Quran 7:167 — Al-A'raaf, verse 167
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
And then your Lord declared that, until the Day of Resurrection, He would send people against them to inflict terrible suffering on them. Your Lord is swift in punishment but He is most forgiving and merciful.
وَإِذْ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكَ لَيَبْعَثَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ مَنْ يَسُومُهُمْ سُوءَ الْعَذَابِ ۗ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَسَرِيعُ الْعِقَابِ ۖ وَإِنَّهُ لَغَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
wa-idh ta-adhana rabbuka layabʿathanna ʿalayhim ilā yawmi l-qiyāmati man yasūmuhum sūa l-ʿadhābi inna rabbaka lasarīʿu l-ʿiqābi wa-innahu laghafūrun raḥīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when Thy Lord proclaimed He would send forth against them, unto the Day of Resurrection, those who should visit them with evil chastisement. Surely thy Lord is swift in retribution; surely He is All-forgiving, All-compassionate.
- Muhammad Asad
- And lo! Thy Sustainer made it known that most certainly He would rouse against them, unto Resurrection Day, people who would afflict them with cruel suffering: verily, thy Sustainer is swift in retribution - yet, verily, He is [also] much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.
- Sahih International
- And [mention] when your Lord declared that He would surely [continue to] send upon them until the Day of Resurrection those who would afflict them with the worst torment. Indeed, your Lord is swift in penalty; but indeed, He is Forgiving and Merciful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذْwa-idh | And when | — |
| 2 | تَأَذَّنَta-adhana | declared | أذن |
| 3 | رَبُّكَrabbuka | your Lord | ربب |
| 4 | لَيَبْعَثَنَّlayabʿathanna | that He would surely send | بعث |
| 5 | عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim | upon them | — |
| 6 | إِلَىٰilā | till | — |
| 7 | يَوْمِyawmi | (the) Day | يوم |
| 8 | ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati | (of) the Resurrection | قوم |
| 9 | مَنman | (those) who | — |
| 10 | يَسُومُهُمْyasūmuhum | would afflict them | سوم |
| 11 | سُوٓءَsūa | (with) a grievous | سوأ |
| 12 | ٱلْعَذَابِ ۗl-ʿadhābi | [the] punishment | عذب |
| 13 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 14 | رَبَّكَrabbaka | your Lord | ربب |
| 15 | لَسَرِيعُlasarīʿu | (is) surely swift | سرع |
| 16 | ٱلْعِقَابِ ۖl-ʿiqābi | (in) the retribution | عقب |
| 17 | وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahu | but indeed, He | — |
| 18 | لَغَفُورٌۭlaghafūrun | (is) surely Oft-Forgiving | غفر |
| 19 | رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmun | Most Merciful | رحم |