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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 21of 120

يَٰقَوْمِ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلْمُقَدَّسَةَ ٱلَّتِى كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَلَا تَرْتَدُّوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَدْبَارِكُمْ فَتَنقَلِبُوا۟ خَٰسِرِينَ﴿٢١

Translation (Sahih International)

O my people, enter the Holy Land which Allah has assigned to you and do not turn back [from fighting in Allah 's cause] and [thus] become losers."

Word-by-word meaning

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

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Musa Reminds His People of Allah's Favors on Them; The Jews Refuse to Enter the Holy LandAllah states that His servant, Messenger, to whom He spoke directly, Musa, the son of `Imran, reminded his people that among the favors Allah granted them, is that He will give them all of the good of this life and the Hereafter, if they remain on the righteous and straight path.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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