The Heights, The Elevated Places — Verse 28

7:28 · al-A`raf

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The Heights, The Elevated Places 7:28

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Arabic English Morphology
وَإِذَا wa-idhā
And when Noun
فَعَلُوا۟ faʿalū
they do V
فَٰحِشَةً fāḥishatan
immorality Noun
قَالُوا۟ qālū
they say V
وَجَدْنَا wajadnā
We found V
عَلَيْهَآ ʿalayhā
on it Prep
ءَابَآءَنَا ābāanā
our forefathers Noun
وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu
and Allah Noun
أَمَرَنَا amaranā
(has) ordered us V
بِهَا bihā
of it Noun
قُلْ qul
Say V
إِنَّ inna
Indeed Prep
ٱللَّهَ l-laha
Allah Noun
لَا lā
(does) not Prep
يَأْمُرُ yamuru
order V
بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ bil-faḥshāi
immorality Noun
أَتَقُولُونَ ataqūlūna
Do you say V
عَلَى ʿalā
about Prep
ٱللَّهِ l-lahi
Allah Noun
مَا mā
what Noun
لَا lā
not Prep
تَعْلَمُونَ taʿlamūna
you know V

Yet when [these people] do something disgraceful, they say, ‘We found our forefathers doing this,’ and, ‘God has commanded us to do this.’ Say [Prophet], ‘God does not command disgraceful deeds. How can you say about God things that you do not know [to be true]?’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَإِذَا فَعَلُوا۟ فَـٰحِشَةࣰ قَالُوا۟ وَجَدۡنَا عَلَیۡهَاۤ ءَابَاۤءَنَا وَٱللَّهُ أَمَرَنَا بِهَاۗ قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا یَأۡمُرُ بِٱلۡفَحۡشَاۤءِۖ أَتَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ۝٢٨

wa-idhā faʿalū fāḥishatan qālū wajadnā ʿalayhā ābāanā wal-lahu amaranā bihā qul inna l-laha lā yamuru bil-faḥshāi ataqūlūna ʿalā l-lahi mā lā taʿlamūn

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