Surah Yunus 10:98 — translation and meaning

يونس · Verse 98 / 109 · Page 220

فَلَوْلَا كَانَتْ قَرْيَةٌ آمَنَتْ فَنَفَعَهَا إِيمَانُهَا إِلَّا قَوْمَ يُونُسَ لَمَّا آمَنُوا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمْ عَذَابَ الْخِزْيِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَمَتَّعْنَاهُمْ إِلَى حِينٍ

Word by Word

فَلَوْلَا
falawla
So why not
كَانَتْ
kanat
was
قَرْيَةٌ
qaryatun
any town
آمَنَتْ
amanat
that believed
فَنَفَعَهَا
fanafa'aha
and benefited it
إِيمَانُهَا
imanuha
its faith
إِلَّا
illa
except
قَوْمَ
qawma
the people
يُونُسَ
yunusa
(of) Yunus
لَمَّا
lamma
When
آمَنُوا
amanu
they believed
كَشَفْنَا
kashafna
We removed
عَنْهُمْ
anhum
from them
عَذَابَ
adhaba
(the) punishment
الْخِزْيِ
al-khiz'yi
(of) the disgrace
فِي
fi
in
الْحَيَاةِ
al-hayati
the life
الدُّنْيَا
al-dun'ya
of the world
وَمَتَّعْنَاهُمْ
wamatta'nahum
and We granted them enjoyment
إِلَى
ila
for
حِينٍ
hinin
a time

Transliteration

Falaw laa kaanat qaryatun aamanat fanafa'ahaaa eemaanuhaaa illaa qawma Yoonusa lammaaa aamanoo kashafnaa 'anhum 'azaabal khizyi fil hayaatid dunyaa wa matta'naahum ilaa heen

Translation

Then has there not been a [single] city that believed so its faith benefited it except the people of Jonah? When they believed, We removed from them the punishment of disgrace in worldly life and gave them enjoyment for a time.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Never did a town to which I sent messengers to believe in faith validly and beneficially and before seeing the punishment, except the people of Jonah. When they truly accepted faith, I removed the punishment of disgrace and humiliation from them in the worldly life, and I let them have enjoyment until the end of their lives.

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

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