# Quran 5:21 — Surah Al-Mai'dah (The Spread Table), Verse 21

## Arabic (Uthmani script)
يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱدۡخُلُواْ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسَةَ ٱلَّتِي كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمۡ وَلَا تَرۡتَدُّواْ عَلَىٰٓ أَدۡبَارِكُمۡ فَتَنقَلِبُواْ خَٰسِرِينَ

## Arabic (IndoPak script)
یٰقَوْمِ ادْخُلُوا الْاَرْضَ الْمُقَدَّسَةَ الَّتِیْ كَتَبَ اللّٰهُ لَكُمْ وَلَا تَرْتَدُّوْا عَلٰۤی اَدْبَارِكُمْ فَتَنْقَلِبُوْا خٰسِرِیْنَ ۟

## Transliteration
Yaa qawmid khulul Ardal Muqaddasatal latee katabal laahu lakum wa laa tartaddoo 'alaaa adbaarikum fatanqaliboo khaasireenn

## English Translation (Abdullah Yusuf Ali)
> "O my people! Enter the holy land which Allah hath assigned unto you, and turn not back ignominiously, for then will ye be overthrown, to your own ruin."

**Citation:** Quran, Surah Al-Mai'dah 5:21 · Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary (1934)

**Context:** Surah Al-Mai'dah is a medinan surah with 120 ayahs. Full surah: https://deen.global/quran/surah-al-mai-dah.md
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