Quran 40:29 — Al-Ghaafir, verse 29
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
My people, as masters in the land you have the power today, but who will help us against God’s might if it comes upon us?’ But Pharaoh said, ‘I have told you what I think; I am guiding you along the right path.’
يَا قَوْمِ لَكُمُ الْمُلْكُ الْيَوْمَ ظَاهِرِينَ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَمَنْ يَنْصُرُنَا مِنْ بَأْسِ اللَّهِ إِنْ جَاءَنَا ۚ قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ مَا أُرِيكُمْ إِلَّا مَا أَرَىٰ وَمَا أَهْدِيكُمْ إِلَّا سَبِيلَ الرَّشَادِ
yāqawmi lakumu l-mul'ku l-yawma ẓāhirīna fī l-arḍi faman yanṣurunā min basi l-lahi in jāanā qāla fir'ʿawnu mā urīkum illā mā arā wamā ahdīkum illā sabīla l-rashādi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O my people, today the kingdom is yours, who are masters in the land. But who will help us, against the might of God, if it comes upon us?' Said Pharaoh, 'I only let you see what I see; I only guide you in the way of rectitude.'
- Muhammad Asad
- “O my people! Yours is the dominion today, [and] most eminent are you on earth: but who will rescue us from God’s punishment, once it befalls us?” Said Pharaoh: “I but want to make you see what I see myself; and I would never make you follow any path but that of rectitude!”
- Sahih International
- O my people, sovereignty is yours today, [your being] dominant in the land. But who would protect us from the punishment of Allāh if it came to us?" Pharaoh said, "I do not show you except what I see, and I do not guide you except to the way of right conduct."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi | O my people | قوم |
| 2 | لَكُمُlakumu | For you | — |
| 3 | ٱلْمُلْكُl-mul'ku | (is) the kingdom | ملك |
| 4 | ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawma | today | يوم |
| 5 | ظَـٰهِرِينَẓāhirīna | dominant | ظهر |
| 6 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 7 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the land | أرض |
| 8 | فَمَنfaman | but who | — |
| 9 | يَنصُرُنَاyanṣurunā | will help us | نصر |
| 10 | مِنۢmin | from | — |
| 11 | بَأْسِbasi | (the) punishment | بأس |
| 12 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 13 | إِنin | if | — |
| 14 | جَآءَنَا ۚjāanā | it came to us | جيأ |
| 15 | قَالَqāla | Said | قول |
| 16 | فِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnu | Firaun | — |
| 17 | مَآmā | Not | — |
| 18 | أُرِيكُمْurīkum | I show you | رأي |
| 19 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 20 | مَآmā | what | — |
| 21 | أَرَىٰarā | I see | رأي |
| 22 | وَمَآwamā | and not | — |
| 23 | أَهْدِيكُمْahdīkum | I guide you | هدي |
| 24 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 25 | سَبِيلَsabīla | (to the) path | سبل |
| 26 | ٱلرَّشَادِl-rashādi | the right | رشد |