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

Quran 5:26

5:26

قَالَ فَإِنَّهَا مُحَرَّمَةٌ عَلَيْهِمْ ۛ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً ۛ يَتِيهُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ فَلَا تَأْسَ عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ

qāla fa-innahā muḥarramatun ʿalayhim arbaʿīna sanatan yatīhūna fī l-arḍi falā tasa ʿalā l-qawmi l-fāsiqīna

[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."

— Saheeh International

God said, ‘The land is forbidden to them for forty years: they will wander the earth aimlessly. Do not grieve over those who disobey.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

(Allâh) said: "Therefore it (this holy land) is forbidden to them for forty years; in distraction they will wander through the land. So be not sorrowful over the people who are the Fâsiqûn (rebellious and disobedient to Allâh)."

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

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قَالَqāla(Allah) said
فَإِنَّهَاfa-innahāThen indeed it
مُحَرَّمَةٌmuḥarramatun(will be) forbidden
عَلَيْهِمْۛʿalayhimto them
أَرْبَعِينَarbaʿīna(for) forty
سَنَةًۭۛsanatanyears
يَتِيهُونَyatīhūnathey will wander
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِۚl-arḍithe earth
فَلَاfalāSo (do) not
تَأْسَtasagrieve
عَلَىʿalāover
ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe people
ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَl-fāsiqīnathe defiantly disobedient