Surah Al-Ma'idah · Ayah 26

Meaning of Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 26

Qala fa-innaha muharramatunAAalayhim arbaAAeena sanatan yateehoona fee al-ardi falata/sa AAala alqawmi alfasiqeen

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1. قَالَqāla(Allah) said
2. فَإِنَّهَاfa-innahāThen indeed it
3. مُحَرَّمَةٌmuḥarramatun(will be) forbidden
4. عَلَيْهِمْ ۛʿalayhimto them
5. أَرْبَعِينَarbaʿīna(for) forty
6. سَنَةًۭ ۛsanatanyears
7. يَتِيهُونَyatīhūnathey will wander
8. فِىfīin
9. ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚl-arḍithe earth
10. فَلَاfalāSo (do) not
11. تَأْسَtasagrieve
12. عَلَىʿalāover
13. ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe people
14. ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَl-fāsiqīnathe defiantly disobedient