Surah Al-A'raf, ayah 168
وَقَطَّعْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أُمَمًا ۖ مِّنْهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَ وَمِنْهُمْ دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَبَلَوْنَـٰهُم بِٱلْحَسَنَـٰتِ وَٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
And We divided them throughout the earth into nations. Of them some were righteous, and of them some were otherwise. And We tested them with good [times] and bad that perhaps they would return [to obedience].
Al-A'raf · 7:168
Word by word
- وَقَطَّعْنَـٰهُمْwaqaṭṭaʿnāhumAnd We divided them
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- أُمَمًۭا ۖumaman(as) nations
- مِّنْهُمُmin'humuAmong them
- ٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَl-ṣāliḥūna(are) the righteous
- وَمِنْهُمْwamin'humand among them
- دُونَdūna(are) other than
- ذَٰلِكَ ۖdhālikathat
- وَبَلَوْنَـٰهُمwabalawnāhumAnd We tested them
- بِٱلْحَسَنَـٰتِbil-ḥasanātiwith the good
- وَٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِwal-sayiātiand the bad
- لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
- يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūnareturn
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