Surah Az-Zukhruf (الزخرف) • The Ornaments of Gold

Quran 43:54

43:54

فَٱسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُۥ فَأَطَاعُوهُ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَـٰسِقِينَ

fa-is'takhaffa qawmahu fa-aṭāʿūhu innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīna

So he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were [themselves] a people defiantly disobedient [of Allāh].

— Saheeh International

In this way he moved his people to accept and they obeyed him- they were perverse people.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Thus he [Fir‘aun (Pharaoh)] befooled (and misled) his people, and they obeyed him. Verily, they were ever a people who were Fâsiqûn (rebellious, disobedient to Allâh).

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

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Word by Word

فَٱسْتَخَفَّfa-is'takhaffaSo he bluffed
قَوْمَهُۥqawmahuhis people
فَأَطَاعُوهُۚfa-aṭāʿūhuand they obeyed him
إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
كَانُوا۟kānūwere
قَوْمًۭاqawmana people
فَـٰسِقِينَfāsiqīnadefiantly disobedient