← Surah 43

43:54

فَٱسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُۥ فَأَطَاعُوهُ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَـٰسِقِينَ

Word by word

فَٱسْتَخَفَّ
So he bluffed
Verb
Root: خفف
قَوْمَهُۥ
his people
Noun
Root: قوم
فَأَطَاعُوهُ
and they obeyed him
Verb
Root: طوع
إِنَّهُمْ
Indeed, they
Preposition
كَانُوا۟
were
Verb
Root: كون
قَوْمًا
a people
Noun
Root: قوم
فَٰسِقِينَ
defiantly disobedient
Noun
Root: فسق

Translation

Thus did he make fools of his people, and they obeyed him: truly were they a people rebellious (against Allah).

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

Firavun kavmini küçümsedi. Onlar da O'na itaat ettiler. Çünkü onlar fâsık bir kavimdi.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır · TR · public-domain

(Firavun) kavmini küçümsemiş, onlar da kendisine boyun eğmişti. Şüphesiz ki onlar, yoldan çıkmış bir toplumdu.

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-rights-reserved

Thus he persuaded his people to make light (of Moses), and they obeyed him. Lo! they were a wanton folk.

M. Pickthall · EN · public-domain