Surah Az-Zukhruf: Verse 54 - فاستخف قومه فأطاعوه ۚ إنهم... - English
Tafsir of Verse 54, Surah Az-Zukhruf
فَٱسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُۥ فَأَطَاعُوهُ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَٰسِقِينَ
English Translation
So he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were [themselves] a people defiantly disobedient [of Allah].English Transliteration
Faistakhaffa qawmahu faataAAoohu innahum kanoo qawman fasiqeenaTafsir of Verse 54
So he made his people unsteady, and they obeyed him; surely they were an ungodly people.
Thus did he make fools of his people, and they obeyed him: truly were they a people rebellious (against Allah).
فَاسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُ (Thus he made fool of his people - 43:54). According to the Arabic expression, this sentence may be translated in two ways; the translation adopted in the text above is based on one of them. The second one may be: "He (Fir'aun) easily made his people to follow him". (Ruh-u1-Ma’ ani)
