Quran 43:54 — Az-Zukhruf, verse 54
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
In this way he moved his people to accept and they obeyed him- they were perverse people.
فَاسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُ فَأَطَاعُوهُ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَوْمًا فَاسِقِينَ
fa-is'takhaffa qawmahu fa-aṭāʿūhu innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So he made his people unsteady, and they obeyed him; surely they were an ungodly people.
- Muhammad Asad
- Thus he incited his people to levity, and they obeyed him: for, behold, they were people depraved!
- Sahih International
- So he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were [themselves] a people defiantly disobedient [of Allāh].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَٱسْتَخَفَّfa-is'takhaffa | So he bluffed | خفف |
| 2 | قَوْمَهُۥqawmahu | his people | قوم |
| 3 | فَأَطَاعُوهُ ۚfa-aṭāʿūhu | and they obeyed him | طوع |
| 4 | إِنَّهُمْinnahum | Indeed, they | — |
| 5 | كَانُوا۟kānū | were | كون |
| 6 | قَوْمًۭاqawman | a people | قوم |
| 7 | فَـٰسِقِينَfāsiqīna | defiantly disobedient | فسق |