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Yunus 83

Ayah 83 of 109 · Meccan

فَمَآ ءَامَنَ لِمُوسَىٰٓ إِلَّا ذُرِّيَّةٞ مِّن قَوۡمِهِۦ عَلَىٰ خَوۡفٖ مِّن فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَمَلَإِيْهِمۡ أَن يَفۡتِنَهُمۡۚ وَإِنَّ فِرۡعَوۡنَ لَعَالٖ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ ٨٣

But no one believed Moses, except [some] offspring [i.e., youths] among his people, for fear of Pharaoh and his establishment that they would persecute them. And indeed, Pharaoh was haughty within the land, and indeed, he was of the transgressors.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَمَآBut nonefamā
  2. ءَامَنَbelievedāmana
  3. لِمُوسَىٰٓMusalimūsā
  4. إِلَّاexceptillā
  5. ذُرِّيَّةٞ(the) offspringdhurriyyatun
  6. مِّنamongmin
  7. قَوۡمِهِۦhis peopleqawmihi
  8. عَلَىٰforʿalā
  9. خَوۡفٖfearkhawfin
  10. مِّنofmin
  11. فِرۡعَوۡنَFiraunfir'ʿawna
  12. وَمَلَإِيْهِمۡand their chiefswamala-ihim
  13. أَنlestan
  14. يَفۡتِنَهُمۡۚthey persecute themyaftinahum
  15. وَإِنَّAnd indeedwa-inna
  16. فِرۡعَوۡنَFiraunfir'ʿawna
  17. لَعَالٖ(was) a tyrantlaʿālin
  18. فِيinfī
  19. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  20. وَإِنَّهُۥand indeed, hewa-innahu
  21. لَمِنَ(was) oflamina
  22. ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَthe ones who commit excessesl-mus'rifīna

Tafsir

The people resolved to turn away and none accepted Moses (peace be upon him), despite the open miracles and clear proof he brought, besides a few youth from his people, the Israelites. Those who persisted in rejection did so out of fear that Pharaoh and the nobles from his people would turn them away from their faith by imposing a punishment on them if they came to know of their belief. Pharaoh was high-handed in his authority over Egypt and its people, and he was of those who overstepped the limit with respect to disbelief and in killing and punishing the Israelites.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran