Quran 10:83 — Yunus, verse 83
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
But no one believed in Moses except a few of his own people, for fear that Pharaoh and their leaders would persecute them: Pharaoh was domineering in the land and prone to excess.
فَمَا آمَنَ لِمُوسَىٰ إِلَّا ذُرِّيَّةٌ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ عَلَىٰ خَوْفٍ مِنْ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَئِهِمْ أَنْ يَفْتِنَهُمْ ۚ وَإِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ لَعَالٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَإِنَّهُ لَمِنَ الْمُسْرِفِينَ
famā āmana limūsā illā dhurriyyatun min qawmihi ʿalā khawfin min fir'ʿawna wamala-ihim an yaftinahum wa-inna fir'ʿawna laʿālin fī l-arḍi wa-innahu lamina l-mus'rifīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So none believed in Moses, save a seed of his people, for fear of Pharaoh and their Council, that they would persecute them; and Pharaoh was high in the land, and he was one of the prodigals.
- Muhammad Asad
- But none save a few of his people declared their faith in Moses, [while others held back] for fear of Pharaoh and their great ones, lest they persecute them: for, verily, Pharaoh was mighty on earth and was, verily, of those who are given to excesses.
- Sahih International
- But no one believed Moses, except [some] offspring [i.e., youths] among his people, for fear of Pharaoh and his establishment that they would persecute them. And indeed, Pharaoh was haughty within the land, and indeed, he was of the transgressors.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَمَآfamā | But none | — |
| 2 | ءَامَنَāmana | believed | أمن |
| 3 | لِمُوسَىٰٓlimūsā | Musa | — |
| 4 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 5 | ذُرِّيَّةٌۭdhurriyyatun | (the) offspring | ذرر |
| 6 | مِّنmin | among | — |
| 7 | قَوْمِهِۦqawmihi | his people | قوم |
| 8 | عَلَىٰʿalā | for | — |
| 9 | خَوْفٍۢkhawfin | fear | خوف |
| 10 | مِّنmin | of | — |
| 11 | فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna | Firaun | — |
| 12 | وَمَلَإِي۟هِمْwamala-ihim | and their chiefs | ملأ |
| 13 | أَنan | lest | — |
| 14 | يَفْتِنَهُمْ ۚyaftinahum | they persecute them | فتن |
| 15 | وَإِنَّwa-inna | And indeed | — |
| 16 | فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna | Firaun | — |
| 17 | لَعَالٍۢlaʿālin | (was) a tyrant | علو |
| 18 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 19 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 20 | وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahu | and indeed, he | — |
| 21 | لَمِنَlamina | (was) of | — |
| 22 | ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَl-mus'rifīna | the ones who commit excesses | سرف |