Quran 7:17 — Al-A'raaf, verse 17
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
I will come at them- from their front and their back, from their right and their left- and You will find that most of them are ungrateful.’
ثُمَّ لَآتِيَنَّهُمْ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ وَعَنْ أَيْمَانِهِمْ وَعَنْ شَمَائِلِهِمْ ۖ وَلَا تَجِدُ أَكْثَرَهُمْ شَاكِرِينَ
thumma laātiyannahum min bayni aydīhim wamin khalfihim waʿan aymānihim waʿan shamāilihim walā tajidu aktharahum shākirīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- then I shall come on them from before them and from behind them, from their right hands and their left hands; Thou wilt not find most of them thankful.'
- Muhammad Asad
- and shall most certainly fall upon them openly as well as in a manner beyond their ken, and from their right and from their left: and most of them Thou wilt find ungrateful."
- Sahih International
- Then I will come to them from before them and from behind them and on their right and on their left, and You will not find most of them grateful [to You]."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 2 | لَـَٔاتِيَنَّهُمlaātiyannahum | surely, I will come to them | أتي |
| 3 | مِّنۢmin | from | — |
| 4 | بَيْنِbayni | before | بين |
| 5 | أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhim | them | يدي |
| 6 | وَمِنْwamin | and from | — |
| 7 | خَلْفِهِمْkhalfihim | behind them | خلف |
| 8 | وَعَنْwaʿan | and from | — |
| 9 | أَيْمَـٰنِهِمْaymānihim | their right | يمن |
| 10 | وَعَنwaʿan | and from | — |
| 11 | شَمَآئِلِهِمْ ۖshamāilihim | their left | شمل |
| 12 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 13 | تَجِدُtajidu | You (will) find | وجد |
| 14 | أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahum | most of them | كثر |
| 15 | شَـٰكِرِينَshākirīna | grateful | شكر |