Surah Yunus (يونس) • Jonah

Quran 10:23

10:23

فَلَمَّآ أَنجَىٰهُمْ إِذَا هُمْ يَبْغُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ ۗ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّمَا بَغْيُكُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِكُم ۖ مَّتَـٰعَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَنُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

falammā anjāhum idhā hum yabghūna fī l-arḍi bighayri l-ḥaqi yāayyuhā l-nāsu innamā baghyukum ʿalā anfusikum matāʿa l-ḥayati l-dun'yā thumma ilaynā marjiʿukum fanunabbi-ukum bimā kuntum taʿmalūna

But when He saves them, at once they commit injustice upon the earth without right. O mankind, your injustice is only against yourselves, [being merely] the enjoyment of worldly life. Then to Us is your return, and We will inform you of what you used to do.

— Saheeh International

Yet no sooner does He save them than, back on land, they behave outrageously against all that is right. People! Your outrageous behaviour only works against yourselves. Take your little enjoyment in this present life; in the end you will return to Us and We shall confront you with everything you have done.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

But when He delivers them, behold! they rebel (disobey Allâh) in the earth wrongfully. O mankind! Your rebellion (disobedience to Allâh) is only against your ownselves, - a brief enjoyment of this worldly life, then (in the end) unto Us is your return, and We shall inform you of that which you used to do.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

فَلَمَّآfalammāBut when
أَنجَىٰهُمْanjāhumHe saved them
إِذَاidhābehold
هُمْhumThey
يَبْغُونَyabghūnarebel
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
ٱلْحَقِّۗl-ḥaqi[the] right
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO mankind
ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuO mankind
إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
بَغْيُكُمْbaghyukumyour rebellion
عَلَىٰٓʿalā(is) against
أَنفُسِكُمۖanfusikumyourselves
مَّتَـٰعَmatāʿa(the) enjoyment
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati(of) the life
ٱلدُّنْيَاۖl-dun'yā(of) the world
ثُمَّthummaThen
إِلَيْنَاilaynāto Us
مَرْجِعُكُمْmarjiʿukum(is) your return
فَنُنَبِّئُكُمfanunabbi-ukumand We will inform you
بِمَاbimāof what
كُنتُمْkuntumyou used (to)
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnado