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Surah Al-Maaida (5) — Ayah 21
يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلْمُقَدَّسَةَ ٱلَّتِى كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَلَا تَرْتَدُّوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَدْبَارِكُمْ فَتَنقَلِبُوا۟ خَـٰسِرِينَ ﴿21﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"O my people! Enter the holy land (Palestine) which Allâh has assigned to you and turn not back (in flight); for then you will be returned as losers."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
يَـٰقَوْمِ
yāqawmi
O my people
ٱدْخُلُوا۟
ud'khulū
Enter
ٱلْأَرْضَ
l-arḍa
the land
ٱلْمُقَدَّسَةَ
l-muqadasata
the Holy
ٱلَّتِى
allatī
which
كَتَبَ
kataba
(has been) ordained
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(by) Allah
لَكُمْ
lakum
for you
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تَرْتَدُّوا۟
tartaddū
turn
عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
on
أَدْبَارِكُمْ
adbārikum
your backs
فَتَنقَلِبُوا۟
fatanqalibū
then you will turn back
خَـٰسِرِينَ
khāsirīna
(as) losers
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
(Ayah 21) ➊ {يٰقَوْمِ ادْخُلُوا الْاَرْضَ الْمُقَدَّسَةَ ……:} By this is meant Shaam; Palestine (Canaan) is the name of one of its regions, because it was from here that the Children of Israel went to Egypt, and this was their ancestral inheritance which Allah Almighty had decreed for them. There are explicit statements of this promise in the Torah: "See, I have set the land before you; go in and possess the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their descendants after them." (Deuteronomy, Chapter: 8)
➋ This address of Musa (peace be upon him) to the Children of Israel was at the time when, after leaving Egypt, they were encamped in the Sinai Peninsula and manna and quails were being sent down upon them. (Ibn Kathir)
➋ This address of Musa (peace be upon him) to the Children of Israel was at the time when, after leaving Egypt, they were encamped in the Sinai Peninsula and manna and quails were being sent down upon them. (Ibn Kathir)
