Quran 10:39

Surah Yunus, Verse 39

Juz 11 · Page 213 · Ruku 175 · Meccan

بَلْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِمَا لَمْ يُحِيطُوا۟ بِعِلْمِهِۦ وَلَمَّا يَأْتِهِمْ تَأْوِيلُهُۥ كَذَٰلِكَ كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

Word by word

بَلْ bal Nay كَذَّبُوا۟ kadhabū they denied بِمَا bimā what لَمْ lam not يُحِيطُوا۟ yuḥīṭū they could encompass بِعِلْمِهِۦ biʿil'mihi (of) its knowledge وَلَمَّا walammā and not يَأْتِهِمْ yatihim has come (to) them تَأْوِيلُهُۥ ۚ tawīluhu its interpretation كَذَٰلِكَ kadhālika Thus كَذَّبَ kadhaba denied ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those مِن min before them قَبْلِهِمْ ۖ qablihim before them فَٱنظُرْ fa-unẓur then see كَيْفَ kayfa how كَانَ kāna was عَـٰقِبَةُ ʿāqibatu (the) end ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ l-ẓālimīna (of) the wrongdoers

Transliteration

Bal kaththaboo bima lam yuheetoobiAAilmihi walamma ya/tihim ta/weeluhu kathalika kaththabaallatheena min qablihim fanthurkayfa kana AAaqibatu aththalimeen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Nay, but they denied that, the knowledge whereof they could not compass, and whereof the interpretation (in events) hath not yet come unto them. Even so did those before them deny. Then see what was the consequence for the wrong-doers!

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Nay, they charge with falsehood that whose knowledge they cannot compass, even before the elucidation thereof hath reached them: thus did those before them make charges of falsehood: but see what was the end of those who did wrong!

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

وقوله : ( بل كذبوا بما لم يحيطوا بعلمه ولما يأتهم تأويله ) يقول : بل كذب هؤلاء بالقرآن ، ولم يفهموه ولا عرفوه ، ( ولما يأتهم تأويله ) أي : ولم يحصلوا ما فيه من الهدى ودين الحق إلى حين تكذيبهم به جهلا وسفها ( كذلك كذب الذين من قبلهم ) أي : من الأمم السالفة ( فانظر كيف كان عاقبة الظالمين ) أي : فانظر كيف أهلكناهم بتكذيبهم رسلنا ظلما وعلوا ، وكفرا وعنادا وجهلا فاحذروا أيها المكذبون أن يصيبكم ما أصابهم .