Quran 10:29 — Yunus, verse 29
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
God is witness enough between us and you- we had no idea that you worshipped us.’
فَكَفَىٰ بِاللَّهِ شَهِيدًا بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ إِنْ كُنَّا عَنْ عِبَادَتِكُمْ لَغَافِلِينَ
fakafā bil-lahi shahīdan baynanā wabaynakum in kunnā ʿan ʿibādatikum laghāfilīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- God is a sufficient witness between us and you; assuredly we were heedless of your service.'
- Muhammad Asad
- and none can bear witness between us and you as God does: we were, for certain, unaware of your worshipping [us].
- Sahih International
- And sufficient is Allāh as a witness between us and you that we were of your worship unaware."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَكَفَىٰfakafā | So sufficient | كفي |
| 2 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | (is) Allah | أله |
| 3 | شَهِيدًۢاshahīdan | (as) a witness | شهد |
| 4 | بَيْنَنَاbaynanā | between us | بين |
| 5 | وَبَيْنَكُمْwabaynakum | and between you | بين |
| 6 | إِنin | that | — |
| 7 | كُنَّاkunnā | we were | كون |
| 8 | عَنْʿan | of | — |
| 9 | عِبَادَتِكُمْʿibādatikum | your worship | عبد |
| 10 | لَغَـٰفِلِينَlaghāfilīna | certainly unaware | غفل |