Quran 10:39 — Yunus, verse 39
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
But they are denying what they cannot comprehend- its prophecy has yet to be fulfilled for them. In the same way, those before them refused to believe- see what was the end of those evildoers!
بَلْ كَذَّبُوا بِمَا لَمْ يُحِيطُوا بِعِلْمِهِ وَلَمَّا يَأْتِهِمْ تَأْوِيلُهُ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ كَذَّبَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ ۖ فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الظَّالِمِينَ
bal kadhabū bimā lam yuḥīṭū biʿil'mihi walammā yatihim tawīluhu kadhālika kadhaba alladhīna min qablihim fa-unẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu l-ẓālimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- No; but they have cried lies to that whereof they comprehended not the knowledge, and whose interpretation has not yet come to them. Even so those that were before them cried lies; then behold how was the end of the evildoers!
- Muhammad Asad
- Nay, but they are bent on giving the lie to everything the wisdom whereof they do not comprehend, and ere its inner meaning has become clear to them Even thus did those who lived before their time give the lie to the truth: and behold what happened in the end to those evildoers!
- Sahih International
- Rather, they have denied that which they encompass not in knowledge and whose interpretation has not yet come to them. Thus did those before them deny. Then observe how was the end of the wrongdoers.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | بَلْbal | Nay | — |
| 2 | كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabū | they denied | كذب |
| 3 | بِمَاbimā | what | — |
| 4 | لَمْlam | not | — |
| 5 | يُحِيطُوا۟yuḥīṭū | they could encompass | حوط |
| 6 | بِعِلْمِهِۦbiʿil'mihi | (of) its knowledge | علم |
| 7 | وَلَمَّاwalammā | and not | — |
| 8 | يَأْتِهِمْyatihim | has come (to) them | أتي |
| 9 | تَأْوِيلُهُۥ ۚtawīluhu | its interpretation | أول |
| 10 | كَذَٰلِكَkadhālika | Thus | — |
| 11 | كَذَّبَkadhaba | denied | كذب |
| 12 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those | — |
| 13 | مِنmin | before them | — |
| 14 | قَبْلِهِمْ ۖqablihim | before them | قبل |
| 15 | فَٱنظُرْfa-unẓur | then see | نظر |
| 16 | كَيْفَkayfa | how | كيف |
| 17 | كَانَkāna | was | كون |
| 18 | عَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu | (the) end | عقب |
| 19 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna | (of) the wrongdoers | ظلم |