتِلَآ إِنَّا هَـٰهُنَا قَـٰعِدُونَ

qālū yāmūsā innā lan nadkhulahā abadan mā dāmū fīhā fa-idh'hab anta warabbuka faqātilā innā hāhunā qāʿidūna

They said, "O Moses, indeed we will not enter it, ever, as long as they are within it; so go, you and your Lord, and fight. Indeed, we are remaining right here."

— Saheeh International

They said, ‘Moses, we will never enter while they are still there, so you and your Lord go in and fight, and we will stay here.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They said: "O Mûsâ (Moses)! We shall never enter it as long as they are there. So go you and your Lord and fight you two, we are sitting right here."

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

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قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓyāmūsāO Musa
إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
لَنlannever
نَّدْخُلَهَآnadkhulahāwill enter it
أَبَدًۭاabadanever
مَّاmāfor
دَامُوا۟dāmūas long as they are
فِيهَاۖfīhāin it
فَٱذْهَبْfa-idh'habSo go
أَنتَantayou
وَرَبُّكَwarabbukaand your Lord
فَقَـٰتِلَآfaqātilāand you both fight
إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
هَـٰهُنَاhāhunāare [here]
قَـٰعِدُونَqāʿidūnasitting