The Heights, The Elevated Places 7:39

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Arabic English Morphology
And (will) say V
(the) first of them Noun
to (the) last of them Noun
فَمَا famā
Then not Prep
كَانَ kāna
is V
لَكُمْ lakum
for you Noun
عَلَيْنَا ʿalaynā
upon us Prep
مِن min
any Prep
فَضْلٍ faḍlin
superiority Noun
so taste V
ٱلْعَذَابَ l-ʿadhāba
the punishment Noun
بِمَا bimā
for what Noun
you used to V
earn V

and the first of them will say to the last, ‘You were no better than us: taste the punishment you have earned.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَقَالَتۡ أُولَىٰهُمۡ لِأُخۡرَىٰهُمۡ فَمَا كَانَ لَكُمۡ عَلَیۡنَا مِن فَضۡلࣲ فَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلۡعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَكۡسِبُونَ ۝٣٩

waqālat ūlāhum li-ukh'rāhum famā kāna lakum ʿalaynā min faḍlin fadhūqū l-ʿadhāba bimā kuntum taksibūn