Quran 7:102 — Al-A'raaf, verse 102
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We found that most of them did not honour their commitments; We found that most of them were defiant.
وَمَا وَجَدْنَا لِأَكْثَرِهِمْ مِنْ عَهْدٍ ۖ وَإِنْ وَجَدْنَا أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَفَاسِقِينَ
wamā wajadnā li-aktharihim min ʿahdin wa-in wajadnā aktharahum lafāsiqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We found no covenant in the most part of them; indeed, We found the most part of them ungodly.
- Muhammad Asad
- and in most of them We found no [inner] bond with anything that is right -and most of them We found to be iniquitous indeed.
- Sahih International
- And We did not find for most of them any covenant; but indeed, We found most of them defiantly disobedient.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | وَجَدْنَاwajadnā | We found | وجد |
| 3 | لِأَكْثَرِهِمli-aktharihim | for most of them | كثر |
| 4 | مِّنْmin | any | — |
| 5 | عَهْدٍۢ ۖʿahdin | covenant | عهد |
| 6 | وَإِنwa-in | But | — |
| 7 | وَجَدْنَآwajadnā | We found | وجد |
| 8 | أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahum | most of them | كثر |
| 9 | لَفَـٰسِقِينَlafāsiqīna | certainly, defiantly disobedient | فسق |