The Heights, The Elevated Places 7:135

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Arabic English Morphology
فَلَمَّا falammā
But when Noun
كَشَفْنَا kashafnā
We removed V
عَنْهُمُ ʿanhumu
from them Prep
the punishment Noun
till Prep
أَجَلٍ ajalin
a (fixed) term Noun
هُم hum
(which) they Noun
بَٰلِغُوهُ bālighūhu
were to reach [it] Noun
إِذَا idhā
then Prep
هُمْ hum
they Noun
يَنكُثُونَ yankuthūna
broke (the word) V

but when We relieved them of the plague and gave them a fixed period [in which to fulfil their promise]- lo and behold!- they broke it

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

فَلَمَّا كَشَفۡنَا عَنۡهُمُ ٱلرِّجۡزَ إِلَىٰۤ أَجَلٍ هُم بَـٰلِغُوهُ إِذَا هُمۡ یَنكُثُونَ ۝١٣٥

falammā kashafnā ʿanhumu l-rij'za ilā ajalin hum bālighūhu idhā hum yankuthūn