Surah 10. Yunus, Ayat 78-78

Tafheem ul Quran

Surah 10 Yunus, Ayat 78-78

قَالُـوۡۤا اَجِئۡتَـنَا لِتَلۡفِتَـنَا عَمَّا وَجَدۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ اٰبَآءَنَا وَتَكُوۡنَ لَكُمَا الۡكِبۡرِيَآءُ فِى الۡاَرۡضِؕ وَمَا نَحۡنُ لَـكُمَا بِمُؤۡمِنِيۡنَ‏ ﴿10:78﴾

(10:78) They replied: 'Have you come to turn us away from the way of our forefathers that the two of you might become supreme in the land?⁷⁶ We shall never accept what the two of you say.'

Notes

76. It is obvious that if this demand had been merely for the liberation of the Israelites, there could have been no question of any threat to Pharaoh’s kingdom. The threat was because of the message which demanded subordination to the truth, for it threatened the system which was based on shirk and on which depended the domination of Pharaoh and his chiefs and priests. See (E.N. 66 of Surah Al-Aaraf) and (E.N. 43 of Surah Al-Momin).