Surah Yunus, Ayah 2 (10:2)

يُونُس

أَكَانَ لِلنَّاسِ عَجَبًا أَنْ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ رَجُلٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَنْ أَنذِرِ ٱلنَّاسَ وَبَشِّرِ …

Quran 10:2 is ayah 2 of Surah Yunus (“Jonah”), a Meccan surah of 109 ayahs. It is in Juz 11, on page 208 of the Madani Mushaf.

10:2
أَكَانَلِلنَّاسِعَجَبًاأَنْأَوْحَيْنَآإِلَىٰرَجُلٍمِّنْهُمْأَنْأَنذِرِٱلنَّاسَوَبَشِّرِٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوٓا۟أَنَّلَهُمْقَدَمَصِدْقٍعِندَرَبِّهِمْ ۗقَالَٱلْكَٰفِرُونَإِنَّهَٰذَالَسَٰحِرٌمُّبِينٌ٢
akāna lilnnāsi ʿajaban an awḥaynā ilā rajulin min'hum an andhiri l-nāsa wabashiri alladhīna āmanū anna lahum qadama ṣid'qin ʿinda rabbihim qāla l-kāfirūna inna hādhā lasāḥirun mubīnun

Have the people been amazed that We revealed [revelation] to a man from among them, [saying], "Warn mankind and give good tidings to those who believe that they will have a [firm] precedence of honor with their Lord"? [But] the disbelievers say, "Indeed, this is an obvious magician."(2)

Word by word

  1. أَكَانَakānaIs it
  2. لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the mankind
  3. عَجَبًاʿajabana wonder
  4. أَنْanthat
  5. أَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynāWe revealed
  6. إِلَىٰilāto
  7. رَجُلٍrajulina man
  8. مِّنْهُمْmin'humfrom (among) them
  9. أَنْanthat
  10. أَنذِرِandhiriWarn
  11. ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe mankind
  12. وَبَشِّرِwabashiriand give glad tidings
  13. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(to) those who
  14. ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūbelieve
  15. أَنَّannathat
  16. لَهُمْlahumfor them
  17. قَدَمَqadama(will be) a respectable position
  18. صِدْقٍṣid'qin(will be) a respectable position
  19. عِندَʿindanear
  20. رَبِّهِمْ ۗrabbihimtheir Lord
  21. قَالَqālaSaid
  22. ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūnathe disbelievers
  23. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  24. هَٰذَاhādhāthis
  25. لَسَٰحِرٌlasāḥirun(is) surely a magician
  26. مُّبِينٌmubīnunobvious

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