Quran 10:23 — Yunus, verse 23
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Yet no sooner does He save them than, back on land, they behave outrageously against all that is right. People! Your outrageous behaviour only works against yourselves. Take your little enjoyment in this present life; in the end you will return to Us and We shall confront you with everything you have done.
فَلَمَّا أَنْجَاهُمْ إِذَا هُمْ يَبْغُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ ۗ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّمَا بَغْيُكُمْ عَلَىٰ أَنْفُسِكُمْ ۖ مَتَاعَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا ۖ ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَنُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
falammā anjāhum idhā hum yabghūna fī l-arḍi bighayri l-ḥaqi yāayyuhā l-nāsu innamā baghyukum ʿalā anfusikum matāʿa l-ḥayati l-dun'yā thumma ilaynā marjiʿukum fanunabbi-ukum bimā kuntum taʿmalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Nevertheless when He has delivered them behold, they are insolent in the earth, wrongfully. O men, your insolence is only against yourselves; the enjoyment of this present life, then unto Us you shall return, then We shall tell you what you were doing.
- Muhammad Asad
- Yet as soon as He has saved them from this [danger], lo! they behave outrageously on earth, offending against all right! O men! All your outrageous deeds are bound to fall back upon your own selves! [You care only for] the enjoyment of life in this world: [but remember that] in the end unto Us you must return, whereupon We shall make you truly understand all that you were doing [in life].
- Sahih International
- But when He saves them, at once they commit injustice upon the earth without right. O mankind, your injustice is only against yourselves, [being merely] the enjoyment of worldly life. Then to Us is your return, and We will inform you of what you used to do.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَلَمَّآfalammā | But when | — |
| 2 | أَنجَىٰهُمْanjāhum | He saved them | نجو |
| 3 | إِذَاidhā | behold | — |
| 4 | هُمْhum | They | — |
| 5 | يَبْغُونَyabghūna | rebel | بغي |
| 6 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 7 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 8 | بِغَيْرِbighayri | without | غير |
| 9 | ٱلْحَقِّ ۗl-ḥaqi | [the] right | حقق |
| 10 | يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O mankind | — |
| 11 | ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu | O mankind | نوس |
| 12 | إِنَّمَاinnamā | Only | — |
| 13 | بَغْيُكُمْbaghyukum | your rebellion | بغي |
| 14 | عَلَىٰٓʿalā | (is) against | — |
| 15 | أَنفُسِكُم ۖanfusikum | yourselves | نفس |
| 16 | مَّتَـٰعَmatāʿa | (the) enjoyment | متع |
| 17 | ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati | (of) the life | حيي |
| 18 | ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖl-dun'yā | (of) the world | دنو |
| 19 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 20 | إِلَيْنَاilaynā | to Us | — |
| 21 | مَرْجِعُكُمْmarjiʿukum | (is) your return | رجع |
| 22 | فَنُنَبِّئُكُمfanunabbi-ukum | and We will inform you | نبأ |
| 23 | بِمَاbimā | of what | — |
| 24 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you used (to) | كون |
| 25 | تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna | do | عمل |