Surah Yunus 10:88 — translation and meaning

يونس · Verse 88 / 109 · Page 218

ۖ وَقَالَ مُوسَى رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ آتَيْتَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَأَهُ زِينَةً وَأَمْوَالًا فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا رَبَّنَا لِيُضِلُّوا عَن سَبِيلِكَ رَبَّنَا اطْمِسْ عَلَى أَمْوَالِهِمْ وَاشْدُدْ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ فَلَا يُؤْمِنُوا حَتَّى يَرَوُا الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ

Word by Word

ۖ
وَقَالَ
waqala
And Musa said
مُوسَى
musa
And Musa said
رَبَّنَا
rabbana
Our Lord
إِنَّكَ
innaka
Indeed, You
آتَيْتَ
atayta
have given
فِرْعَوْنَ
fir'awna
Firaun
وَمَلَأَهُ
wamala-ahu
and his chiefs
زِينَةً
zinatan
splendor
وَأَمْوَالًا
wa-amwalan
and wealth
فِي
fi
in
الْحَيَاةِ
al-hayati
the life
الدُّنْيَا
al-dun'ya
(of) the world
رَبَّنَا
rabbana
Our Lord
لِيُضِلُّوا
liyudillu
That they may lead astray
عَن
an
from
سَبِيلِكَ
sabilika
Your way
رَبَّنَا
rabbana
Our Lord
اطْمِسْ
it'mis
Destroy
عَلَى
ala
[on]
أَمْوَالِهِمْ
amwalihim
their wealth
وَاشْدُدْ
wa-ush'dud
and harden
عَلَى
ala
[on]
قُلُوبِهِمْ
qulubihim
their hearts
فَلَا
fala
so (that) not
يُؤْمِنُوا
yu'minu
they believe
حَتَّى
hatta
until
يَرَوُا
yarawu
they see
الْعَذَابَ
al-'adhaba
the punishment
الْأَلِيمَ
al-alima
the painful

Transliteration

Wa qaala Mosaa Rabbanaaa innaka aataita Fir'awna wa mala ahoo zeenatanw wa amwaalan fil hayaatid dunyaa Rabbanaa liyudillo 'ansabeelika Rabbanat mis 'alaaa amwaalihim washdud 'alaa quloobihim falaa yu'minoo hatta yarawul 'azaabal aleem

Translation

And Moses said, "Our Lord, indeed You have given Pharaoh and his establishment splendor and wealth in the worldly life, our Lord, that they may lead [men] astray from Your way. Our Lord, obliterate their wealth and harden their hearts so that they will not believe until they see the painful punishment."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Moses (peace be upon him) said: O our Lord, You have given Pharaoh and the nobles from his people the glitz and glamour of this world. You have also given them wealth in this worldly life; but they were not grateful to You for what You gave them. Instead, they used that to mislead others from Your path. O our Lord, utterly destroy their wealth. Make their hearts hard so that they do not believe, unless they see the painful punishment at a time when their belief will be of no benefit to them.

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

100% Free App

Join 50,000+ Muslims

Download for free and never miss a prayer again

"And Moses said, "Our Lord, indeed You have given Pharaoh and his…" — Yunus 10:88 | Al Muslim Plus