Quran 5:21 — Al-Maaida, verse 21
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
My people, go into the holy land which God has ordained for you––do not turn back or you will be the losers.’
يَا قَوْمِ ادْخُلُوا الْأَرْضَ الْمُقَدَّسَةَ الَّتِي كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَلَا تَرْتَدُّوا عَلَىٰ أَدْبَارِكُمْ فَتَنْقَلِبُوا خَاسِرِينَ
yāqawmi ud'khulū l-arḍa l-muqadasata allatī kataba l-lahu lakum walā tartaddū ʿalā adbārikum fatanqalibū khāsirīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O my people, enter the Holy Land which God has prescribed for you, and turn not back in your traces, to turn about losers.'
- Muhammad Asad
- O my people! Enter the holy land which God has promised you; but do not turn back [on your faith], for then you will be lost!"
- Sahih International
- 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."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi | O my people | قوم |
| 2 | ٱدْخُلُوا۟ud'khulū | Enter | دخل |
| 3 | ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍa | the land | أرض |
| 4 | ٱلْمُقَدَّسَةَl-muqadasata | the Holy | قدس |
| 5 | ٱلَّتِىallatī | which | — |
| 6 | كَتَبَkataba | (has been) ordained | كتب |
| 7 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | (by) Allah | أله |
| 8 | لَكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 9 | وَلَاwalā | and (do) not | — |
| 10 | تَرْتَدُّوا۟tartaddū | turn | ردد |
| 11 | عَلَىٰٓʿalā | on | — |
| 12 | أَدْبَارِكُمْadbārikum | your backs | دبر |
| 13 | فَتَنقَلِبُوا۟fatanqalibū | then you will turn back | قلب |
| 14 | خَـٰسِرِينَkhāsirīna | (as) losers | خسر |