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Yunus (Jonah)

Verse 88of 109

وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ رَبَّنَآ إِنَّكَ ءَاتَيْتَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَأَهُۥ زِينَةًۭ وَأَمْوَٰلًۭا فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا رَبَّنَا لِيُضِلُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِكَ ۖ رَبَّنَا ٱطْمِسْ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ وَٱشْدُدْ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَلَا يُؤْمِنُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ﴿٨٨

Translation (Sahih International)

And Moses said, "Our Lord, indeed You have given Pharaoh and his establishment splendor and wealth in the worldly life, our Lord, that they may lead [men] astray from Your way. Our Lord, obliterate their wealth and harden their hearts so that they will not believe until they see the painful punishment."

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd Musa said
مُوسَىٰmūsāAnd Musa said
رَبَّنَآrabbanāOur Lord
إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, You
ءَاتَيْتَātaytahave given
فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaFiraun
وَمَلَأَهُۥwamala-ahuand his chiefs
زِينَةًۭzīnatansplendor
وَأَمْوَٰلًۭاwa-amwālanand wealth
فِىin
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
لِيُضِلُّوا۟liyuḍillūThat they may lead astray
عَنʿanfrom
سَبِيلِكَ ۖsabīlikaYour way
رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
ٱطْمِسْiṭ'misDestroy
عَلَىٰٓʿalā[on]
أَمْوَٰلِهِمْamwālihimtheir wealth
وَٱشْدُدْwa-ush'dudand harden
عَلَىٰʿalā[on]
قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts
فَلَاfalāso (that) not
يُؤْمِنُوا۟yu'minūthey believe
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
يَرَوُا۟yarawūthey see
ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishment
ٱلْأَلِيمَl-alīmathe painful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Musa supplicated against Fir`awn and His ChiefsAllah mentioned what Musa said when he prayed against Fir`awn and his chiefs after they refused to accept the truth. They continued to go astray and be haughty and arrogant. Musa said: رَبَّنَآ إِنَّكَ ءاتَيْتَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلاّهُ زِينَةً(Our Lord! You have indeed bestowed on Fir`awn and his chiefs splendor) and pleasure of this worldly life. وَأَمْوَالاً(and wealth) plentiful and abundant.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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