Surah Al-A'raf, ayah 169
فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ وَرِثُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ يَأْخُذُونَ عَرَضَ هَـٰذَا ٱلْأَدْنَىٰ وَيَقُولُونَ سَيُغْفَرُ لَنَا وَإِن يَأْتِهِمْ عَرَضٌ مِّثْلُهُۥ يَأْخُذُوهُ ۚ أَلَمْ يُؤْخَذْ عَلَيْهِم مِّيثَـٰقُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ أَن لَّا يَقُولُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلْحَقَّ وَدَرَسُوا۟ مَا فِيهِ ۗ وَٱلدَّارُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِّلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ ۗ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
And there followed them successors who inherited the Scripture [while] taking the commodities of this lower life and saying, "It will be forgiven for us." And if an offer like it comes to them, they will [again] take it. Was not the covenant of the Scripture [i.e., the Torah] taken from them that they would not say about Allāh except the truth, and they studied what was in it? And the home of the Hereafter is better for those who fear Allāh, so will you not use reason?
Word by word
- فَخَلَفَfakhalafaThen succeeded
- مِنۢminfrom
- بَعْدِهِمْbaʿdihimafter them
- خَلْفٌۭkhalfunsuccessors
- وَرِثُوا۟warithū(who) inherited
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
- يَأْخُذُونَyakhudhūnataking
- عَرَضَʿaraḍagoods
- هَـٰذَاhādhā(of) this
- ٱلْأَدْنَىٰl-adnāthe lower (life)
- وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaand they say
- سَيُغْفَرُsayugh'faruIt will be forgiven
- لَنَاlanāfor us
- وَإِنwa-inAnd if
- يَأْتِهِمْyatihimcomes to them
- عَرَضٌۭʿaraḍungoods
- مِّثْلُهُۥmith'luhusimilar to it
- يَأْخُذُوهُ ۚyakhudhūhuthey will take it
- أَلَمْalamWas not
- يُؤْخَذْyu'khadhtaken
- عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimon them
- مِّيثَـٰقُmīthāquCovenant
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
- أَنanthat
- لَّاlānot
- يَقُولُوا۟yaqūlūthey will say
- عَلَىʿalāabout
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe truth
- وَدَرَسُوا۟wadarasūwhile they studied
- مَاmāwhat
- فِيهِ ۗfīhi(is) in it
- وَٱلدَّارُwal-dāruAnd the home
- ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُl-ākhiratu(of) the Hereafter
- خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) better
- لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those who
- يَتَّقُونَ ۗyattaqūnafear Allah
- أَفَلَاafalāSo will not
- تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnayou use intellect
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