ترجمة معاني آية 26 سورة المائدة - الترجمة الإنجليزية - د. وليد بليهش العمري - موسوعة القرآن الكريم

آية: 26

قَالَ فَإِنَّهَا مُحَرَّمَةٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡۛ أَرۡبَعِينَ سَنَةٗۛ يَتِيهُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ فَلَا تَأۡسَ عَلَى ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ

(26) He ˹Allah˺ said: “It is then forbidden for them for forty years^[1158]. They shall be lost ˹wandering˺ in the land. Be grieved^[1159] not for the transgressing people”.

[1158] God, the Most Wise, decreed that they should be lost in the land for a period of 40 years as punishment for their shaky, wavering Faith. This is the generation of Israelites that accompanied Moses (عليه السلام) in their exodus from Egypt, where they were subjected to the ‘worst of suffering’ (sū’ al-ʿadhāb: 2: 49) so much so that they lost their dignity and were accustomed to humiliation and cowardice. The result of these decades of humiliation and suffering was their stance, as related in this passage, that when asked to only muster up whatever courage they had left and make a push for the city’s gate thereby giving them victory, they had nothing left to do even that much. Their attitude is all the more striking in light of the fact that they had very recently seen, and lived through, the most norm-defying of miracles (the splitting of the sea being the most obvious) and were in the assuring company of the great Prophet who was decisively instrumental in their deliverance. Such a generation would never carry out God’s command and, therefore, they had to be replaced with a new and better one that was not at home with servitude. This new generation had to be raised in the wild, strong and free, away from oppression and lack of self dignity (cf. al-Saʿdī as well).
[1159] Naturally, the Messenger of God (ﷺ), who was sent only as a “mercy to all-beings” (21: 107), would be saddened by those who stubbornly rebuffed his repeated calls, being aware of the awfully grim fate that awaited them. Knowing how hard this came down on His Messenger (ﷺ), God repeatedly reminded him of not falling prey to sadness on account of their ardent Denial.