Surah Yunus 10:11 — translation and meaning

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ۖ وَلَوْ يُعَجِّلُ اللَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ الشَّرَّ اسْتِعْجَالَهُم بِالْخَيْرِ لَقُضِيَ إِلَيْهِمْ أَجَلُهُمْ فَنَذَرُ الَّذِينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ لِقَاءَنَا فِي طُغْيَانِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

Word by Word

ۖ
وَلَوْ
walaw
And if
يُعَجِّلُ
yu'ajjilu
hastens
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
(by) Allah
لِلنَّاسِ
lilnnasi
for the mankind
الشَّرَّ
al-shara
the evil
اسْتِعْجَالَهُم
is'ti'jalahum
(as) He hastens for them
بِالْخَيْرِ
bil-khayri
the good
لَقُضِيَ
laqudiya
surely, would have been decreed
إِلَيْهِمْ
ilayhim
for them
أَجَلُهُمْ
ajaluhum
their term
فَنَذَرُ
fanadharu
But We leave
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
لَا
la
(do) not
يَرْجُونَ
yarjuna
expect
لِقَاءَنَا
liqaana
the meeting with Us
فِي
fi
in
طُغْيَانِهِمْ
tugh'yanihim
their transgression
يَعْمَهُونَ
ya'mahuna
wandering blindly

Transliteration

Wa law yu'aijilul laahu linnaasish sharras ti'jaalahum bilkhairi laqudiya ilaihim ajaluhum fanazarul lazeena laa yarjoona liqaaa'anna fee tughyaanihim ya'mahoon

Translation

And if Allah was to hasten for the people the evil [they invoke] as He hastens for them the good, their term would have been ended for them. But We leave the ones who do not expect the meeting with Us, in their transgression, wandering blindly

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

If Allah responded quickly to people who pray for evil upon themselves, their children, or their wealth when they are angry, in the way He responds to them when they pray for good, they would have been destroyed. But Allah gives them time. He abandons those who do not expect to meet Him, because they do not fear the consequences of their actions, or hope for a reward, leaving them wavering and uncertain, sceptical about the Day of Judgement.

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

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