Surah Al-A'raf, ayah 38
قَالَ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ فِىٓ أُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ فِى ٱلنَّارِ ۖ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَتْ أُمَّةٌ لَّعَنَتْ أُخْتَهَا ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا ٱدَّارَكُوا۟ فِيهَا جَمِيعًا قَالَتْ أُخْرَىٰهُمْ لِأُولَىٰهُمْ رَبَّنَا هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَضَلُّونَا فَـَٔاتِهِمْ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ قَالَ لِكُلٍّ ضِعْفٌ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا تَعْلَمُونَ
[Allāh] will say, "Enter among nations which had passed on before you of jinn and mankind into the Fire." Every time a nation enters, it will curse its sister until, when they have all overtaken one another therein, the last of them will say about the first of them, "Our Lord, these had misled us, so give them a double punishment of the Fire." He will say, "For each is double, but you do not know."
Word by word
- قَالَqālaHe (will) say
- ٱدْخُلُوا۟ud'khulūEnter
- فِىٓfīamong
- أُمَمٍۢumamin(the) nations
- قَدْqad(who)
- خَلَتْkhalatpassed away
- مِنminfrom
- قَبْلِكُمqablikumbefore you
- مِّنَminaof
- ٱلْجِنِّl-jinithe jinn
- وَٱلْإِنسِwal-insiand the men
- فِىfīin
- ٱلنَّارِ ۖl-nārithe Fire
- كُلَّمَاkullamāEvery time
- دَخَلَتْdakhalatentered
- أُمَّةٌۭummatuna nation
- لَّعَنَتْlaʿanatit cursed
- أُخْتَهَا ۖukh'tahāits sister (nation)
- حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
- إِذَاidhāwhen
- ٱدَّارَكُوا۟iddārakūthey had overtaken one another
- فِيهَاfīhāin it
- جَمِيعًۭاjamīʿanall
- قَالَتْqālat(will) say
- أُخْرَىٰهُمْukh'rāhum(the) last of them
- لِأُولَىٰهُمْliūlāhumabout the first of them
- رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
- هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese
- أَضَلُّونَاaḍallūnāmisled us
- فَـَٔاتِهِمْfaātihimso give them
- عَذَابًۭاʿadhābanpunishment
- ضِعْفًۭاḍiʿ'fandouble
- مِّنَminaof
- ٱلنَّارِ ۖl-nārithe Fire
- قَالَqālaHe (will) say
- لِكُلٍّۢlikullinFor each
- ضِعْفٌۭḍiʿ'fun(is) a double
- وَلَـٰكِنwalākin[and] but
- لَّاlānot
- تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou know
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