The Table Spread
5. Al-Mā'idah
المائدة
al-Mā’idah (The Table)
ٱلْمَائِدَة
5:26
قَالَ
فَإِنَّهَا
مُحَرَّمَةٌ
عَلَيْهِمْ
أَرْبَعِينَ
سَنَةً
يَتِيهُونَ
فِي
الْأَرْضِ
فَلَا
تَأْسَ
عَلَى
الْقَوْمِ
الْفَاسِقِينَ
qāla fa-ʾinnahā muḥarramatun ʿalayhim ʾarbaʿīna sanatan yatīhūna fī l-ʾarḍi fa-lā taʾsa ʿalā l-qawmi l-fāsiqīna
The Lord said, "The land will be prohibited to them for forty years (during all such time) they will wander in the land. Do not feel sad for the evil-doing people."
