They said, "Have you come to us to turn us away from (10:78)

Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim

They said to Mussa: Did you come to us to dissuade us to disregard our fathers system of faith and worship in order to be the distinguished above all others and the exalted in rank and station in the land! Never. Notwithstanding that we do not believe you nor do we give credence to your message

Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(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.'

They said, "Have you come to us to turn us away from meaning

*76).Had the sole demand of Moses and Aaron (peace be on him) been the liberation of the Israelites, Pharaoh and his courtiers would not have suspected that the spread of these Prophets' message would transform the religion of the land and that the supremacy of Pharaoh and his courtiers would be undermined. What made them uneasy was the fact that Prophet Moses (peace be on him) was inviting the people of Egypt to the true faith and that this posed a threat to the whole polytheistic way of life which was the very cornerstone of the predominance of Pharaoh and his chiefs and clergy. (For further details see Towards Understanding the Qur'an, al-A'raf7, n. 44 and al-Mu'min 40, n. 43 -Ed.)
 

They said, "Have you come to us to turn us away from meaning in Urdu

اُنہوں نے جواب میں کہا “کیا تواس لیے آیا ہے کہ ہمیں اُ س طریقے سے پھیر دے جس پر ہم نے اپنے باپ دادا کو پایا ہے اور زمین میں بڑائی تم دونوں کی قائم ہو جائے؟ تمہارے بات تو ہم ماننے والے نہیں ہیں"