Surah Al-A'raf, ayah 173
أَوْ تَقُولُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَشْرَكَ ءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا ذُرِّيَّةً مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ ۖ أَفَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ
Or [lest] you say, "It was only that our fathers associated [others in worship] with Allāh before, and we were but descendants after them. Then would You destroy us for what the falsifiers have done?"
Al-A'raf · 7:173
Word by word
- أَوْawOr
- تَقُولُوٓا۟taqūlūyou say
- إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
- أَشْرَكَashrakapartners (were) associated (with Allah)
- ءَابَآؤُنَاābāunā(by) our forefathers
- مِنminfrom
- قَبْلُqablubefore (us)
- وَكُنَّاwakunnāand we are
- ذُرِّيَّةًۭdhurriyyatandescendants
- مِّنۢminfrom
- بَعْدِهِمْ ۖbaʿdihimafter them
- أَفَتُهْلِكُنَاafatuh'likunāSo will You destroy us
- بِمَاbimāfor what
- فَعَلَfaʿaladid
- ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَl-mub'ṭilūnathe falsifiers
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