Surah Yunus 10:85 — translation and meaning

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فَقَالُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْنَا رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا فِتْنَةً لِّلْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ

Word by Word

فَقَالُوا
faqalu
Then they said
عَلَى
ala
Upon
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
تَوَكَّلْنَا
tawakkalna
we put our trust
رَبَّنَا
rabbana
Our Lord!
لَا
la
(Do) not
تَجْعَلْنَا
taj'alna
make us
فِتْنَةً
fit'natan
a trial
لِّلْقَوْمِ
lil'qawmi
for the people
الظَّالِمِينَ
al-zalimina
the wrongdoers

Transliteration

Faqaaloo 'alal laahi tawakkalnaa Rabbanaa laa taj'alnaa fitnatal lilqawmiz zaalimeen

Translation

So they said, "Upon Allah do we rely. Our Lord, make us not [objects of] trial for the wrongdoing people

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

They responded to Moses (peace be upon him) and said to him: In Allah alone we place our trust. O our Lord, do not give the wrongdoers power over us because they will try to take us away from our religion by inflicting punishments on us, by killing us and by tempting us.

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

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"So they said, "Upon Allah do we rely. Our Lord, make us not [obj…" — Yunus 10:85