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Surah Yunus, Verse 78

سورة يونس، الآية ٧٨

10:78 Juz 11 Hizb 22 Page 217 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 10:78

قَالُوٓا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا لِتَلْفِتَنَا عَمَّا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَا وَتَكُونَ لَكُمَا ٱلْكِبْرِيَآءُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا نَحْنُ لَكُمَا بِمُؤْمِنِينَ ۝٧٨

Transliteration

qālū aji'tanā litalfitanā ʿammā wajadnā ʿalayhi ābāanā watakūna lakumā l-kib'riyāu fī l-arḍi wamā naḥnu lakumā bimu'minīna

Translation

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."

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Verse 78 of Surah Yunus (10:78), a Meccan surah, is in juz 11, on page 217 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 78

Al-Mukhtasar

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.

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Other translations of verse 78

They said, “Have you come to turn us away from what we found our forefathers following, so that you two might become supreme in the land? We will never believe in you56!”

Notes

[56] “They said: “No matter what sign you may bring to enchant us, we are not going to believe in you.” See 7:132.

They said: "Have you come to us to turn us away from that (Faith) we found our fathers following, and that you two may have greatness in the land? We are not going to believe you two!"

They said: Hast thou come unto us to pervert us from that (faith) in which we found our fathers, and that you two may own the place of greatness in the land? We will not believe you two.

They said: "Hast thou come to us to turn us away from the ways we found our fathers following,- in order that thou and thy brother may have greatness in the land? But not we shall believe in you!"

They said: Have you come to us to turn us away from what we found our fathers upon, and (that) greatness in the land should be for you two? And we are not going to believe in you.

They said, "Have you come to us to turn us round from what we found our fathers (practicing), and that grandeur in the earth might belong to you (two)? And in no way will we be believers with you (two)."

Verse 78 word by word

  1. قَالُوٓا۟ qālū They said ق و ل
  2. أَجِئْتَنَا aji'tanā Have you come to us ج ي أ
  3. لِتَلْفِتَنَا litalfitanā to turn us away ل ف ت
  4. عَمَّا ʿammā from that
  5. وَجَدْنَا wajadnā we found و ج د
  6. عَلَيْهِ ʿalayhi on it
  7. ءَابَآءَنَا ābāanā our forefathers أ ب و
  8. وَتَكُونَ watakūna and you two (may) have ك و ن
  9. لَكُمَا lakumā and you two (may) have
  10. ٱلْكِبْرِيَآءُ l-kib'riyāu the greatness ك ب ر
  11. فِى fī in
  12. ٱلْأَرْضِ l-arḍi the land أ ر ض
  13. وَمَا wamā And we (are) not
  14. نَحْنُ naḥnu And we (are) not
  15. لَكُمَا lakumā (in) you two
  16. بِمُؤْمِنِينَ bimu'minīna believers أ م ن

Verses related to verse 78

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • An-Naml 27:14

    وَجَحَدُوا۟ بِهَا وَٱسْتَيْقَنَتْهَآ أَنفُسُهُمْ ظُلْمًا وَعُلُوًّا فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

    And they rejected them, while their [inner] selves were convinced thereof, out of injustice and haughtiness. So see how was the end of the corrupters.

  • Al-An’am 6:45

    فَقُطِعَ دَابِرُ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    So the people that committed wrong were eliminated. And praise to Allāh, Lord of the worlds.

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