Quran 7:173 — Al-A'raaf, verse 173
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
or, ‘It was our forefathers who, before us, ascribed partners to God, and we are only the descendants who came after them: will you destroy us because of falsehoods they invented?’
أَوْ تَقُولُوا إِنَّمَا أَشْرَكَ آبَاؤُنَا مِنْ قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا ذُرِّيَّةً مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ ۖ أَفَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ الْمُبْطِلُونَ
aw taqūlū innamā ashraka ābāunā min qablu wakunnā dhurriyyatan min baʿdihim afatuh'likunā bimā faʿala l-mub'ṭilūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- or lest you say, 'Our fathers were idolaters aforetime, and we were seed after them. What, wilt Thou then destroy us for the deeds of the vain-doers?'
- Muhammad Asad
- or lest you say, "Verily, it was but our forefathers who, in times gone by, began to ascribe divinity to other beings beside God; and we were but their late offspring: wilt Thou, then, destroy us for the doings of those inventors of falsehoods?"
- Sahih International
- Or [lest] you say, "It was only that our fathers associated [others in worship] with Allāh before, and we were but descendants after them. Then would You destroy us for what the falsifiers have done?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَوْaw | Or | — |
| 2 | تَقُولُوٓا۟taqūlū | you say | قول |
| 3 | إِنَّمَآinnamā | Only | — |
| 4 | أَشْرَكَashraka | partners (were) associated (with Allah) | شرك |
| 5 | ءَابَآؤُنَاābāunā | (by) our forefathers | أبو |
| 6 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 7 | قَبْلُqablu | before (us) | قبل |
| 8 | وَكُنَّاwakunnā | and we are | كون |
| 9 | ذُرِّيَّةًۭdhurriyyatan | descendants | ذرر |
| 10 | مِّنۢmin | from | — |
| 11 | بَعْدِهِمْ ۖbaʿdihim | after them | بعد |
| 12 | أَفَتُهْلِكُنَاafatuh'likunā | So will You destroy us | هلك |
| 13 | بِمَاbimā | for what | — |
| 14 | فَعَلَfaʿala | did | فعل |
| 15 | ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَl-mub'ṭilūna | the falsifiers | بطل |