Al-A'raaf 7:100 — Quran | Pray for the Truth

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

Is it not clear to those who inherit the land from former generations that We can punish them too for their sins if We will? And seal up their hearts so that they cannot hear?

أَوَلَمْ يَهْدِ لِلَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ الْأَرْضَ مِنْ بَعْدِ أَهْلِهَا أَنْ لَوْ نَشَاءُ أَصَبْنَاهُمْ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ ۚ وَنَطْبَعُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ

awalam yahdi lilladhīna yarithūna l-arḍa min baʿdi ahlihā an law nashāu aṣabnāhum bidhunūbihim wanaṭbaʿu ʿalā qulūbihim fahum lā yasmaʿūna

A. J. Arberry: Is it not a guidance to those who inherit the earth after those who inhabited it that, did We will, We would smite them because of their sins, sealing their hearts so they do not hear?
Muhammad Asad: Has it, then, not become obvious unto those who have inherited the earth in the wake of former generations that, if We so willed, We could smite them [too] by means of their sins, sealing their hearts so that they cannot hear [the truth]?
Sahih International: Has it not become clear to those who inherited the earth after its [previous] people that if We willed, We could afflict them for their sins? But We seal over their hearts so they do not hear.

Word-by-word analysis of Al-A'raaf verse 100
#	Word	Meaning	Root
1	أَوَلَمْawalam	Would it not	—
2	يَهْدِyahdi	guide	هدي
3	لِلَّذِينَlilladhīna	[for] those who	—
4	يَرِثُونَyarithūna	inherit	ورث
5	ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍa	the land	أرض
6	مِنۢmin	from	—
7	بَعْدِbaʿdi	after	بعد
8	أَهْلِهَآahlihā	its people	أهل
9	أَنan	that	—
10	لَّوْlaw	if	—
11	نَشَآءُnashāu	We willed	شيأ
12	أَصَبْنَـٰهُمaṣabnāhum	We (could) afflict them	صوب
13	بِذُنُوبِهِمْ ۚbidhunūbihim	for their sins	ذنب
14	وَنَطْبَعُwanaṭbaʿu	and We put a seal	طبع
15	عَلَىٰʿalā	over	—
16	قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihim	their hearts	قلب
17	فَهُمْfahum	so they	—
18	لَاlā	(do) not	—
19	يَسْمَعُونَyasmaʿūna	hear	سمع

Quran 7:100 — Al-A'raaf, verse 100

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