Surah Al-A'raf, ayah 155
وَٱخْتَارَ مُوسَىٰ قَوْمَهُۥ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلًا لِّمِيقَـٰتِنَا ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ قَالَ رَبِّ لَوْ شِئْتَ أَهْلَكْتَهُم مِّن قَبْلُ وَإِيَّـٰىَ ۖ أَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ مِنَّآ ۖ إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا فِتْنَتُكَ تُضِلُّ بِهَا مَن تَشَآءُ وَتَهْدِى مَن تَشَآءُ ۖ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَٱرْحَمْنَا ۖ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْغَـٰفِرِينَ
And Moses chose from his people seventy men for Our appointment. And when the earthquake seized them, he said, "My Lord, if You had willed, You could have destroyed them before and me [as well]. Would You destroy us for what the foolish among us have done? This is not but Your trial by which You send astray whom You will and guide whom You will. You are our Protector, so forgive us and have mercy upon us; and You are the best of forgivers.
Word by word
- وَٱخْتَارَwa-ikh'tāraAnd chose
- مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
- قَوْمَهُۥqawmahu(from) his people
- سَبْعِينَsabʿīnaseventy
- رَجُلًۭاrajulanmen
- لِّمِيقَـٰتِنَا ۖlimīqātināfor Our appointment
- فَلَمَّآfalammāThen when
- أَخَذَتْهُمُakhadhathumuseized them
- ٱلرَّجْفَةُl-rajfatuthe earthquake
- قَالَqālahe said
- رَبِّrabbiO my Lord
- لَوْlawIf
- شِئْتَshi'tayou (had) willed
- أَهْلَكْتَهُمahlaktahumYou (could) have destroyed them
- مِّنminfrom
- قَبْلُqablubefore
- وَإِيَّـٰىَ ۖwa-iyyāyaand me
- أَتُهْلِكُنَاatuh'likunāWould You destroy us
- بِمَاbimāfor what
- فَعَلَfaʿaladid
- ٱلسُّفَهَآءُl-sufahāuthe foolish
- مِنَّآ ۖminnāamong us
- إِنْinNot
- هِىَhiyait (was)
- إِلَّاillābut
- فِتْنَتُكَfit'natukaYour trial
- تُضِلُّtuḍilluYou let go astray
- بِهَاbihāby it
- مَنmanwhom
- تَشَآءُtashāuYou will
- وَتَهْدِىwatahdīand You guide
- مَنmanwhom
- تَشَآءُ ۖtashāuYou will
- أَنتَantaYou
- وَلِيُّنَاwaliyyunā(are) our Protector
- فَٱغْفِرْfa-igh'firso forgive
- لَنَاlanāus
- وَٱرْحَمْنَا ۖwa-ir'ḥamnāand have mercy upon us
- وَأَنتَwa-antaand You
- خَيْرُkhayru(are) Best
- ٱلْغَـٰفِرِينَl-ghāfirīna(of) Forgivers
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