Quran 7:130 — Al-A'raaf, verse 130
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We inflicted years of drought and crop failure on Pharaoh’s people, so that they might take heed,
وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَا آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ بِالسِّنِينَ وَنَقْصٍ مِنَ الثَّمَرَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ
walaqad akhadhnā āla fir'ʿawna bil-sinīna wanaqṣin mina l-thamarāti laʿallahum yadhakkarūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then seized We Pharaoh's people with years of dearth, and scarcity of fruits, that haply they might remember.
- Muhammad Asad
- And most certainly did We overwhelm Pharaoh's people with drought and scarcity of fruits, so that they might take it to heart.
- Sahih International
- And We certainly seized the people of Pharaoh with years of famine and a deficiency in fruits that perhaps they would be reminded.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And certainly | — |
| 2 | أَخَذْنَآakhadhnā | We seized | أخذ |
| 3 | ءَالَāla | (the) people | أول |
| 4 | فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna | (of) Firaun | — |
| 5 | بِٱلسِّنِينَbil-sinīna | with years (of famine) | سنو |
| 6 | وَنَقْصٍۢwanaqṣin | and a deficit | نقص |
| 7 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 8 | ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِl-thamarāti | [the] fruits | ثمر |
| 9 | لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahum | so that they may | — |
| 10 | يَذَّكَّرُونَyadhakkarūna | receive admonition | ذكر |