Quran 10:78 — Yunus, verse 78
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They said, ‘Have you come to turn us away from the faith we found our fathers following, so that you and your brother can gain greatness in this land? We will never believe in you.’
قَالُوا أَجِئْتَنَا لِتَلْفِتَنَا عَمَّا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ آبَاءَنَا وَتَكُونَ لَكُمَا الْكِبْرِيَاءُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَمَا نَحْنُ لَكُمَا بِمُؤْمِنِينَ
qālū aji'tanā litalfitanā ʿammā wajadnā ʿalayhi ābāanā watakūna lakumā l-kib'riyāu fī l-arḍi wamā naḥnu lakumā bimu'minīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They said, 'Art thou come to us to turn us from that we found our fathers practising, and that the domination in the land might belong to you two? We do not believe you.
- Muhammad Asad
- [The great ones] replied: "Hast thou come to turn us away from what we found our forefathers believing in and doing, so that the two of you might become supreme in this land? However, we do not believe in you two!"
- Sahih International
- They said, "Have you come to us to turn us away from that upon which we found our fathers and so that you two may have grandeur in the land? And we are not believers in you."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالُوٓا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 2 | أَجِئْتَنَاaji'tanā | Have you come to us | جيأ |
| 3 | لِتَلْفِتَنَاlitalfitanā | to turn us away | لفت |
| 4 | عَمَّاʿammā | from that | — |
| 5 | وَجَدْنَاwajadnā | we found | وجد |
| 6 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | on it | — |
| 7 | ءَابَآءَنَاābāanā | our forefathers | أبو |
| 8 | وَتَكُونَwatakūna | and you two (may) have | كون |
| 9 | لَكُمَاlakumā | and you two (may) have | — |
| 10 | ٱلْكِبْرِيَآءُl-kib'riyāu | the greatness | كبر |
| 11 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 12 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the land | أرض |
| 13 | وَمَاwamā | And we (are) not | — |
| 14 | نَحْنُnaḥnu | And we (are) not | — |
| 15 | لَكُمَاlakumā | (in) you two | — |
| 16 | بِمُؤْمِنِينَbimu'minīna | believers | أمن |