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Yunus 22

Ayah 22 of 109 · Meccan

هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُسَيِّرُكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡبَرِّ وَٱلۡبَحۡرِۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا كُنتُمۡ فِي ٱلۡفُلۡكِ وَجَرَيۡنَ بِهِم بِرِيحٖ طَيِّبَةٖ وَفَرِحُواْ بِهَا جَآءَتۡهَا رِيحٌ عَاصِفٞ وَجَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡجُ مِن كُلِّ مَكَانٖ وَظَنُّوٓاْ أَنَّهُمۡ أُحِيطَ بِهِمۡ دَعَوُاْ ٱللَّهَ مُخۡلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ لَئِنۡ أَنجَيۡتَنَا مِنۡ هَٰذِهِۦ لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ ٢٢

It is He who enables you to travel on land and sea until, when you are in ships and they sail with them1 by a good wind and they rejoice therein, there comes a storm wind and the waves come upon them from every place and they expect to be engulfed, they supplicate Allāh, sincere to Him in religion, "If You should save us from this, we will surely be among the thankful."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 The change in pronoun from the second to third person shows that the following description applies specifically to the disbelievers.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. هُوَHehuwa
  2. ٱلَّذِي(is) the One Whoalladhī
  3. يُسَيِّرُكُمۡenables you to travelyusayyirukum
  4. فِيinfī
  5. ٱلۡبَرِّthe landl-bari
  6. وَٱلۡبَحۡرِۖand the seawal-baḥri
  7. حَتَّىٰٓuntilḥattā
  8. إِذَاwhenidhā
  9. كُنتُمۡyou arekuntum
  10. فِيinfī
  11. ٱلۡفُلۡكِthe shipsl-ful'ki
  12. وَجَرَيۡنَand they sailwajarayna
  13. بِهِمwith thembihim
  14. بِرِيحٖwith a windbirīḥin
  15. طَيِّبَةٖgoodṭayyibatin
  16. وَفَرِحُواْand they rejoicewafariḥū
  17. بِهَاthereinbihā
  18. جَآءَتۡهَاcomes to itjāathā
  19. رِيحٌa windrīḥun
  20. عَاصِفٞstormyʿāṣifun
  21. وَجَآءَهُمُand comes to themwajāahumu
  22. ٱلۡمَوۡجُthe wavesl-mawju
  23. مِنfrommin
  24. كُلِّeverykulli
  25. مَكَانٖplacemakānin
  26. وَظَنُّوٓاْand they assumewaẓannū
  27. أَنَّهُمۡthat theyannahum
  28. أُحِيطَare surroundeduḥīṭa
  29. بِهِمۡwith thembihim
  30. دَعَوُاْThey calldaʿawū
  31. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  32. مُخۡلِصِينَsincerelymukh'liṣīna
  33. لَهُto Himlahu
  34. ٱلدِّينَ(in) the religionl-dīna
  35. لَئِنۡ(saying), "Ifla-in
  36. أَنجَيۡتَنَاYou save usanjaytanā
  37. مِنۡfrommin
  38. هَٰذِهِۦthishādhihi
  39. لَنَكُونَنَّsurely we will belanakūnanna
  40. مِنَamongmina
  41. ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَthe thankfull-shākirīna

Tafsir

It is Allah Who makes people travel on the land, on foot or riding, and it is He Who makes them travel in ships on the sea. They sail in them with a good wind, which the people in them are glad about. Then a gale wind comes to them, and the waves of the sea come to them from every side, until when they are certain they will be destroyed they start to call upon Allah alone, not associating anything with Him, saying: 'If You save us from this deadly situation we will be truly thankful for what You have blessed us with.'

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran