Surah Ghafir 40:30 — translation and meaning

غافر · Verse 30 / 85 · Page 470

وَقَالَ الَّذِي آمَنَ يَاقَوْمِ إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُم مِّثْلَ يَوْمِ الْأَحْزَابِ

Word by Word

وَقَالَ
waqala
And said
الَّذِي
alladhi
(he) who
آمَنَ
amana
believed
يَاقَوْمِ
yaqawmi
O my people!
إِنِّي
inni
Indeed I
أَخَافُ
akhafu
[I] fear
عَلَيْكُم
alaykum
for you
مِّثْلَ
mith'la
like
يَوْمِ
yawmi
(the) day
الْأَحْزَابِ
al-ahzabi
(of) the companies

Transliteration

Wa qaalal lazee aamana yaa qawmi inneee akhaafu 'alaikum misla yawmil Ahzaab

Translation

And he who believed said, "O my people, indeed I fear for you [a fate] like the day of the companies -

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

And the one who brought faith said, advising his people: “I fear for you, if you kill Moses unjustly and oppressively, a punishment like the punishment of the groups that united against their prophets previously, then Allah destroyed them.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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