Surah Al-A'raf, ayah 129
قَالُوٓا۟ أُوذِينَا مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَأْتِيَنَا وَمِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جِئْتَنَا ۚ قَالَ عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ أَن يُهْلِكَ عَدُوَّكُمْ وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ
They said, "We have been harmed before you came to us and after you have come to us." He said, "Perhaps your Lord will destroy your enemy and grant you succession in the land and see how you will do."
Al-A'raf · 7:129
Word by word
- قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
- أُوذِينَاūdhīnāWe have been harmed
- مِنminfrom
- قَبْلِqablibefore
- أَنan[that]
- تَأْتِيَنَاtatiyanāyou came to us
- وَمِنۢwaminfrom
- بَعْدِbaʿdiand after
- مَاmā[what]
- جِئْتَنَا ۚji'tanāyou have come to us
- قَالَqālaHe said
- عَسَىٰʿasāPerhaps
- رَبُّكُمْrabbukumyour Lord
- أَنan[that]
- يُهْلِكَyuh'likawill destroy
- عَدُوَّكُمْʿaduwwakumyour enemy
- وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْwayastakhlifakumand make you successors
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- فَيَنظُرَfayanẓurathen see
- كَيْفَkayfahow
- تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou will do
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