A quiet moment with the Quran.
قَالَ فَإِنَّهَا مُحَرَّمَةٌ عَلَيْهِمْ ۛ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةًۭ ۛ يَتِيهُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ فَلَا تَأْسَ عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ
PICKTHALL ENGLISH MEANING
(Their Lord) said: For this the land will surely be forbidden them for forty years that they will wander in the earth, bewildered. So grieve not over the wrongdoing folk.
What did these words bring you?
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Reading “For this the land will surely be forbidden them for forty years that they will wander…” in Al Maaida 5:26 places the need to face hardship honestly while continuing to seek Allah’s guidance within a real human situation. Pause before Allah and examine what pain you need to name without surrendering hope or right action.
This is a personal reflection prompt, not tafsir. For interpretation, consult qualified scholarship and the ayah’s wider Quranic context.
Arabic Quran text from the Tanzil Project, reproduced verbatim. English meaning by Marmaduke Pickthall. Translation is not a replacement for the Arabic Quran.
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