Surah Yunus (يونس) • Jonah

Quran 10:98

10:98

فَلَوْلَا كَانَتْ قَرْيَةٌ ءَامَنَتْ فَنَفَعَهَآ إِيمَـٰنُهَآ إِلَّا قَوْمَ يُونُسَ لَمَّآ ءَامَنُوا۟ كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْخِزْىِ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَمَتَّعْنَـٰهُمْ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ

falawlā kānat qaryatun āmanat fanafaʿahā īmānuhā illā qawma yūnusa lammā āmanū kashafnā ʿanhum ʿadhāba l-khiz'yi fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā wamattaʿnāhum ilā ḥīnin

Then has there not been a [single] city that believed so its faith benefited it except the people of Jonah? When they believed, We removed from them the punishment of disgrace in worldly life and gave them enjoyment [i.e., provision] for a time.

— Saheeh International

If only a single town had believed and benefited from its belief! Only Jonah’s people did so, and when they believed, We relieved them of the punishment of disgrace in the life of this world, and let them enjoy life for a time.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Was there any town (community) that believed (after seeing the punishment), and its Faith (at that moment) saved it (from the punishment)? (The answer is none) - except the people of Yûnus (Jonah); when they believed, We removed from them the torment of disgrace in the life of the (present) world, and permitted them to enjoy for a while.

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

Juz 11Page 220meccan

Word by Word

فَلَوْلَاfalawlāSo why not
كَانَتْkānatwas
قَرْيَةٌqaryatunany town
ءَامَنَتْāmanatthat believed
فَنَفَعَهَآfanafaʿahāand benefited it
إِيمَـٰنُهَآīmānuhāits faith
إِلَّاillāexcept
قَوْمَqawmathe people
يُونُسَyūnusa(of) Yunus
لَمَّآlammāWhen
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believed
كَشَفْنَاkashafnāWe removed
عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) punishment
ٱلْخِزْىِl-khiz'yi(of) the disgrace
فِىfīin
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāof the world
وَمَتَّعْنَـٰهُمْwamattaʿnāhumand We granted them enjoyment
إِلَىٰilāfor
حِينٍۢḥīnina time