Quran 7:137 — Al-A'raaf, verse 137
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and We made those who had been oppressed succeed to both the east and the west of the land that We had blessed. Your Lord’s good promise to the Children of Israel was fulfilled, because of their patience, and We destroyed what Pharaoh and his people were making and what they were building.
وَأَوْرَثْنَا الْقَوْمَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يُسْتَضْعَفُونَ مَشَارِقَ الْأَرْضِ وَمَغَارِبَهَا الَّتِي بَارَكْنَا فِيهَا ۖ وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ الْحُسْنَىٰ عَلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ بِمَا صَبَرُوا ۖ وَدَمَّرْنَا مَا كَانَ يَصْنَعُ فِرْعَوْنُ وَقَوْمُهُ وَمَا كَانُوا يَعْرِشُونَ
wa-awrathnā l-qawma alladhīna kānū yus'taḍʿafūna mashāriqa l-arḍi wamaghāribahā allatī bāraknā fīhā watammat kalimatu rabbika l-ḥus'nā ʿalā banī is'rāīla bimā ṣabarū wadammarnā mā kāna yaṣnaʿu fir'ʿawnu waqawmuhu wamā kānū yaʿrishūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And We bequeathed upon the people that were abased all the east and the west of the land We had blessed; and perfectly was fulfilled the most fair word of thy Lord upon the Children of Israel, for that they endured patiently; and We destroyed utterly the works of Pharaoh and his people, and what they had been building.
- Muhammad Asad
- whereas unto the people who [in the past] had been deemed utterly low, We gave as their heritage the eastern and western parts of the land that We had blessed. And [thus] thy Sustainer's good promise unto the children of Israel was fulfilled in result of their patience in adversity; whereas We utterly destroyed all that Pharaoh and his people had wrought, and all that they had built.
- Sahih International
- And We caused the people who had been oppressed to inherit the eastern regions of the land and the western ones, which We had blessed. And the good word [i.e., decree] of your Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel because of what they had patiently endured. And We destroyed [all] that Pharaoh and his people were producing and what they had been building.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَأَوْرَثْنَاwa-awrathnā | And We made inheritors | ورث |
| 2 | ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawma | the people | قوم |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 4 | كَانُوا۟kānū | were | كون |
| 5 | يُسْتَضْعَفُونَyus'taḍʿafūna | considered weak | ضعف |
| 6 | مَشَـٰرِقَmashāriqa | (the) eastern (parts) | شرق |
| 7 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | (of) the land | أرض |
| 8 | وَمَغَـٰرِبَهَاwamaghāribahā | and the western (parts) of it | غرب |
| 9 | ٱلَّتِىallatī | which | — |
| 10 | بَـٰرَكْنَاbāraknā | We blessed | برك |
| 11 | فِيهَا ۖfīhā | [in it] | — |
| 12 | وَتَمَّتْwatammat | And was fulfilled | تمم |
| 13 | كَلِمَتُkalimatu | (the) word | كلم |
| 14 | رَبِّكَrabbika | (of) your Lord | ربب |
| 15 | ٱلْحُسْنَىٰl-ḥus'nā | the best | حسن |
| 16 | عَلَىٰʿalā | for | — |
| 17 | بَنِىٓbanī | (the) Children | بني |
| 18 | إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla | (of) Israel | — |
| 19 | بِمَاbimā | because | — |
| 20 | صَبَرُوا۟ ۖṣabarū | they were patient | صبر |
| 21 | وَدَمَّرْنَاwadammarnā | And We destroyed | دمر |
| 22 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 23 | كَانَkāna | used to | كون |
| 24 | يَصْنَعُyaṣnaʿu | make | صنع |
| 25 | فِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnu | Firaun | — |
| 26 | وَقَوْمُهُۥwaqawmuhu | and his people | قوم |
| 27 | وَمَاwamā | and what | — |
| 28 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used to | كون |
| 29 | يَعْرِشُونَyaʿrishūna | erect | عرش |