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Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 22 (5:22)

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قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّ فِيهَا قَوْمًا جَبَّارِينَ وَإِنَّا لَن نَّدْخُلَهَا حَتَّىٰ يَخْرُجُوا۟ …

Quran 5:22 is ayah 22 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 6, on page 111 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:22
قَالُوا۟يَٰمُوسَىٰٓإِنَّفِيهَاقَوْمًاجَبَّارِينَوَإِنَّالَننَّدْخُلَهَاحَتَّىٰيَخْرُجُوا۟مِنْهَافَإِنيَخْرُجُوا۟مِنْهَافَإِنَّادَٰخِلُونَ٢٢
qālū yāmūsā inna fīhā qawman jabbārīna wa-innā lan nadkhulahā ḥattā yakhrujū min'hā fa-in yakhrujū min'hā fa-innā dākhilūna

They said, "O Moses, indeed within it is a people of tyrannical strength, and indeed, we will never enter it until they leave it; but if they leave it, then we will enter."(22)

Word by word

  1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
  2. يَٰمُوسَىٰٓyāmūsāO Musa
  3. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  4. فِيهَاfīhāin it
  5. قَوْمًاqawman(are) people
  6. جَبَّارِينَjabbārīna(of) tyrannical strength
  7. وَإِنَّاwa-innāand indeed, we
  8. لَنlannever
  9. نَّدْخُلَهَاnadkhulahāwill enter it
  10. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
  11. يَخْرُجُوا۟yakhrujūthey leave
  12. مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
  13. فَإِنfa-inand if
  14. يَخْرُجُوا۟yakhrujūthey leave
  15. مِنْهَاmin'hā[from] it
  16. فَإِنَّاfa-innāthen certainly we (will)
  17. دَٰخِلُونَdākhilūnaenter (it)

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