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Quran 5:22

Surah Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread), verse 22 of 120 · Juz 6

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّ فِيهَا قَوْمًا جَبَّارِينَ وَإِنَّا لَن نَّدْخُلَهَا حَتَّىٰ يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنْهَا فَإِن يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّا دَٰخِلُونَ

Translations of Quran 5:22
EnglishTalal Itani

They said, “O Moses, there are tyrannical people in it; we will not enter it until they leave it. If they leave it, we will be entering.”

EnglishPickthall, 1930

They said: O Moses! Lo! a giant people (dwell) therein and lo! we go not in till they go forth from thence. When they go forth from thence, then we will enter (not till then).

TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935

Ya Musâ, dediler: Orada bir kavim var hepsi cebbar, onlar oradan çıkmadıkça biz oraya giremeyiz, şayed çıkarlarsa biz de gireriz.

FrenchKazimirski, 1840

Ce pays, répondirent les Israélites, est habité par des hommes puissants. Tant qu’ils l’occuperont, nous n’y entrerons point. S’ils en sortent, nous en prendrons possession.

DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French

Zij antwoorden: O, Mozes! dit land wordt door een volk van reuzen bewoond, en wij zullen er op geenerlei wijze binnen gaan, dan nadat zij het hebben verlaten; maar indien zij het verlaten, zullen wij er binnentrekken.

ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French

Questo paese, risposero gl’Israeliti, è abitato dai giganti. Finch’essi l’occuperanno, noi non vi entreremo. Se sortiranno, ne prenderemo possesso.

Arabic: Tanzil Project. English: Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com. Other translations: public domain editions, listed in Sources.