Quran 11:97 — Hud, verse 97
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
to Pharaoh and his supporters, but they followed Pharaoh’s orders, and Pharaoh’s orders were misguided.
إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَئِهِ فَاتَّبَعُوا أَمْرَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۖ وَمَا أَمْرُ فِرْعَوْنَ بِرَشِيدٍ
ilā fir'ʿawna wamala-ihi fa-ittabaʿū amra fir'ʿawna wamā amru fir'ʿawna birashīdin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- to Pharaoh and his Council; but they followed Pharaoh's command, and Pharaoh's command was not right-minded.
- Muhammad Asad
- unto Pharaoh and his great ones: but these followed [only] Pharaoh's bidding - and Pharaoh's bidding led by no means to what is right.
- Sahih International
- To Pharaoh and his establishment, but they followed the command of Pharaoh, and the command of Pharaoh was not [at all] discerning.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِلَىٰilā | To | — |
| 2 | فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna | Firaun | — |
| 3 | وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦwamala-ihi | and his chiefs | ملأ |
| 4 | فَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟fa-ittabaʿū | but they followed | تبع |
| 5 | أَمْرَamra | (the) command of Firaun | أمر |
| 6 | فِرْعَوْنَ ۖfir'ʿawna | (the) command of Firaun | — |
| 7 | وَمَآwamā | and not | — |
| 8 | أَمْرُamru | (the) command of Firaun | أمر |
| 9 | فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna | (the) command of Firaun | — |
| 10 | بِرَشِيدٍۢbirashīdin | was right | رشد |