The Heights, The Elevated Places — Verse 142
7:142 · al-A`raf
The Heights, The Elevated Places 7:142
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| Arabic | English | Morphology |
|---|---|---|
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وَوَٰعَدْنَا
wawāʿadnā
|
And We appointed | V |
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مُوسَىٰ
mūsā
|
(for) Musa | Noun |
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ثَلَٰثِينَ
thalāthīna
|
thirty | Noun |
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لَيْلَةً
laylatan
|
nights | Noun |
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وَأَتْمَمْنَٰهَا
wa-atmamnāhā
|
and We completed them | V |
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بِعَشْرٍ
biʿashrin
|
with ten (more) | Noun |
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فَتَمَّ
fatamma
|
so was completed | V |
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مِيقَٰتُ
mīqātu
|
(the) set term | Noun |
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رَبِّهِۦٓ
rabbihi
|
(of) his Lord | Noun |
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أَرْبَعِينَ
arbaʿīna
|
(of) forty | Noun |
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لَيْلَةً
laylatan
|
night(s) | Noun |
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وَقَالَ
waqāla
|
And said | V |
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مُوسَىٰ
mūsā
|
Musa | Noun |
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لِأَخِيهِ
li-akhīhi
|
to his brother | Noun |
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هَٰرُونَ
hārūna
|
Harun | Noun |
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ٱخْلُفْنِى
ukh'luf'nī
|
Take my place | V |
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فِى
fī
|
in | Prep |
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قَوْمِى
qawmī
|
my people | Noun |
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وَأَصْلِحْ
wa-aṣliḥ
|
and do right | V |
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وَلَا
walā
|
and (do) not | Prep |
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تَتَّبِعْ
tattabiʿ
|
follow | V |
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سَبِيلَ
sabīla
|
(the) way | Noun |
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ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ
l-muf'sidīna
|
(of) the corrupters | Noun |
We appointed thirty nights for Moses, then added ten more: the term set by his Lord was completed in forty nights. Moses said to his brother Aaron, ‘Take my place among my people: act rightly and do not follow the way of those who spread corruption.’
— Abdel Haleem
Arabic Text
۞ وَوَ ٰعَدۡنَا مُوسَىٰ ثَلَـٰثِینَ لَیۡلَةࣰ وَأَتۡمَمۡنَـٰهَا بِعَشۡرࣲ فَتَمَّ مِیقَـٰتُ رَبِّهِۦۤ أَرۡبَعِینَ لَیۡلَةࣰۚ وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِأَخِیهِ هَـٰرُونَ ٱخۡلُفۡنِی فِی قَوۡمِی وَأَصۡلِحۡ وَلَا تَتَّبِعۡ سَبِیلَ ٱلۡمُفۡسِدِینَ ١٤٢
wawāʿadnā mūsā thalāthīna laylatan wa-atmamnāhā biʿashrin fatamma mīqātu rabbihi arbaʿīna laylatan waqāla mūsā li-akhīhi hārūna ukh'luf'nī fī qawmī wa-aṣliḥ walā tattabiʿ sabīla l-muf'sidīn