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Quran 10:11Yunus, verse 11

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

If God were to hasten on for people the harm [they have earned] as they wish to hasten on the good, their time would already be up. But We leave those who do not expect to meet Us to wander blindly in their excesses.

وَلَوْ يُعَجِّلُ اللَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ الشَّرَّ اسْتِعْجَالَهُمْ بِالْخَيْرِ لَقُضِيَ إِلَيْهِمْ أَجَلُهُمْ ۖ فَنَذَرُ الَّذِينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ لِقَاءَنَا فِي طُغْيَانِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

walaw yuʿajjilu l-lahu lilnnāsi l-shara is'tiʿ'jālahum bil-khayri laquḍiya ilayhim ajaluhum fanadharu alladhīna lā yarjūna liqāanā fī ṭugh'yānihim yaʿmahūna

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Word-by-word analysis of Yunus verse 11
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1۞ وَلَوْwalawAnd if
2يُعَجِّلُyuʿajjiluhastensعجل
3ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allahأله
4لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the mankindنوس
5ٱلشَّرَّl-sharathe evilشرر
6ٱسْتِعْجَالَهُمis'tiʿ'jālahum(as) He hastens for themعجل
7بِٱلْخَيْرِbil-khayrithe goodخير
8لَقُضِىَlaquḍiyasurely, would have been decreedقضي
9إِلَيْهِمْilayhimfor them
10أَجَلُهُمْ ۖajaluhumtheir termأجل
11فَنَذَرُfanadharuBut We leaveوذر
12ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
13لَا(do) not
14يَرْجُونَyarjūnaexpectرجو
15لِقَآءَنَاliqāanāthe meeting with Usلقي
16فِىin
17طُغْيَـٰنِهِمْṭugh'yānihimtheir transgressionطغي
18يَعْمَهُونَyaʿmahūnawandering blindlyعمه