Surah Yunus 10:22 — translation and meaning

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ۙ ۖ هُوَ الَّذِي يُسَيِّرُكُمْ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ حَتَّى إِذَا كُنتُمْ فِي الْفُلْكِ وَجَرَيْنَ بِهِم بِرِيحٍ طَيِّبَةٍ وَفَرِحُوا بِهَا جَاءَتْهَا رِيحٌ عَاصِفٌ وَجَاءَهُمُ الْمَوْجُ مِن كُلِّ مَكَانٍ وَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ أُحِيطَ بِهِمْ دَعَوُا اللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ لَئِنْ أَنجَيْتَنَا مِنْ هَذِهِ لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الشَّاكِرِينَ

Word by Word

ۙ
ۖ
هُوَ
huwa
He
الَّذِي
alladhi
(is) the One Who
يُسَيِّرُكُمْ
yusayyirukum
enables you to travel
فِي
fi
in
الْبَرِّ
al-bari
the land
وَالْبَحْرِ
wal-bahri
and the sea
حَتَّى
hatta
until
إِذَا
idha
when
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you are
فِي
fi
in
الْفُلْكِ
al-ful'ki
the ships
وَجَرَيْنَ
wajarayna
and they sail
بِهِم
bihim
with them
بِرِيحٍ
birihin
with a wind
طَيِّبَةٍ
tayyibatin
good
وَفَرِحُوا
wafarihu
and they rejoice
بِهَا
biha
therein
جَاءَتْهَا
jaatha
comes to it
رِيحٌ
rihun
a wind
عَاصِفٌ
asifun
stormy
وَجَاءَهُمُ
wajaahumu
and comes to them
الْمَوْجُ
al-mawju
the waves
مِن
min
from
كُلِّ
kulli
every
مَكَانٍ
makanin
place
وَظَنُّوا
wazannu
and they assume
أَنَّهُمْ
annahum
that they
أُحِيطَ
uhita
are surrounded
بِهِمْ
bihim
with them
دَعَوُا
da'awu
They call
اللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
مُخْلِصِينَ
mukh'lisina
sincerely
لَهُ
lahu
to Him
الدِّينَ
al-dina
(in) the religion
لَئِنْ
la-in
(saying) If
أَنجَيْتَنَا
anjaytana
You save us
مِنْ
min
from
هَذِهِ
hadhihi
this
لَنَكُونَنَّ
lanakunanna
surely we will be
مِنَ
mina
among
الشَّاكِرِينَ
al-shakirina
the thankful

Transliteration

Huwal lazee yusaiyirukum fil barri walbahri hattaaa izaa kuntum fil fulki wa jaraina bihim bireeh in taiyibatinw wa farihoo bihaa jaaa'at haa reehun 'aasifunw wa jaaa'ahumul mawju min kulli makaaninw wa zannooo annahum uheeta bihim da'awul laaha mukhliseena lahud deena la'in anjaitanaa min haazihee lanakoonannna minash shaakireen

Translation

It is He who enables you to travel on land and sea until, when you are in ships and they sail with them by a good wind and they rejoice therein, there comes a storm wind and the waves come upon them from everywhere and they assume that they are surrounded, supplicating Allah, sincere to Him in religion, "If You should save us from this, we will surely be among the thankful."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

It is Allah Who makes people travel on the land, on foot or riding, and it is He Who makes them travel in ships on the sea. They sail in them with a good wind, which the people in them are glad about. Then a gale wind comes to them, and the waves of the sea come to them from every side, until when they are certain they will be destroyed they start to call upon Allah alone, not associating anything with Him, saying: 'If You save us from this deadly situation we will be truly thankful for what You have blessed us with.'

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

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