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فَاسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُ فَأَطَاعُوهُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَوْمًا فَاسِقِينَ

Transliteration:

Faistakhaffa qawmahu faataAAoohu innahum kanoo qawman fasiqeena

Word by Word:

So he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.

Translations:

Thus he incited his people to levity, and they obeyed him: for, behold, they were people depraved!

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

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

So he incited his people to levity and they obeyed him. Surely they were a transgressing people.

So he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were [themselves] a people defiantly disobedient [of Allah ].