Quran 7:163 — Al-A'raaf, verse 163
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Prophet], ask them about the town by the sea; how its people broke the Sabbath when their fish surfaced for them only on that day, never on weekdays- We tested them in this way: because of their disobedience-
وَاسْأَلْهُمْ عَنِ الْقَرْيَةِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ حَاضِرَةَ الْبَحْرِ إِذْ يَعْدُونَ فِي السَّبْتِ إِذْ تَأْتِيهِمْ حِيتَانُهُمْ يَوْمَ سَبْتِهِمْ شُرَّعًا وَيَوْمَ لَا يَسْبِتُونَ ۙ لَا تَأْتِيهِمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَبْلُوهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْسُقُونَ
wasalhum ʿani l-qaryati allatī kānat ḥāḍirata l-baḥri idh yaʿdūna fī l-sabti idh tatīhim ḥītānuhum yawma sabtihim shurraʿan wayawma lā yasbitūna lā tatīhim kadhālika nablūhum bimā kānū yafsuqūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And question them concerning the township which was bordering the sea, when they transgressed the Sabbath, when their fish came to them on the day of their Sabbath, swimming shorewards, but on the day they kept not Sabbath, they came not unto them. Even so We were trying them for their ungodliness.
- Muhammad Asad
- And ask them about that town which stood by the sea: how its people would profane the Sabbath whenever their fish came to them, breaking the water's surface, on a day on which they ought to have kept Sabbath -because they would not come to them on other than Sabbath-days! Thus did We try them by means of their [own] iniquitous doings.
- Sahih International
- And ask them about the town that was by the sea - when they transgressed in [the matter of] the sabbath - when their fish came to them openly on their sabbath day, and the day they had no sabbath they did not come to them. Thus did We give them trial because they were defiantly disobedient.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَسْـَٔلْهُمْwasalhum | And ask them | سأل |
| 2 | عَنِʿani | about | — |
| 3 | ٱلْقَرْيَةِl-qaryati | the town | قري |
| 4 | ٱلَّتِىallatī | which | — |
| 5 | كَانَتْkānat | was | كون |
| 6 | حَاضِرَةَḥāḍirata | situated | حضر |
| 7 | ٱلْبَحْرِl-baḥri | (by) the sea | بحر |
| 8 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 9 | يَعْدُونَyaʿdūna | they transgressed | عدو |
| 10 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 11 | ٱلسَّبْتِl-sabti | the (matter of) Sabbath | سبت |
| 12 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 13 | تَأْتِيهِمْtatīhim | came to them | أتي |
| 14 | حِيتَانُهُمْḥītānuhum | their fish | حوت |
| 15 | يَوْمَyawma | (on the) day | يوم |
| 16 | سَبْتِهِمْsabtihim | (of) their Sabbath | سبت |
| 17 | شُرَّعًۭاshurraʿan | visibly | شرع |
| 18 | وَيَوْمَwayawma | and (on the) day | يوم |
| 19 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 20 | يَسْبِتُونَ ۙyasbitūna | they had Sabbath | سبت |
| 21 | لَاlā | (they did) not | — |
| 22 | تَأْتِيهِمْ ۚtatīhim | come to them | أتي |
| 23 | كَذَٰلِكَkadhālika | Thus | — |
| 24 | نَبْلُوهُمnablūhum | We test them | بلو |
| 25 | بِمَاbimā | because | — |
| 26 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they were | كون |
| 27 | يَفْسُقُونَyafsuqūna | defiantly disobeying | فسق |