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Surah Al-Ma’idah Ayat 21 in Arabic Text

يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱدۡخُلُواْ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسَةَ ٱلَّتِي كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمۡ وَلَا تَرۡتَدُّواْ عَلَىٰٓ أَدۡبَارِكُمۡ فَتَنقَلِبُواْ خَٰسِرِينَ
Yaa qawmid khulul Ardal Muqaddasatal latee katabal laahu lakum wa laa tartaddoo ‘alaaa adbaarikum fatanqaliboo khaasireenn

English Translation

Here you can read various translations of verse 21

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.”

Yusuf Ali
“O my people! Enter the holy land which Allah hath assigned unto you, and turn not back ignominiously, for then will ye be overthrown, to your own ruin.”

Abul Ala Maududi
My people! Enter the holy land which Allah has ordained for you; and do not turn back for then you will turn about losers.

Muhsin Khan
“O my people! Enter the holy land (Palestine) which Allah has assigned to you, and turn not back (in flight) for then you will be returned as losers.”

Pickthall
O my people! Go into the holy land which Allah hath ordained for you. Turn not in flight, for surely ye turn back as losers:

Dr. Ghali
O my people, enter the Holy Land (Literally: the hallowed land) which Allah has prescribed for you and do not turn back in your traces, (Literally: on your hind parts) (and) so you turn over as losers.”

Abdel Haleem
My people, go into the holy land which God has ordained for you––do not turn back or you will be the losers.’

Muhammad Junagarhi
اے میری قوم والو! اس مقدس زمین میں داخل ہو جاؤ جو اللہ تعالیٰ نے تمہارے نام لکھ دی ہے اور اپنی پشت کے بل روگردانی نہ کرو کہ پھر نقصان میں جا پڑو

Quran 5 Verse 21 Explanation

For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Al-Ma’idah ayat 21, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.

Ala-Maududi

(5:21) My people! Enter the holy land which Allah has ordained for you;[43] and do not turn back for then you will turn about losers.[44]


43. This signifies Palestine which had been the homeland of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. After their exodus from Egypt, God ordered the Israelites to go forth to Egypt and conquer it.

44. This statement of Moses refers to the second year after they had come out of Egypt when he and his people lived in tents in the wilderness of Paran. This desert lies in the Sinai peninsula adjacent to the northern borders of Arabia and the southern borders of Palestine.

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Maidah verse 21 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Maidah ayat 20 which provides the complete commentary from verse 20 through 26.

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