The Heights, The Elevated Places — Verse 169

7:169 · al-A`raf

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The Heights, The Elevated Places 7:169

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Arabic English Morphology
فَخَلَفَ fakhalafa
Then succeeded V
مِنۢ min
from Prep
بَعْدِهِمْ baʿdihim
after them Noun
خَلْفٌ khalfun
successors Noun
وَرِثُوا۟ warithū
(who) inherited V
ٱلْكِتَٰبَ l-kitāba
the Book Noun
يَأْخُذُونَ yakhudhūna
taking V
عَرَضَ ʿaraḍa
goods Noun
هَٰذَا hādhā
(of) this Noun
ٱلْأَدْنَىٰ l-adnā
the lower (life) Noun
وَيَقُولُونَ wayaqūlūna
and they say V
سَيُغْفَرُ sayugh'faru
It will be forgiven V
لَنَا lanā
for us Noun
وَإِن wa-in
And if Prep
يَأْتِهِمْ yatihim
comes to them V
عَرَضٌ ʿaraḍun
goods Noun
مِّثْلُهُۥ mith'luhu
similar to it Noun
يَأْخُذُوهُ yakhudhūhu
they will take it V
أَلَمْ alam
Was not Prep
يُؤْخَذْ yu'khadh
taken V
عَلَيْهِم ʿalayhim
on them Prep
مِّيثَٰقُ mīthāqu
Covenant Noun
ٱلْكِتَٰبِ l-kitābi
(of) the Book Noun
أَن an
that Prep
لَّا lā
not Prep
يَقُولُوا۟ yaqūlū
they will say V
عَلَى ʿalā
about Prep
ٱللَّهِ l-lahi
Allah Noun
إِلَّا illā
except Prep
ٱلْحَقَّ l-ḥaqa
the truth Noun
وَدَرَسُوا۟ wadarasū
while they studied V
مَا mā
what Noun
فِيهِ fīhi
(is) in it Prep
وَٱلدَّارُ wal-dāru
And the home Noun
ٱلْءَاخِرَةُ l-ākhiratu
(of) the Hereafter Noun
خَيْرٌ khayrun
(is) better Noun
لِّلَّذِينَ lilladhīna
for those who Noun
يَتَّقُونَ yattaqūna
fear Allah V
أَفَلَا afalā
So will not Prep
تَعْقِلُونَ taʿqilūna
you use intellect V

and they were succeeded by generations who, although they inherited the Scripture, took the fleeting gains of this lower world, saying, ‘We shall be forgiven,’ and indeed taking them again if other such gains came their way. Was a pledge not taken from them, writ-ten in the Scripture, to say nothing but the truth about God? And they have studied its contents well. For those who are mindful of God, the Hereafter is better. ‘Why do you not use your reason?’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ خَلۡفࣱ وَرِثُوا۟ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبَ یَأۡخُذُونَ عَرَضَ هَـٰذَا ٱلۡأَدۡنَىٰ وَیَقُولُونَ سَیُغۡفَرُ لَنَا وَإِن یَأۡتِهِمۡ عَرَضࣱ مِّثۡلُهُۥ یَأۡخُذُوهُۚ أَلَمۡ یُؤۡخَذۡ عَلَیۡهِم مِّیثَـٰقُ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبِ أَن لَّا یَقُولُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلۡحَقَّ وَدَرَسُوا۟ مَا فِیهِۗ وَٱلدَّارُ ٱلۡءَاخِرَةُ خَیۡرࣱ لِّلَّذِینَ یَتَّقُونَۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ ۝١٦٩

fakhalafa min baʿdihim khalfun warithū l-kitāba yakhudhūna ʿaraḍa hādhā l-adnā wayaqūlūna sayugh'faru lanā wa-in yatihim ʿaraḍun mith'luhu yakhudhūhu alam yu'khadh ʿalayhim mīthāqu l-kitābi an lā yaqūlū ʿalā l-lahi illā l-ḥaqa wadarasū mā fīhi wal-dāru l-ākhiratu khayrun lilladhīna yattaqūna afalā taʿqilūn

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