Quran 28:39 — Al-Qasas, verse 39
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Pharaoh and his armies behaved arrogantly in the land with no right- they thought they would not be brought back to Us-
وَاسْتَكْبَرَ هُوَ وَجُنُودُهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا يُرْجَعُونَ
wa-is'takbara huwa wajunūduhu fī l-arḍi bighayri l-ḥaqi waẓannū annahum ilaynā lā yur'jaʿūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And he waxed proud in the land, he and his hosts, wrongfully; and they thought they should not be returned to Us.
- Muhammad Asad
- Thus arrogantly, without the least good sense, did he and his hosts behave on earth - just as if they thought that they would never have to appear before Us [for judgment]!
- Sahih International
- And he was arrogant, he and his soldiers, in the land, without right, and they thought that they would not be returned to Us.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱسْتَكْبَرَwa-is'takbara | And he was arrogant | كبر |
| 2 | هُوَhuwa | And he was arrogant | — |
| 3 | وَجُنُودُهُۥwajunūduhu | and his hosts | جند |
| 4 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 5 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the land | أرض |
| 6 | بِغَيْرِbighayri | without | غير |
| 7 | ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqi | right | حقق |
| 8 | وَظَنُّوٓا۟waẓannū | and they thought | ظنن |
| 9 | أَنَّهُمْannahum | that they | — |
| 10 | إِلَيْنَاilaynā | to Us | — |
| 11 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 12 | يُرْجَعُونَyur'jaʿūna | will be returned | رجع |