The Heights, The Elevated Places — Verse 163

7:163 · al-A`raf

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The Heights, The Elevated Places 7:163

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Arabic English Morphology
وَسْـَٔلْهُمْ wasalhum
And ask them V
عَنِ ʿani
about Prep
ٱلْقَرْيَةِ l-qaryati
the town Noun
ٱلَّتِى allatī
which Noun
كَانَتْ kānat
was V
حَاضِرَةَ ḥāḍirata
situated Noun
ٱلْبَحْرِ l-baḥri
(by) the sea Noun
إِذْ idh
when Noun
يَعْدُونَ yaʿdūna
they transgressed V
فِى fī
in Prep
ٱلسَّبْتِ l-sabti
the (matter of) Sabbath Noun
إِذْ idh
when Noun
تَأْتِيهِمْ tatīhim
came to them V
حِيتَانُهُمْ ḥītānuhum
their fish Noun
يَوْمَ yawma
(on the) day Noun
سَبْتِهِمْ sabtihim
(of) their Sabbath Noun
شُرَّعًا shurraʿan
visibly Noun
وَيَوْمَ wayawma
and (on the) day Noun
لَا lā
not Prep
يَسْبِتُونَ yasbitūna
they had Sabbath V
لَا lā
(they did) not Prep
تَأْتِيهِمْ tatīhim
come to them V
كَذَٰلِكَ kadhālika
Thus Noun
نَبْلُوهُم nablūhum
We test them V
بِمَا bimā
because Noun
كَانُوا۟ kānū
they were V
يَفْسُقُونَ yafsuqūna
defiantly disobeying V

[Prophet], ask them about the town by the sea; how its people broke the Sabbath when their fish surfaced for them only on that day, never on weekdays- We tested them in this way: because of their disobedience

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَسۡءَلۡهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلۡقَرۡیَةِ ٱلَّتِی كَانَتۡ حَاضِرَةَ ٱلۡبَحۡرِ إِذۡ یَعۡدُونَ فِی ٱلسَّبۡتِ إِذۡ تَأۡتِیهِمۡ حِیتَانُهُمۡ یَوۡمَ سَبۡتِهِمۡ شُرَّعࣰا وَیَوۡمَ لَا یَسۡبِتُونَ لَا تَأۡتِیهِمۡۚ كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَبۡلُوهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ یَفۡسُقُونَ ۝١٦٣

wasalhum ʿani l-qaryati allatī kānat ḥāḍirata l-baḥri idh yaʿdūna fī l-sabti idh tatīhim ḥītānuhum yawma sabtihim shurraʿan wayawma lā yasbitūna lā tatīhim kadhālika nablūhum bimā kānū yafsuqūn

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