Quran 10:85 — Yunus, verse 85
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They said, ‘We have put our trust in God. Lord! Do not make us an object of persecution for the oppressors.
فَقَالُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْنَا رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا فِتْنَةً لِلْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ
faqālū ʿalā l-lahi tawakkalnā rabbanā lā tajʿalnā fit'natan lil'qawmi l-ẓālimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They said, 'In God we have put our trust. Our Lord, make us not a temptation to the people of the evildoers,
- Muhammad Asad
- Whereupon they answered: "In God have we placed our trust! O our Sustainer, make us not a plaything for evildoing folk,
- Sahih International
- So they said, "Upon Allāh do we rely. Our Lord, make us not [objects of] trial for the wrongdoing people
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَقَالُوا۟faqālū | Then they said | قول |
| 2 | عَلَىʿalā | Upon | — |
| 3 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 4 | تَوَكَّلْنَاtawakkalnā | we put our trust | وكل |
| 5 | رَبَّنَاrabbanā | Our Lord | ربب |
| 6 | لَاlā | (Do) not | — |
| 7 | تَجْعَلْنَاtajʿalnā | make us | جعل |
| 8 | فِتْنَةًۭfit'natan | a trial | فتن |
| 9 | لِّلْقَوْمِlil'qawmi | for the people | قوم |
| 10 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna | the wrongdoers | ظلم |