Quran 7:160 — Al-A'raaf, verse 160
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We divided them into twelve tribes [as distinct] communities, and, when his people asked him for water, inspired Moses to strike the rock with his staff [so that] twelve springs gushed out. Each tribe knew its own drinking place; We gave them the shade of clouds and sent down to them manna and quails [saying], ‘Eat the good things We have provided for you.’ They did not wrong Us; it was themselves they wronged.
وَقَطَّعْنَاهُمُ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ أَسْبَاطًا أُمَمًا ۚ وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ إِذِ اسْتَسْقَاهُ قَوْمُهُ أَنِ اضْرِبْ بِعَصَاكَ الْحَجَرَ ۖ فَانْبَجَسَتْ مِنْهُ اثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْنًا ۖ قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ أُنَاسٍ مَشْرَبَهُمْ ۚ وَظَلَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الْغَمَامَ وَأَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَنَّ وَالسَّلْوَىٰ ۖ كُلُوا مِنْ طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ ۚ وَمَا ظَلَمُونَا وَلَـٰكِنْ كَانُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ
waqaṭṭaʿnāhumu ith'natay ʿashrata asbāṭan umaman wa-awḥaynā ilā mūsā idhi is'tasqāhu qawmuhu ani iḍ'rib biʿaṣāka l-ḥajara fa-inbajasat min'hu ith'natā ʿashrata ʿaynan qad ʿalima kullu unāsin mashrabahum waẓallalnā ʿalayhimu l-ghamāma wa-anzalnā ʿalayhimu l-mana wal-salwā kulū min ṭayyibāti mā razaqnākum wamā ẓalamūnā walākin kānū anfusahum yaẓlimūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And We cut them up into twelve tribes, nations. And We revealed to Moses, when his people asked him for water: 'Strike with thy staff the rock'; and there gushed forth from it twelve fountains all the people knew now their drinking-place. And We outspread the cloud to overshadow them, and We sent down manna and quails upon them: 'Eat of the good things wherewith We have supplied you.' And they worked no wrong upon Us, but themselves they wronged.
- Muhammad Asad
- And We divided them into twelve tribes, [or] communities. And when his people asked Moses for water, We inspired him, "Strike the rock with thy staff!" -whereupon twelve springs gushed forth from it, so that all the people knew whence to drink., And We caused the clouds to comfort them with their shade, and We sent down unto them manna and quails, [saying:] "Partake of the good things which We have provided for you as sustenance." And [by all their sinning] they did no harm unto Us-but [only] against their own selves did they sin.
- Sahih International
- And We divided them into twelve descendant tribes [as distinct] nations. And We inspired to Moses when his people implored him for water, "Strike with your staff the stone," and there gushed forth from it twelve springs. Every people [i.e., tribe] knew its watering place. And We shaded them with clouds and sent down upon them manna and quails, [saying], "Eat from the good things with which We have provided you." And they wronged Us not, but they were [only] wronging themselves.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَطَّعْنَـٰهُمُwaqaṭṭaʿnāhumu | And We divided them | قطع |
| 2 | ٱثْنَتَىْith'natay | (into) two | ثني |
| 3 | عَشْرَةَʿashrata | (and) ten [i.e. twelve] | عشر |
| 4 | أَسْبَاطًاasbāṭan | tribes | سبط |
| 5 | أُمَمًۭا ۚumaman | (as) communities | أمم |
| 6 | وَأَوْحَيْنَآwa-awḥaynā | And We inspired | وحي |
| 7 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 8 | مُوسَىٰٓmūsā | Musa | — |
| 9 | إِذِidhi | when | — |
| 10 | ٱسْتَسْقَىٰهُis'tasqāhu | asked him for water | سقي |
| 11 | قَوْمُهُۥٓqawmuhu | his people | قوم |
| 12 | أَنِani | [that] | — |
| 13 | ٱضْرِبiḍ'rib | Strike | ضرب |
| 14 | بِّعَصَاكَbiʿaṣāka | with your staff | عصو |
| 15 | ٱلْحَجَرَ ۖl-ḥajara | the stone | حجر |
| 16 | فَٱنۢبَجَسَتْfa-inbajasat | Then gushed forth | بجس |
| 17 | مِنْهُmin'hu | from it | — |
| 18 | ٱثْنَتَاith'natā | two | ثني |
| 19 | عَشْرَةَʿashrata | (and) ten [i.e. twelve] | عشر |
| 20 | عَيْنًۭا ۖʿaynan | springs | عين |
| 21 | قَدْqad | Certainly | — |
| 22 | عَلِمَʿalima | knew | علم |
| 23 | كُلُّkullu | each | كلل |
| 24 | أُنَاسٍۢunāsin | people | أنس |
| 25 | مَّشْرَبَهُمْ ۚmashrabahum | their drinking place | شرب |
| 26 | وَظَلَّلْنَاwaẓallalnā | And We shaded | ظلل |
| 27 | عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimu | [on] them | — |
| 28 | ٱلْغَمَـٰمَl-ghamāma | (with) the clouds | غمم |
| 29 | وَأَنزَلْنَاwa-anzalnā | and We sent down | نزل |
| 30 | عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimu | upon them | — |
| 31 | ٱلْمَنَّl-mana | the manna | منن |
| 32 | وَٱلسَّلْوَىٰ ۖwal-salwā | and the quails | سلو |
| 33 | كُلُوا۟kulū | Eat | أكل |
| 34 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 35 | طَيِّبَـٰتِṭayyibāti | (the) good things | طيب |
| 36 | مَاmā | which | — |
| 37 | رَزَقْنَـٰكُمْ ۚrazaqnākum | We have provided you | رزق |
| 38 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 39 | ظَلَمُونَاẓalamūnā | they wronged Us | ظلم |
| 40 | وَلَـٰكِنwalākin | but | — |
| 41 | كَانُوٓا۟kānū | they were | كون |
| 42 | أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahum | (to) themselves | نفس |
| 43 | يَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūna | doing wrong | ظلم |