Surah 10. Yunus, Ayah 92
| فَالْيَوْمَ نُنَجِّيكَ بِبَدَنِكَ لِتَكُونَ لِمَنْ خَلْفَكَ آيَةً ۚ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِنَ النَّاسِ عَنْ آيَاتِنَا لَغَافِلُونَ |
| Transliteration | : | fa- al- yawm nunajje -ka bi- badan -ka li- takon li- man khalf -ka 'aayah wa- 'inna kather(an) min an- naas can 'aayaat -naa la- ghaafilon |
| Pickthall | : | But this day We save thee in thy body that thou mayest be a portent for those after thee. Lo! most of mankind are heedless of Our portents. |
| Asad | : | [Nay,] but today We shall save only thy body,112 so that thou mayest be a [warning] sign unto those who will come after thee: for, behold, a good many people are heedless of Our messages!" |
| Malik | : | We shall save your body this day, so that you may become a sign for the succeeding generations, indeed many among mankind are heedless of Our signs!" |
| Yusuf Ali | : | "This day shall We save thee in thy body that thou mayest be a Sign to those who come after thee! But verily many among mankind are heedless of Our Signs!" |
Note - 112Lit., "We shall save thee in thy body": probably an
allusion to the ancient Egyptian custom of embalming the
bodies of their kings and nobles and thus preserving them
for posterity. Some Egyptologists assume that the "evil
Pharaoh" of the Qur'an and the Bible was Ramses II (about
1324-1258 B.C.), while others identify him with his
unlucky predecessor, Tut-ankh-amen, or even with Thotmes
(or Thutmosis) III, who lived in the 15th century B.C.
However, all these "identifications" are purely
speculative and have no definitive historical value. In
this connection it should be remembered that the
designation "Pharaoh" (fir'awn in Arabic) is not a proper
name but a title borne by all the kings of ancient Egypt.
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Lit., "We shall save thee in thy body": probably an allusion to the ancient Egyptian custom of embalming the bodies of their kings and nobles and thus preserving them for posterity. Some Egyptologists assume that the "evil Pharaoh" of the Qur'an and the Bible was Ramses II (about 1324-1258 B.C.), while others identify him with his unlucky predecessor, Tut-ankh-amen, or even with Thotmes (or Thutmosis) III, who lived in the 15th century B.C. However, all these "identifications" are purely speculative and have no definitive historical value. In this connection it should be remembered that the designation "Pharaoh" (fir'awn in Arabic) is not a proper name but a title borne by all the kings of ancient Egypt. |
