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Surah Yunus, Verse 22

سورة يونس، الآية ٢٢

10:22 Juz 11 Hizb 21 Page 211 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 10:22

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُسَيِّرُكُمْ فِى ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا كُنتُمْ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ وَجَرَيْنَ بِهِم بِرِيحٍ طَيِّبَةٍ وَفَرِحُوا۟ بِهَا جَآءَتْهَا رِيحٌ عَاصِفٌ وَجَآءَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْجُ مِن كُلِّ مَكَانٍ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُمْ أُحِيطَ بِهِمْ دَعَوُا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ لَئِنْ أَنجَيْتَنَا مِنْ هَٰذِهِۦ لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ ۝٢٢

Transliteration

huwa alladhī yusayyirukum fī l-bari wal-baḥri ḥattā idhā kuntum fī l-ful'ki wajarayna bihim birīḥin ṭayyibatin wafariḥū bihā jāathā rīḥun ʿāṣifun wajāahumu l-mawju min kulli makānin waẓannū annahum uḥīṭa bihim daʿawū l-laha mukh'liṣīna lahu l-dīna la-in anjaytanā min hādhihi lanakūnanna mina l-shākirīna

Translation

It is He who enables you to travel on land and sea until, when you are in ships and they sail with them518 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."

Notes

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

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Verse 22 of Surah Yunus (10:22), a Meccan surah, is in juz 11, on page 211 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 22

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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.'

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Other translations of verse 22

It is He Who enables you to travel through the land and sea, until when you are in the ships and they sail with those on board and rejoicing in a favorable wind, then suddenly a stormy wind comes, with waves crashing into them on all sides, and they feel that there is no escape. Then they cry out to Allah24 with sincere devotion to Him, “If You save us from this, we will surely be among those who are grateful.”

Notes

[24] The journey of life is vulnerable and precarious, which is analogous to a sea voyage, where people ride and are not sure when the tide will turn against them. It is out of Allah’s grace that keeps them safe from the woes and perils of life.

He it is Who enables you to travel through land and sea, till when you are in the ships, and they sail with them with a favourable wind, and they are glad therein, then comes a stormy wind and the waves come to them from all sides, and they think that they are encircled therein. Then they invoke Allâh, making their Faith pure for Him Alone, (saying): "If You (Allâh) deliver us from this, we shall truly be of the grateful."7

Notes

[7] (V.10:22): See the footnote of (V.17:67).

He it is Who maketh you to go on the land and the sea till, when ye are in the ships and they sail with them with a fair breeze and they are glad therein, a storm-wind reacheth them and the wave cometh unto them from every side and they deem that they are overwhelmed therein; (then) they cry unto Allah, making their faith pure for Him only: If Thou deliver us from this, we truly will be of the thankful.

He it is Who enableth you to traverse through land and sea; so that ye even board ships;- they sail with them with a favourable wind, and they rejoice thereat; then comes a stormy wind and the waves come to them from all sides, and they think they are being overwhelmed: they cry unto Allah, sincerely offering (their) duty unto Him saying, "If thou dost deliver us from this, we shall truly show our gratitude!"

He it is Who makes you travel by land and sea; until when you are in the ships, and they sail on with them in a pleasant breeze, and they rejoice, a violent wind overtakes them and the billows surge in on them from all sides, and they become certain that they are encompassed about, they pray to Allah, being sincere to Him in obedience: If Thou dost deliver us from this, we will most certainly be of the grateful ones.

He is The (One) Who makes you to travel on the land and the sea till, when you are in the ships, and the ships run with them with a good wind, and they exult with it, there comes to them (i.e., the ships) a tempestuous wind, and waves come on them from every place, and they expect that they are encompassed. They invoke Allah, making the religion His faithfully, "Indeed if You deliver us from these, (i.e., the wind and the waves) indeed we will definitely be of the thankful."

Verse 22 word by word

  1. هُوَ huwa He
  2. ٱلَّذِى alladhī (is) the One Who
  3. يُسَيِّرُكُمْ yusayyirukum enables you to travel س ي ر
  4. فِى fī in
  5. ٱلْبَرِّ l-bari the land ب ر ر
  6. وَٱلْبَحْرِ wal-baḥri and the sea ب ح ر
  7. حَتَّىٰٓ ḥattā until
  8. إِذَا idhā when
  9. كُنتُمْ kuntum you are ك و ن
  10. فِى fī in
  11. ٱلْفُلْكِ l-ful'ki the ships ف ل ك
  12. وَجَرَيْنَ wajarayna and they sail ج ر ي
  13. بِهِم bihim with them
  14. بِرِيحٍ birīḥin with a wind ر و ح
  15. طَيِّبَةٍ ṭayyibatin good ط ي ب
  16. وَفَرِحُوا۟ wafariḥū and they rejoice ف ر ح
  17. بِهَا bihā therein
  18. جَآءَتْهَا jāathā comes to it ج ي أ
  19. رِيحٌ rīḥun a wind ر و ح
  20. عَاصِفٌ ʿāṣifun stormy ع ص ف
  21. وَجَآءَهُمُ wajāahumu and comes to them ج ي أ
  22. ٱلْمَوْجُ l-mawju the waves م و ج
  23. مِن min from
  24. كُلِّ kulli every ك ل ل
  25. مَكَانٍ makānin place ك و ن
  26. وَظَنُّوٓا۟ waẓannū and they assume ظ ن ن
  27. أَنَّهُمْ annahum that they
  28. أُحِيطَ uḥīṭa are surrounded ح و ط
  29. بِهِمْ bihim with them
  30. دَعَوُا۟ daʿawū They call د ع و
  31. ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
  32. مُخْلِصِينَ mukh'liṣīna sincerely خ ل ص
  33. لَهُ lahu to Him
  34. ٱلدِّينَ l-dīna (in) the religion د ي ن
  35. لَئِنْ la-in (saying), "If
  36. أَنجَيْتَنَا anjaytanā You save us ن ج و
  37. مِنْ min from
  38. هَٰذِهِۦ hādhihi this
  39. لَنَكُونَنَّ lanakūnanna surely we will be ك و ن
  40. مِنَ mina among
  41. ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ l-shākirīna the thankful ش ك ر

Verses related to verse 22

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Isra 17:67

    وَإِذَا مَسَّكُمُ ٱلضُّرُّ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ ضَلَّ مَن تَدْعُونَ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّ أَعْرَضْتُمْ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ كَفُورًا

    And when adversity touches you at sea, lost are [all] those you invoke except for Him. But when He delivers you to the land, you turn away [from Him]. And ever is man ungrateful.

Verses with similar wording

They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • Ghafir 40:14

    فَٱدْعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ

    So invoke Allāh, [being] sincere to Him in religion, although the disbelievers dislike it.

  • Al-’Ankabut 29:65

    فَإِذَا رَكِبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ دَعَوُا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّ إِذَا هُمْ يُشْرِكُونَ

    And when they board a ship, they supplicate Allāh, sincere to Him in religion [i.e., faith and hope]. But when He delivers them to the land, at once they associate others with Him

  • Al-An’am 6:63

    قُلْ مَن يُنَجِّيكُم مِّن ظُلُمَٰتِ ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ تَدْعُونَهُۥ تَضَرُّعًا وَخُفْيَةً لَّئِنْ أَنجَىٰنَا مِنْ هَٰذِهِۦ لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ

    Say, "Who rescues you from the darknesses of the land and sea [when] you call upon Him imploring [aloud] and privately, 'If He should save us from this [crisis], we will surely be among the thankful.'"

  • Luqman 31:32

    وَإِذَا غَشِيَهُم مَّوْجٌ كَٱلظُّلَلِ دَعَوُا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّ فَمِنْهُم مُّقْتَصِدٌ وَمَا يَجْحَدُ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِلَّا كُلُّ خَتَّارٍ كَفُورٍ

    And when waves come over them like canopies, they supplicate Allāh, sincere to Him in religion [i.e., faith]. But when He delivers them to the land, there are [some] of them who are moderate [in faith]. And none rejects Our signs except everyone treacherous and ungrateful.

  • Al-Bayyinah 98:5

    وَمَآ أُمِرُوٓا۟ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ حُنَفَآءَ وَيُقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَيُؤْتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَذَٰلِكَ دِينُ ٱلْقَيِّمَةِ

    And they were not commanded except to worship Allāh, [being] sincere to Him in religion, inclining to truth, and to establish prayer and to give zakāh. And that is the correct religion.

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