Quran 10:98 — Yunus, verse 98
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If only a single town had believed and benefited from its belief! Only Jonah’s people did so, and when they believed, We relieved them of the punishment of disgrace in the life of this world, and let them enjoy life for a time.
فَلَوْلَا كَانَتْ قَرْيَةٌ آمَنَتْ فَنَفَعَهَا إِيمَانُهَا إِلَّا قَوْمَ يُونُسَ لَمَّا آمَنُوا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمْ عَذَابَ الْخِزْيِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَمَتَّعْنَاهُمْ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ
falawlā kānat qaryatun āmanat fanafaʿahā īmānuhā illā qawma yūnusa lammā āmanū kashafnā ʿanhum ʿadhāba l-khiz'yi fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā wamattaʿnāhum ilā ḥīnin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Why was there never a city that believed, and its belief profited it? -- Except the people of Jonah; when they believed, We removed from them the chastisement of degradation in this present life, and We gave unto them enjoyment for a time.
- Muhammad Asad
- For, alas, there has never yet been any community that attained to faith [in its entirety,] and thereupon benefited by its faith, except the people of Jonah. When they came to believe, We removed from them the suffering of disgrace [which otherwise would have befallen them even] in the life of this world, and allowed them to enjoy their life during the time allotted to them.
- Sahih International
- Then has there not been a [single] city that believed so its faith benefited it except the people of Jonah? When they believed, We removed from them the punishment of disgrace in worldly life and gave them enjoyment [i.e., provision] for a time.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَلَوْلَاfalawlā | So why not | — |
| 2 | كَانَتْkānat | was | كون |
| 3 | قَرْيَةٌqaryatun | any town | قري |
| 4 | ءَامَنَتْāmanat | that believed | أمن |
| 5 | فَنَفَعَهَآfanafaʿahā | and benefited it | نفع |
| 6 | إِيمَـٰنُهَآīmānuhā | its faith | أمن |
| 7 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 8 | قَوْمَqawma | the people | قوم |
| 9 | يُونُسَyūnusa | (of) Yunus | — |
| 10 | لَمَّآlammā | When | — |
| 11 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | they believed | أمن |
| 12 | كَشَفْنَاkashafnā | We removed | كشف |
| 13 | عَنْهُمْʿanhum | from them | — |
| 14 | عَذَابَʿadhāba | (the) punishment | عذب |
| 15 | ٱلْخِزْىِl-khiz'yi | (of) the disgrace | خزي |
| 16 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 17 | ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati | the life | حيي |
| 18 | ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā | of the world | دنو |
| 19 | وَمَتَّعْنَـٰهُمْwamattaʿnāhum | and We granted them enjoyment | متع |
| 20 | إِلَىٰilā | for | — |
| 21 | حِينٍۢḥīnin | a time | حين |