Surah 10. Yunus, Ayah 23
| فَلَمَّا أَنْجَاهُمْ إِذَا هُمْ يَبْغُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ ۗ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّمَا بَغْيُكُمْ عَلَىٰ أَنْفُسِكُمْ ۖ مَتَاعَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا ۖ ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَنُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ |
| Transliteration | : | fa- lammaa anjaa -hum 'idhaa hum yabghon fe al- 'ard. bi- ghayr al- h.aqq yaa 'ayyuhaa an- naas 'inna-maa baghy -kum calaa anfus -kum mataac al- h.ayaah ad- dunyaa thumma 'ilay -naa marjic -kum fa- nunabbi' -kum bi- maa kuntum tacmalon |
| Pickthall | : | Yet when He hath delivered them, behold! they rebel in the earth wrongfully. O mankind! Your rebellion is only against yourselves. (Ye have) enjoyment of the life of the world; then unto Us is your return and We shall proclaim unto you what ye used to do. |
| Asad | : | Yet as soon as He has saved them from this [danger], lo! they behave outrageously on earth, offending against all right!35 O men! All your outrageous deeds are bound to fall back upon your own selves!36 [You care only for] the enjoyment of life in this world: [but remember that] in the end unto Us you must return, whereupon We shall make you truly understand all that you were doing [in life]. |
| Malik | : | Yet, when He does deliver them, behold! The same people become unjustly rebellious in the land. O mankind! Your rebellion is against your own souls - (you may enjoy) the transitory pleasure of this world - in the end you have to return to Us, then We shall inform you of what you have done. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | But when He delivereth them Behold! they transgress insolently through the earth in defiance of right! O mankind! your insolence is against your own souls an enjoyment of the life of the Present: in the end to Us is your return and We shall show you the truth of all that ye did. 1411 |
Note - 35See verse {12} (of which the above passage is a parabolic
illustration) and the corresponding notes.
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Note - 36Lit., "your outrageousness (baghy) is only against your
own selves". Cf. the oft-recurring Qur'anic expression,
"they have sinned against themselves" (zalamu anfusahum,
lit., "they have wronged themselves"), indicating the
inevitability with which every evil deed damages its
perpetrator spiritually.
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Note - 1411In our insolence and pride we do not see how small and
ephemeral is that part of us which is mortal. We shall
see it at last when we appear before our Judge. In the
meantime our ridiculous pretensions only hurt ourselves.
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See verse {12} (of which the above passage is a parabolic illustration) and the corresponding notes. |
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Lit., "your outrageousness (baghy) is only against your own selves". Cf. the oft-recurring Qur'anic expression, "they have sinned against themselves" (zalamu anfusahum, lit., "they have wronged themselves"), indicating the inevitability with which every evil deed damages its perpetrator spiritually. |
