Quran 28:39

Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 39

Juz 20 · Page 390 · Ruku 337 · Meccan

وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ هُوَ وَجُنُودُهُۥ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا يُرْجَعُونَ

Word by word

وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ wa-is'takbara And he was arrogant هُوَ huwa And he was arrogant وَجُنُودُهُۥ wajunūduhu and his hosts فِى fī in ٱلْأَرْضِ l-arḍi the land بِغَيْرِ bighayri without ٱلْحَقِّ l-ḥaqi right وَظَنُّوٓا۟ waẓannū and they thought أَنَّهُمْ annahum that they إِلَيْنَا ilaynā to Us لَا lā not يُرْجَعُونَ yur'jaʿūna will be returned

Transliteration

Wastakbara huwa wajunooduhu feeal-ardi bighayri alhaqqi wathannooannahum ilayna la yurjaAAoon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And he and his hosts were haughty in the land without right, and deemed that they would never be brought back to Us.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And he was arrogant and insolent in the land, beyond reason,- He and his hosts: they thought that they would not have to return to Us!

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

وقوله : ( واستكبر هو وجنوده في الأرض بغير الحق وظنوا أنهم إلينا لا يرجعون ) أي : طغوا وتجبروا ، وأكثروا في الأرض الفساد ، واعتقدوا أنه لا معاد ولا قيامة ، ( فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب . إن ربك لبالمرصاد ) [ الفجر : 13 ، 14 ] ،