Surah Yunus, Ayah 39 (10:39)

يُونُس

بَلْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِمَا لَمْ يُحِيطُوا۟ بِعِلْمِهِۦ وَلَمَّا يَأْتِهِمْ تَأْوِيلُهُۥ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ كَذَّبَ …

Quran 10:39 is ayah 39 of Surah Yunus (“Jonah”), a Meccan surah of 109 ayahs. It is in Juz 11, on page 213 of the Madani Mushaf.

10:39
بَلْكَذَّبُوا۟بِمَالَمْيُحِيطُوا۟بِعِلْمِهِۦوَلَمَّايَأْتِهِمْتَأْوِيلُهُۥ ۚكَذَٰلِكَكَذَّبَٱلَّذِينَمِنقَبْلِهِمْ ۖفَٱنظُرْكَيْفَكَانَعَٰقِبَةُٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ٣٩
bal kadhabū bimā lam yuḥīṭū biʿil'mihi walammā yatihim tawīluhu kadhālika kadhaba alladhīna min qablihim fa-unẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu l-ẓālimīna

Rather, they have denied that which they encompass not in knowledge and whose interpretation has not yet come to them. Thus did those before them deny. Then observe how was the end of the wrongdoers.(39)

Word by word

  1. بَلْbalNay
  2. كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūthey denied
  3. بِمَاbimāwhat
  4. لَمْlamnot
  5. يُحِيطُوا۟yuḥīṭūthey could encompass
  6. بِعِلْمِهِۦbiʿil'mihi(of) its knowledge
  7. وَلَمَّاwalammāand not
  8. يَأْتِهِمْyatihimhas come (to) them
  9. تَأْوِيلُهُۥ ۚtawīluhuits interpretation
  10. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
  11. كَذَّبَkadhabadenied
  12. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose
  13. مِنminbefore them
  14. قَبْلِهِمْ ۖqablihimbefore them
  15. فَٱنظُرْfa-unẓurthen see
  16. كَيْفَkayfahow
  17. كَانَkānawas
  18. عَٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) end
  19. ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna(of) the wrongdoers

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