Surah Al-Ma'idah, ayah 26
قَالَ فَإِنَّهَا مُحَرَّمَةٌ عَلَيْهِمْ ۛ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً ۛ يَتِيهُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ فَلَا تَأْسَ عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ
[Allāh] said, "Then indeed, it is forbidden to them for forty years [in which] they will wander throughout the land. So do not grieve over the defiantly disobedient people."
Al-Ma'idah · 5:26
Word by word
- قَالَqāla(Allah) said
- فَإِنَّهَاfa-innahāThen indeed it
- مُحَرَّمَةٌmuḥarramatun(will be) forbidden
- عَلَيْهِمْ ۛʿalayhimto them
- أَرْبَعِينَarbaʿīna(for) forty
- سَنَةًۭ ۛsanatanyears
- يَتِيهُونَyatīhūnathey will wander
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚl-arḍithe earth
- فَلَاfalāSo (do) not
- تَأْسَtasagrieve
- عَلَىʿalāover
- ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe people
- ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَl-fāsiqīnathe defiantly disobedient
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