Surah Yusuf 12:110 — translation and meaning

يوسف · Verse 110 / 111 · Page 248

ۖ حَتَّى إِذَا اسْتَيْأَسَ الرُّسُلُ وَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ كُذِبُوا جَاءَهُمْ نَصْرُنَا فَنُجِّيَ مَن نَّشَاءُ وَلَا يُرَدُّ بَأْسُنَا عَنِ الْقَوْمِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ

Word by Word

ۖ
حَتَّى
hatta
Until
إِذَا
idha
when
اسْتَيْأَسَ
is'tayasa
gave up hope
الرُّسُلُ
al-rusulu
the Messengers
وَظَنُّوا
wazannu
and thought
أَنَّهُمْ
annahum
that they
قَدْ
qad
certainly
كُذِبُوا
kudhibu
were denied
جَاءَهُمْ
jaahum
then came to them
نَصْرُنَا
nasruna
Our help
فَنُجِّيَ
fanujjiya
and was saved
مَن
man
whom
نَّشَاءُ
nashau
We willed
وَلَا
wala
And not
يُرَدُّ
yuraddu
(can) be repelled
بَأْسُنَا
basuna
Our punishment
عَنِ
ani
from
الْقَوْمِ
al-qawmi
the people
الْمُجْرِمِينَ
al-muj'rimina
(who are) criminals

Transliteration

Hattaaa izas tai'asar Rusulu wa zannooo annahum qad kuziboo jaaa'ahum nas runaa fanujjiya man nashaaa'u wa laa yuraddu baasunna 'anil qawmil mujrimeen

Translation

[They continued] until, when the messengers despaired and were certain that they had been denied, there came to them Our victory, and whoever We willed was saved. And Our punishment cannot be repelled from the people who are criminals.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Allah gave time to the enemies of these messengers He sent, not being quick to punish, but luring them gradually until when their destruction was overdue, and the messengers despaired of it and the disbelievers thought that their messengers had lied to them in their promises of a punishment for those who deny the truth and the rescue of those who have faith; then Allah’s help came to His messengers, saving the messengers and believers from the destruction which the disbelievers suffered, and Allah’s punishment cannot be turned away from the sinners when He sends it down.

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

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