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Yunus 78

Ayah 78 of 109 · Meccan

قَالُوٓاْ أَجِئۡتَنَا لِتَلۡفِتَنَا عَمَّا وَجَدۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ ءَابَآءَنَا وَتَكُونَ لَكُمَا ٱلۡكِبۡرِيَآءُ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا نَحۡنُ لَكُمَا بِمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٧٨

They said, "Have you come to us to turn us away from that upon which we found our fathers and so that you two may have grandeur in the land? And we are not believers in you."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالُوٓاْThey saidqālū
  2. أَجِئۡتَنَاHave you come to usaji'tanā
  3. لِتَلۡفِتَنَاto turn us awaylitalfitanā
  4. عَمَّاfrom thatʿammā
  5. وَجَدۡنَاwe foundwajadnā
  6. عَلَيۡهِon itʿalayhi
  7. ءَابَآءَنَاour forefathersābāanā
  8. وَتَكُونَand you two (may) havewatakūna
  9. لَكُمَاand you two (may) havelakumā
  10. ٱلۡكِبۡرِيَآءُthe greatnessl-kib'riyāu
  11. فِيinfī
  12. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe landl-arḍi
  13. وَمَاAnd we (are) notwamā
  14. نَحۡنُAnd we (are) notnaḥnu
  15. لَكُمَا(in) you twolakumā
  16. بِمُؤۡمِنِينَbelieversbimu'minīna

Tafsir

The people of Pharaoh gave Moses the following response: Have you brought this magic to turn us away from the religion we found our fathers following, so that you and your brother can gain control of us? We are not going to believe you two, O Moses and Aaron.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran