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Yunus (Jonah)

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قَالُوٓا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا لِتَلْفِتَنَا عَمَّا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَا وَتَكُونَ لَكُمَا ٱلْكِبْرِيَآءُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا نَحْنُ لَكُمَا بِمُؤْمِنِينَ﴿٧٨

Translation (Sahih International)

They said, "Have you come to us to turn us away from that upon which we found our fathers and so that you two may have grandeur in the land? And we are not believers in you."

Word-by-word meaning

قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
أَجِئْتَنَاaji'tanāHave you come to us
لِتَلْفِتَنَاlitalfitanāto turn us away
عَمَّاʿammāfrom that
وَجَدْنَاwajadnāwe found
عَلَيْهِʿalayhion it
ءَابَآءَنَاābāanāour forefathers
وَتَكُونَwatakūnaand you two (may) have
لَكُمَاlakumāand you two (may) have
ٱلْكِبْرِيَآءُl-kib'riyāuthe greatness
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
وَمَاwamāAnd we (are) not
نَحْنُnaḥnuAnd we (are) not
لَكُمَاlakumā(in) you two
بِمُؤْمِنِينَbimu'minīnabelievers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Story of Musa and Fira`wnAllah said: ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَا(Then after them We sent ) meaning ofter these Messengers, مُّوسَى وَهَـرُونَ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَئِهِ(Musa and Harun to Fir`awn and his chiefs,) meaning his people بِـَايَـتِنَآ(with Our Ayat.) meaning; `Our proofs and evidences.' فَاسْتَكْبَرُواْ وَكَانُواْ قَوْماً مُّجْرِمِينَ(But they behaved arrogantly, and were a people who were criminals.) meaning they were too arrogant to follow the truth and submit to it, and they were criminals.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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