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Surah Al-Maaida (5) — Ayah 22
قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّ فِيهَا قَوْمًا جَبَّارِينَ وَإِنَّا لَن نَّدْخُلَهَا حَتَّىٰ يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنْهَا فَإِن يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّا دَٰخِلُونَ ﴿22﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
They said: "O Mûsâ (Moses)! In it (this holy land) are a people of great strength, and we shall never enter it till they leave it; when they leave, then we will enter."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They said
يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ
yāmūsā
O Musa
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
فِيهَا
fīhā
in it
قَوْمًۭا
qawman
(are) people
جَبَّارِينَ
jabbārīna
(of) tyrannical strength
وَإِنَّا
wa-innā
and indeed, we
لَن
lan
never
نَّدْخُلَهَا
nadkhulahā
will enter it
حَتَّىٰ
ḥattā
until
يَخْرُجُوا۟
yakhrujū
they leave
مِنْهَا
min'hā
from it
فَإِن
fa-in
and if
يَخْرُجُوا۟
yakhrujū
they leave
مِنْهَا
min'hā
[from] it
فَإِنَّا
fa-innā
then certainly we (will)
دَٰخِلُونَ
dākhilūna
enter (it)
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22. They said, "O Moses! There are mighty people [53] in it; we will never enter it until they leave. If they leave, then we will enter."
[53]
The Report of the Delegation and Refusal of Jihad:
But these people disobeyed the command of Musa ؑ, and when they returned after visiting the region of Palestine, instead of giving their report secretly to Sayyiduna Musa ؑ, they began to tell everyone about the conditions there. And their report was that the region of Palestine is indeed very fertile and lush. There flow streams of water and milk, the people's economic condition is good, but the people there are very powerful, strong, and tall. Compared to them, we seemed like locusts, and they too considered us as locusts. Therefore, to gain victory over these people is beyond our capacity, and they began to say to Musa ؑ that with the presence of such powerful people, our entering there and then fighting to achieve victory is among the impossibilities, and if Allah has written this region in our destiny, then He should make such an arrangement that they leave from there, only then can we enter it.
[53]
The Report of the Delegation and Refusal of Jihad:
But these people disobeyed the command of Musa ؑ, and when they returned after visiting the region of Palestine, instead of giving their report secretly to Sayyiduna Musa ؑ, they began to tell everyone about the conditions there. And their report was that the region of Palestine is indeed very fertile and lush. There flow streams of water and milk, the people's economic condition is good, but the people there are very powerful, strong, and tall. Compared to them, we seemed like locusts, and they too considered us as locusts. Therefore, to gain victory over these people is beyond our capacity, and they began to say to Musa ؑ that with the presence of such powerful people, our entering there and then fighting to achieve victory is among the impossibilities, and if Allah has written this region in our destiny, then He should make such an arrangement that they leave from there, only then can we enter it.
