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Yunus 23

Ayah 23 of 109 · Meccan

فَلَمَّآ أَنجَىٰهُمۡ إِذَا هُمۡ يَبۡغُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ بِغَيۡرِ ٱلۡحَقِّۗ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّمَا بَغۡيُكُمۡ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِكُمۖ مَّتَٰعَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۖ ثُمَّ إِلَيۡنَا مَرۡجِعُكُمۡ فَنُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٢٣

But when He saves them, at once they commit injustice1 upon the earth without right. O mankind, your injustice is only against yourselves, [being merely] the enjoyment of worldly life. Then to Us is your return, and We will inform you of what you used to do.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 By oppression and disobedience or by invoking others besides Allāh.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَلَمَّآBut whenfalammā
  2. أَنجَىٰهُمۡHe saved themanjāhum
  3. إِذَاbeholdidhā
  4. هُمۡTheyhum
  5. يَبۡغُونَrebelyabghūna
  6. فِيinfī
  7. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  8. بِغَيۡرِwithoutbighayri
  9. ٱلۡحَقِّۗ[the] rightl-ḥaqi
  10. يَٰٓأَيُّهَاO mankindyāayyuhā
  11. ٱلنَّاسُO mankindl-nāsu
  12. إِنَّمَاOnlyinnamā
  13. بَغۡيُكُمۡyour rebellionbaghyukum
  14. عَلَىٰٓ(is) againstʿalā
  15. أَنفُسِكُمۖyourselvesanfusikum
  16. مَّتَٰعَ(the) enjoymentmatāʿa
  17. ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ(of) the lifel-ḥayati
  18. ٱلدُّنۡيَاۖ(of) the worldl-dun'yā
  19. ثُمَّThenthumma
  20. إِلَيۡنَاto Usilaynā
  21. مَرۡجِعُكُمۡ(is) your returnmarjiʿukum
  22. فَنُنَبِّئُكُمand We will inform youfanunabbi-ukum
  23. بِمَاof whatbimā
  24. كُنتُمۡyou used (to)kuntum
  25. تَعۡمَلُونَdotaʿmalūna

Tafsir

But when He answers their prayer, and saves them from their distress, they cause corruption in the earth, disbelieving and committing wrongdoing and sins. Wake up and realise O People! The evil consequences of your sins and transgression only falls upon yourselves and does not hurt Allah in any way. They enjoy it in the life of this world which is passing, and then they return to Allah on the day of Judgement, and He will inform them of the wrongdoing they used to do, and repay them for it.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran