Surah 10 Yunus — Ayah 78
قَالُوٓا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا لِتَلْفِتَنَا عَمَّا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَا وَتَكُونَ لَكُمَا ٱلْكِبْرِيَآءُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا نَحْنُ لَكُمَا بِمُؤْمِنِينَ
Odpověděli: "Přišels k nám, abys nás odvrátil od toho, co u otců svých jsme nalezli, a aby vám oběma pak připadla moc nejvyšší v zemi? My nejsme z těch, kdo by vám uvěřili."
qālū aji'tanā litalfitanā ʿammā wajadnā ʿalayhi ābāanā watakūna lakumā l-kib'riyāu fī l-arḍi wamā naḥnu lakumā bimu'minīna
Word by word
- قَالُوٓا۟ qālū They said
- أَجِئْتَنَا aji'tanā Have you come to us
- لِتَلْفِتَنَا litalfitanā to turn us away
- عَمَّا ʿammā from that
- وَجَدْنَا wajadnā we found
- عَلَيْهِ ʿalayhi on it
- ءَابَآءَنَا ābāanā our forefathers
- وَتَكُونَ watakūna and you two (may) have
- لَكُمَا lakumā and you two (may) have
- ٱلْكِبْرِيَآءُ l-kib'riyāu the greatness
- فِى fī in
- ٱلْأَرْضِ l-arḍi the land
- وَمَا wamā And we (are) not
- نَحْنُ naḥnu And we (are) not
- لَكُمَا lakumā (in) you two
- بِمُؤْمِنِينَ bimu'minīna believers
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Story of Musa and Fira`wn
Allah said:
(Then after them We sent ) meaning ofter these Messengers,
(Musa and Harun to Fir`awn and his chiefs,) meaning his people
(with Our Ayat.) meaning; `Our proofs and evidences.'
(But they behaved arrogantly, and were a people who were criminals.) meaning they were too arrogant to follow the truth and submit to it, and they were criminals.
(So, when came to them the truth from us, they said: "This is indeed clear magic.") They were as if they gave an oath that what they had said was the truth. But they knew that what they were saying was a mere lie. As Allah said:
(And they belied them wrongfully and arrogantly, though they themselves were convinced thereof. )(27:14) Musa criticized them saying:
("Say you (this) about the truth when it has come to you Is this magic But the magicians will never be successful." They said: "Have you come to us to turn us away...)
(from that we found our fathers following) their religion.
(and that you two may have...)
(greatness) means grandeur and leadership
(...in the land, We are not going to believe you two!")