Quran 7:129 — Al-A'raaf, verse 129
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and they replied, ‘We were being persecuted long before you came to us, and since then too.’ He said, ‘Your Lord may well destroy your enemy and make you successors to the land to see how you behave.’
قَالُوا أُوذِينَا مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ تَأْتِيَنَا وَمِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جِئْتَنَا ۚ قَالَ عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ أَنْ يُهْلِكَ عَدُوَّكُمْ وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَيَنْظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ
qālū ūdhīnā min qabli an tatiyanā wamin baʿdi mā ji'tanā qāla ʿasā rabbukum an yuh'lika ʿaduwwakum wayastakhlifakum fī l-arḍi fayanẓura kayfa taʿmalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They said, 'We have been hurt before thou camest to us, and after thou camest to us.' He said, 'Perchance your Lord will destroy your enemy, and will make you successors in the land, so that He may behold how you shall do.'
- Muhammad Asad
- [But the children of Israel] said: "We have suffered hurt ere thou camest to us and since thou hast come to us!" [Moses] replied: "It may well be that your Sustainer will destroy your foe and make you inherit the earth: and thereupon he will behold how you act."
- Sahih International
- They said, "We have been harmed before you came to us and after you have come to us." He said, "Perhaps your Lord will destroy your enemy and grant you succession in the land and see how you will do."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالُوٓا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 2 | أُوذِينَاūdhīnā | We have been harmed | أذي |
| 3 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 4 | قَبْلِqabli | before | قبل |
| 5 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 6 | تَأْتِيَنَاtatiyanā | you came to us | أتي |
| 7 | وَمِنۢwamin | from | — |
| 8 | بَعْدِbaʿdi | and after | بعد |
| 9 | مَاmā | [what] | — |
| 10 | جِئْتَنَا ۚji'tanā | you have come to us | جيأ |
| 11 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 12 | عَسَىٰʿasā | Perhaps | عسي |
| 13 | رَبُّكُمْrabbukum | your Lord | ربب |
| 14 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 15 | يُهْلِكَyuh'lika | will destroy | هلك |
| 16 | عَدُوَّكُمْʿaduwwakum | your enemy | عدو |
| 17 | وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْwayastakhlifakum | and make you successors | خلف |
| 18 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 19 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 20 | فَيَنظُرَfayanẓura | then see | نظر |
| 21 | كَيْفَkayfa | how | كيف |
| 22 | تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna | you will do | عمل |