Surah Al-A'raf, ayah 74
وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَفَآءَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ عَادٍ وَبَوَّأَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِن سُهُولِهَا قُصُورًا وَتَنْحِتُونَ ٱلْجِبَالَ بُيُوتًا ۖ فَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ ءَالَآءَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ
And remember when He made you successors after the ʿAad and settled you in the land, [and] you take for yourselves palaces from its plains and carve from the mountains, homes. Then remember the favors of Allāh and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption."
Al-A'raf · 7:74
Word by word
- وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟wa-udh'kurūAnd remember
- إِذْidhwhen
- جَعَلَكُمْjaʿalakumHe made you
- خُلَفَآءَkhulafāasuccessors
- مِنۢminfrom
- بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
- عَادٍۢʿādinAad
- وَبَوَّأَكُمْwabawwa-akumand settled you
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- تَتَّخِذُونَtattakhidhūnaYou take
- مِنminfrom
- سُهُولِهَاsuhūlihāits plains
- قُصُورًۭاquṣūranpalaces
- وَتَنْحِتُونَwatanḥitūnaand you carve out
- ٱلْجِبَالَl-jibālathe mountains
- بُيُوتًۭا ۖbuyūtan(as) homes
- فَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟fa-udh'kurūSo remember
- ءَالَآءَālāa(the) Bounties
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- وَلَاwalāand (do) not
- تَعْثَوْا۟taʿthawact wickedly
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi(the) earth
- مُفْسِدِينَmuf'sidīnaspreading corruption
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