The Table Spread
5. Al-Mā'idah
المائدة
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قَالُوا
يَامُوسَى
إِنَّ
فِيهَا
قَوْمًا
جَبَّارِينَ
وَإِنَّا
لَن
نَّدْخُلَهَا
حَتَّى
يَخْرُجُوا
مِنْهَا
فَإِن
يَخْرُجُوا
مِنْهَا
فَإِنَّا
دَاخِلُونَ
qālū yā-mūsā ʾinna fīhā qawman jabbārīna wa-ʾinnā lan nadkhulahā ḥattā yakhrujū minhā fa-ʾin yakhrujū minhā fa-ʾinnā dākhilūna
They said, ‘O Moses, there are a tyrannical people in it. We will not enter it until they leave it. But once they leave it, we will go in.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
They said: "O Moses! In this land are a people of exceeding strength: Never shall we enter it until they leave it: if (once) they leave, then shall we enter."
