The Heights, The Elevated Places 7:168

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Arabic English Morphology
وَقَطَّعْنَٰهُمْ waqaṭṭaʿnāhum
And We divided them V
فِى
in Prep
the earth Noun
(as) nations Noun
Among them Prep
ٱلصَّٰلِحُونَ l-ṣāliḥūna
(are) the righteous Noun
and among them Prep
دُونَ dūna
(are) other than Noun
ذَٰلِكَ dhālika
that Noun
And We tested them V
with the good Noun
and the bad Noun
so that they may Prep
return V

We dispersed them over the earth in separate communities- some are righteous and some less so: We tested them with blessings and misfortunes, so that they might all return [to righteousness]

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَقَطَّعۡنَـٰهُمۡ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ أُمَمࣰاۖ مِّنۡهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَ وَمِنۡهُمۡ دُونَ ذَ ٰلِكَۖ وَبَلَوۡنَـٰهُم بِٱلۡحَسَنَـٰتِ وَٱلسَّیِّءَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ یَرۡجِعُونَ ۝١٦٨

waqaṭṭaʿnāhum fī l-arḍi umaman min'humu l-ṣāliḥūna wamin'hum dūna dhālika wabalawnāhum bil-ḥasanāti wal-sayiāti laʿallahum yarjiʿūn