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Surah Yunus, Ayah 78 (10:78)

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قَالُوٓا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا لِتَلْفِتَنَا عَمَّا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَا وَتَكُونَ لَكُمَا …

Quran 10:78 is ayah 78 of Surah Yunus (“Jonah”), a Meccan surah of 109 ayahs. It is in Juz 11, on page 217 of the Madani Mushaf.

10:78
قَالُوٓا۟أَجِئْتَنَالِتَلْفِتَنَاعَمَّاوَجَدْنَاعَلَيْهِءَابَآءَنَاوَتَكُونَلَكُمَاٱلْكِبْرِيَآءُفِىٱلْأَرْضِوَمَانَحْنُلَكُمَابِمُؤْمِنِينَ٧٨
qālū aji'tanā litalfitanā ʿammā wajadnā ʿalayhi ābāanā watakūna lakumā l-kib'riyāu fī l-arḍi wamā naḥnu lakumā bimu'minīna

They said, "Have you come to us to turn us away from that upon which we found our fathers and so that you two may have grandeur in the land? And we are not believers in you."(78)

Word by word

  1. قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
  2. أَجِئْتَنَاaji'tanāHave you come to us
  3. لِتَلْفِتَنَاlitalfitanāto turn us away
  4. عَمَّاʿammāfrom that
  5. وَجَدْنَاwajadnāwe found
  6. عَلَيْهِʿalayhion it
  7. ءَابَآءَنَاābāanāour forefathers
  8. وَتَكُونَwatakūnaand you two (may) have
  9. لَكُمَاlakumāand you two (may) have
  10. ٱلْكِبْرِيَآءُl-kib'riyāuthe greatness
  11. فِىfīin
  12. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
  13. وَمَاwamāAnd we (are) not
  14. نَحْنُnaḥnuAnd we (are) not
  15. لَكُمَاlakumā(in) you two
  16. بِمُؤْمِنِينَbimu'minīnabelievers

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