Quran 7:135 — Al-A'raaf, verse 135
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
but when We relieved them of the plague and gave them a fixed period [in which to fulfil their promise]- lo and behold!- they broke it.
فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمُ الرِّجْزَ إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ هُمْ بَالِغُوهُ إِذَا هُمْ يَنْكُثُونَ
falammā kashafnā ʿanhumu l-rij'za ilā ajalin hum bālighūhu idhā hum yankuthūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- But when We removed from them the wrath unto a term that they should come to, lo, they broke their troth.
- Muhammad Asad
- But whenever We removed the plague from them, giving them time to make good their promise, lo, they would break their word.
- Sahih International
- But when We removed the punishment from them until a term which they were to reach, then at once they broke their word.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَلَمَّاfalammā | But when | — |
| 2 | كَشَفْنَاkashafnā | We removed | كشف |
| 3 | عَنْهُمُʿanhumu | from them | — |
| 4 | ٱلرِّجْزَl-rij'za | the punishment | رجز |
| 5 | إِلَىٰٓilā | till | — |
| 6 | أَجَلٍajalin | a (fixed) term | أجل |
| 7 | هُمhum | (which) they | — |
| 8 | بَـٰلِغُوهُbālighūhu | were to reach [it] | بلغ |
| 9 | إِذَاidhā | then | — |
| 10 | هُمْhum | they | — |
| 11 | يَنكُثُونَyankuthūna | broke (the word) | نكث |