Surah Ma'idah Ayat 24 (5:24 Quran) With Tafsir

Surah Al-Ma’idah Ayat 24 (5:24 Quran) With Tafsir

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Surah Al-Ma’idah Ayat 24 in Arabic Text

قَالُواْ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَن نَّدۡخُلَهَآ أَبَدٗا مَّا دَامُواْ فِيهَا فَٱذۡهَبۡ أَنتَ وَرَبُّكَ فَقَٰتِلَآ إِنَّا هَٰهُنَا قَٰعِدُونَ

Qaaloo yaa Moosaaa innaa lan nadkhulahaa abadam maa daamoo feehaa fazhab anta wa Rabbuka faqaatilaaa innaa haahunaa qaa’idoon

English Translation

Here you can read various translations of verse 24

Sahih International
They said, “O Moses, indeed we will not enter it, ever, as long as they are within it; so go, you and your Lord, and fight. Indeed, we are remaining right here.”

Yusuf Ali
They said: “O Moses! while they remain there, never shall we be able to enter, to the end of time. Go thou, and thy Lord, and fight ye two, while we sit here (and watch).”

Abul Ala Maududi
Nevertheless they said: ‘O Moses! Never shall we enter it as long as they are there. Go forth, then, you and your Lord, and fight, both of you. As for us, we will sit here.’

Muhsin Khan
They said: “O Musa (Moses)! We shall never enter it as long as they are there. So go you and your Lord and fight you two, we are sitting right here.”

Pickthall
They said: O Moses! We will never enter (the land) while they are in it. So go thou and thy Lord and fight! We will sit here.

Dr. Ghali
They said, “O M‍ûsa (Moses), surely we will never enter it at all so long as they are in it. So go forth, you and your Lord, and then you (two) fight (them). Surely we will be sitting here now!”

Abdel Haleem
They said, ‘Moses, we will never enter while they are still there, so you and your Lord go in and fight, and we will stay here.’

Muhammad Junagarhi
قوم نے جواب دیا کہ اے موسیٰ! جب تک وه وہاں ہیں تب تک ہم ہرگز وہاں نہ جائیں گے، اس لئے تم اور تمہارا پروردگار جا کر دونوں ہی لڑ بھڑ لو، ہم یہیں بیٹھے ہوئے ہیں

Quran 5 Verse 24 Explanation

For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Al-Ma’idah ayat 24, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.

Ala-Maududi

(5:24) Nevertheless they said: ‘O Moses! Never shall we enter it as long as they are there. Go forth, then, you and your Lord, and fight, both of you. As for us, we will sit here.’

There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Maidah verse 24 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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