Quran 7:136 — Al-A'raaf, verse 136
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
And so, because they rejected Our signs and paid them no heed, We exacted retribution from them: We drowned them in the sea
فَانْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَاهُمْ فِي الْيَمِّ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَكَانُوا عَنْهَا غَافِلِينَ
fa-intaqamnā min'hum fa-aghraqnāhum fī l-yami bi-annahum kadhabū biāyātinā wakānū ʿanhā ghāfilīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So We took vengeance on them, and drowned them in the sea, for that they cried lies to Our signs and heeded them not.
- Muhammad Asad
- And so We inflicted Our retribution on them, and caused them to drown in the sea, because they had given the lie to Our messages and had been heedless of them;
- Sahih International
- So We took retribution from them, and We drowned them in the sea because they denied Our signs and were heedless of them.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَٱنتَقَمْنَاfa-intaqamnā | So We took retribution | نقم |
| 2 | مِنْهُمْmin'hum | from them | — |
| 3 | فَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْfa-aghraqnāhum | and We drowned them | غرق |
| 4 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 5 | ٱلْيَمِّl-yami | the sea | يمم |
| 6 | بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahum | because they | — |
| 7 | كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabū | denied | كذب |
| 8 | بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātinā | Our Signs | أيي |
| 9 | وَكَانُوا۟wakānū | and they were | كون |
| 10 | عَنْهَاʿanhā | to them | — |
| 11 | غَـٰفِلِينَghāfilīna | heedless | غفل |