Surah Yunus, Ayah 54 (10:54)

يُونُس

وَلَوْ أَنَّ لِكُلِّ نَفْسٍ ظَلَمَتْ مَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لَٱفْتَدَتْ بِهِۦ ۗ وَأَسَرُّوا۟ ٱلنَّدَامَةَ …

Quran 10:54 is ayah 54 of Surah Yunus (“Jonah”), a Meccan surah of 109 ayahs. It is in Juz 11, on page 215 of the Madani Mushaf.

10:54
وَلَوْأَنَّلِكُلِّنَفْسٍظَلَمَتْمَافِىٱلْأَرْضِلَٱفْتَدَتْبِهِۦ ۗوَأَسَرُّوا۟ٱلنَّدَامَةَلَمَّارَأَوُا۟ٱلْعَذَابَ ۖوَقُضِىَبَيْنَهُمبِٱلْقِسْطِ ۚوَهُمْلَايُظْلَمُونَ٥٤
walaw anna likulli nafsin ẓalamat mā fī l-arḍi la-if'tadat bihi wa-asarrū l-nadāmata lammā ra-awū l-ʿadhāba waquḍiya baynahum bil-qis'ṭi wahum lā yuẓ'lamūna

And if each soul that wronged had everything on earth, it would offer it in ransom. And they will confide regret when they see the punishment; and they will be judged in justice, and they will not be wronged.(54)

Word by word

  1. وَلَوْwalawAnd if
  2. أَنَّannathat
  3. لِكُلِّlikullifor every
  4. نَفْسٍnafsinsoul
  5. ظَلَمَتْẓalamat(that) wronged
  6. مَاmāwhatever
  7. فِىfī(is) in
  8. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  9. لَٱفْتَدَتْla-if'tadatit (would) seek to ransom
  10. بِهِۦ ۗbihiwith it
  11. وَأَسَرُّوا۟wa-asarrūand they (will) confide
  12. ٱلنَّدَامَةَl-nadāmatathe regret
  13. لَمَّاlammāwhen
  14. رَأَوُا۟ra-awūthey see
  15. ٱلْعَذَابَ ۖl-ʿadhābathe punishment
  16. وَقُضِىَwaquḍiyaBut will be judged
  17. بَيْنَهُمbaynahumbetween them
  18. بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۚbil-qis'ṭiin justice
  19. وَهُمْwahumand they
  20. لَاlā(will) not
  21. يُظْلَمُونَyuẓ'lamūna(be) wronged

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