فَٱسۡتَخَفَّ قَوۡمَهُۥ فَأَطَاعُوهُۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمٗا فَٰسِقِينَ ٥٤
So he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were [themselves] a people defiantly disobedient [of Allāh].
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- فَٱسۡتَخَفَّSo he bluffedfa-is'takhaffa
- قَوۡمَهُۥhis peopleqawmahu
- فَأَطَاعُوهُۚand they obeyed himfa-aṭāʿūhu
- إِنَّهُمۡIndeed, theyinnahum
- كَانُواْwerekānū
- قَوۡمٗاa peopleqawman
- فَٰسِقِينَdefiantly disobedientfāsiqīna
Tafsir
So Pharaoh duped his people and they followed him in deviance. Indeed, they were a nation that came away from the obedience of Allah.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran