Quran 7:162 — Al-A'raaf, verse 162
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
the wrongdoers among them substituted another saying for that which had been given them, so We sent them a punishment from heaven for their wrongdoing.
فَبَدَّلَ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا مِنْهُمْ قَوْلًا غَيْرَ الَّذِي قِيلَ لَهُمْ فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِجْزًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَظْلِمُونَ
fabaddala alladhīna ẓalamū min'hum qawlan ghayra alladhī qīla lahum fa-arsalnā ʿalayhim rij'zan mina l-samāi bimā kānū yaẓlimūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then the evildoers of them substituted a saying other than that which had been said to them; so We sent down upon them wrath out of heaven for their evildoing.
- Muhammad Asad
- But those among them who were bent on wrongdoing substituted another saying for that which they had been given: and so We let loose against them a plague from heaven in requital of all their evil doings.
- Sahih International
- But those who wronged among them changed [the words] to a statement other than that which had been said to them. So We sent upon them a punishment from the sky for the wrong that they were doing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَبَدَّلَfabaddala | But changed | بدل |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 3 | ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamū | wronged | ظلم |
| 4 | مِنْهُمْmin'hum | among them | — |
| 5 | قَوْلًاqawlan | word | قول |
| 6 | غَيْرَghayra | other than | غير |
| 7 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | (that) which | — |
| 8 | قِيلَqīla | was said | قول |
| 9 | لَهُمْlahum | to them | — |
| 10 | فَأَرْسَلْنَاfa-arsalnā | So We sent | رسل |
| 11 | عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim | upon them | — |
| 12 | رِجْزًۭاrij'zan | torment | رجز |
| 13 | مِّنَmina | from | — |
| 14 | ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi | the sky | سمو |
| 15 | بِمَاbimā | because | — |
| 16 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they were | كون |
| 17 | يَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūna | doing wrong | ظلم |