Surah Yunus, Ayah 23 (10:23)

يُونُس

فَلَمَّآ أَنجَىٰهُمْ إِذَا هُمْ يَبْغُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ ۗ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ …

Quran 10:23 is ayah 23 of Surah Yunus (“Jonah”), a Meccan surah of 109 ayahs. It is in Juz 11, on page 211 of the Madani Mushaf.

10:23
فَلَمَّآأَنجَىٰهُمْإِذَاهُمْيَبْغُونَفِىٱلْأَرْضِبِغَيْرِٱلْحَقِّ ۗيَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلنَّاسُإِنَّمَابَغْيُكُمْعَلَىٰٓأَنفُسِكُم ۖمَّتَٰعَٱلْحَيَوٰةِٱلدُّنْيَا ۖثُمَّإِلَيْنَامَرْجِعُكُمْفَنُنَبِّئُكُمبِمَاكُنتُمْتَعْمَلُونَ٢٣
falammā anjāhum idhā hum yabghūna fī l-arḍi bighayri l-ḥaqi yāayyuhā l-nāsu innamā baghyukum ʿalā anfusikum matāʿa l-ḥayati l-dun'yā thumma ilaynā marjiʿukum fanunabbi-ukum bimā kuntum taʿmalūna

But when He saves them, at once they commit injustice upon the earth without right. O mankind, your injustice is only against yourselves, [being merely] the enjoyment of worldly life. Then to Us is your return, and We will inform you of what you used to do.(23)

Word by word

  1. فَلَمَّآfalammāBut when
  2. أَنجَىٰهُمْanjāhumHe saved them
  3. إِذَاidhābehold
  4. هُمْhumThey
  5. يَبْغُونَyabghūnarebel
  6. فِىfīin
  7. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  8. بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
  9. ٱلْحَقِّ ۗl-ḥaqi[the] right
  10. يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO mankind
  11. ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuO mankind
  12. إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
  13. بَغْيُكُمْbaghyukumyour rebellion
  14. عَلَىٰٓʿalā(is) against
  15. أَنفُسِكُم ۖanfusikumyourselves
  16. مَّتَٰعَmatāʿa(the) enjoyment
  17. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati(of) the life
  18. ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖl-dun'yā(of) the world
  19. ثُمَّthummaThen
  20. إِلَيْنَاilaynāto Us
  21. مَرْجِعُكُمْmarjiʿukum(is) your return
  22. فَنُنَبِّئُكُمfanunabbi-ukumand We will inform you
  23. بِمَاbimāof what
  24. كُنتُمْkuntumyou used (to)
  25. تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnado

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