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Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 21 (5:21)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

يَٰقَوْمِ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلْمُقَدَّسَةَ ٱلَّتِى كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَلَا تَرْتَدُّوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ …

Quran 5:21 is ayah 21 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 6, on page 111 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:21
يَٰقَوْمِٱدْخُلُوا۟ٱلْأَرْضَٱلْمُقَدَّسَةَٱلَّتِىكَتَبَٱللَّهُلَكُمْوَلَاتَرْتَدُّوا۟عَلَىٰٓأَدْبَارِكُمْفَتَنقَلِبُوا۟خَٰسِرِينَ٢١
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."(21)

Word by word

  1. يَٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
  2. ٱدْخُلُوا۟ud'khulūEnter
  3. ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe land
  4. ٱلْمُقَدَّسَةَl-muqadasatathe Holy
  5. ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
  6. كَتَبَkataba(has been) ordained
  7. ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
  8. لَكُمْlakumfor you
  9. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
  10. تَرْتَدُّوا۟tartaddūturn
  11. عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
  12. أَدْبَارِكُمْadbārikumyour backs
  13. فَتَنقَلِبُوا۟fatanqalibūthen you will turn back
  14. خَٰسِرِينَkhāsirīna(as) losers

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