Surah Az-Zukhruf 43:54 — translation and meaning
الزخرف · Verse 54 / 89 · Page 493
ۚ فَاسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُ فَأَطَاعُوهُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَوْمًا فَاسِقِينَ
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فَاسْتَخَفَّ
fa-is'takhaffa
So he bluffed
قَوْمَهُ
qawmahu
his people
فَأَطَاعُوهُ
fa-ata'uhu
and they obeyed him
إِنَّهُمْ
innahum
Indeed they
كَانُوا
kanu
were
قَوْمًا
qawman
a people
فَاسِقِينَ
fasiqina
defiantly disobedient
Transliteration
Fastakhaffa qawmahoo fa ataa'ooh; innahum kaanoo qawman faasiqeen
Translation
So he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were [themselves] a people defiantly disobedient [of Allah].
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
So Pharaoh duped his people and they followed him in deviance. Indeed, they were a nation that came away from the obedience of Allah.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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