Quran 7:168 — Al-A'raaf, verse 168
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We dispersed them over the earth in separate communities- some are righteous and some less so: We tested them with blessings and misfortunes, so that they might all return [to righteousness]-
وَقَطَّعْنَاهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ أُمَمًا ۖ مِنْهُمُ الصَّالِحُونَ وَمِنْهُمْ دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَبَلَوْنَاهُمْ بِالْحَسَنَاتِ وَالسَّيِّئَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
waqaṭṭaʿnāhum fī l-arḍi umaman min'humu l-ṣāliḥūna wamin'hum dūna dhālika wabalawnāhum bil-ḥasanāti wal-sayiāti laʿallahum yarjiʿūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And We cut them up into nations in the earth, some of them righteous, and some of them otherwise; and We tried them with good things and evil, that haply they should return.
- Muhammad Asad
- And We dispersed them as [separate] communities all over the earth; some of them were righteous, and some of them less than that: and the latter We tried with blessings as well as with afflictions, so that they might mend their ways.
- Sahih International
- And We divided them throughout the earth into nations. Of them some were righteous, and of them some were otherwise. And We tested them with good [times] and bad that perhaps they would return [to obedience].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَطَّعْنَـٰهُمْwaqaṭṭaʿnāhum | And We divided them | قطع |
| 2 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 3 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 4 | أُمَمًۭا ۖumaman | (as) nations | أمم |
| 5 | مِّنْهُمُmin'humu | Among them | — |
| 6 | ٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَl-ṣāliḥūna | (are) the righteous | صلح |
| 7 | وَمِنْهُمْwamin'hum | and among them | — |
| 8 | دُونَdūna | (are) other than | دون |
| 9 | ذَٰلِكَ ۖdhālika | that | — |
| 10 | وَبَلَوْنَـٰهُمwabalawnāhum | And We tested them | بلو |
| 11 | بِٱلْحَسَنَـٰتِbil-ḥasanāti | with the good | حسن |
| 12 | وَٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِwal-sayiāti | and the bad | سوأ |
| 13 | لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahum | so that they may | — |
| 14 | يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūna | return | رجع |