The Heights, The Elevated Places — Verse 164

7:164 · al-A`raf

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The Heights, The Elevated Places 7:164

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Arabic English Morphology
وَإِذْ wa-idh
And when Noun
قَالَتْ qālat
said V
أُمَّةٌ ummatun
a community Noun
مِّنْهُمْ min'hum
among them Prep
لِمَ lima
Why Noun
تَعِظُونَ taʿiẓūna
(do) you preach V
قَوْمًا qawman
a people Noun
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu
(whom) Allah Noun
مُهْلِكُهُمْ muh'likuhum
(is going to) destroy them Noun
أَوْ aw
or Prep
مُعَذِّبُهُمْ muʿadhibuhum
punish them Noun
عَذَابًا ʿadhāban
(with) a punishment Noun
شَدِيدًا shadīdan
severe Noun
قَالُوا۟ qālū
They said V
مَعْذِرَةً maʿdhiratan
To be absolved Noun
إِلَىٰ ilā
before Prep
رَبِّكُمْ rabbikum
your Lord Noun
وَلَعَلَّهُمْ walaʿallahum
and that they may Prep
يَتَّقُونَ yattaqūna
become righteous V

how, when some of them asked [their preachers], ‘Why do you bother preaching to people God will destroy, or at least punish severely?’ [the preachers] answered, ‘In order to be free from your Lord’s blame, and so that they may perhaps take heed.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَإِذۡ قَالَتۡ أُمَّةࣱ مِّنۡهُمۡ لِمَ تَعِظُونَ قَوۡمًا ٱللَّهُ مُهۡلِكُهُمۡ أَوۡ مُعَذِّبُهُمۡ عَذَابࣰا شَدِیدࣰاۖ قَالُوا۟ مَعۡذِرَةً إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمۡ وَلَعَلَّهُمۡ یَتَّقُونَ ۝١٦٤

wa-idh qālat ummatun min'hum lima taʿiẓūna qawman l-lahu muh'likuhum aw muʿadhibuhum ʿadhāban shadīdan qālū maʿdhiratan ilā rabbikum walaʿallahum yattaqūn

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