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Quran 7:38Al-A'raaf, verse 38

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

God will say, ‘Join the crowds of jinn and humans who have gone before you into the Fire.’ Every crowd curses its fellow crowd as it enters, then, when they are all gathered inside, the last of them will say of the first, ‘Our Lord, it was they who led us astray: give them double punishment in the Fire’- God says, ‘Every one of you will have double punishment, though you do not know it’-

قَالَ ادْخُلُوا فِي أُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنْسِ فِي النَّارِ ۖ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَتْ أُمَّةٌ لَعَنَتْ أُخْتَهَا ۖ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا ادَّارَكُوا فِيهَا جَمِيعًا قَالَتْ أُخْرَاهُمْ لِأُولَاهُمْ رَبَّنَا هَـٰؤُلَاءِ أَضَلُّونَا فَآتِهِمْ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا مِنَ النَّارِ ۖ قَالَ لِكُلٍّ ضِعْفٌ وَلَـٰكِنْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

qāla ud'khulū fī umamin qad khalat min qablikum mina l-jini wal-insi fī l-nāri kullamā dakhalat ummatun laʿanat ukh'tahā ḥattā idhā iddārakū fīhā jamīʿan qālat ukh'rāhum liūlāhum rabbanā hāulāi aḍallūnā faātihim ʿadhāban ḍiʿ'fan mina l-nāri qāla likullin ḍiʿ'fun walākin lā taʿlamūna

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Word-by-word analysis of Al-A'raaf verse 38
#WordMeaningRoot
1قَالَqālaHe (will) sayقول
2ٱدْخُلُوا۟ud'khulūEnterدخل
3فِىٓamong
4أُمَمٍۢumamin(the) nationsأمم
5قَدْqad(who)
6خَلَتْkhalatpassed awayخلو
7مِنminfrom
8قَبْلِكُمqablikumbefore youقبل
9مِّنَminaof
10ٱلْجِنِّl-jinithe jinnجنن
11وَٱلْإِنسِwal-insiand the menأنس
12فِىin
13ٱلنَّارِ ۖl-nārithe Fireنور
14كُلَّمَاkullamāEvery timeكلل
15دَخَلَتْdakhalatenteredدخل
16أُمَّةٌۭummatuna nationأمم
17لَّعَنَتْlaʿanatit cursedلعن
18أُخْتَهَا ۖukh'tahāits sister (nation)أخو
19حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
20إِذَاidhāwhen
21ٱدَّارَكُوا۟iddārakūthey had overtaken one anotherدرك
22فِيهَاfīhāin it
23جَمِيعًۭاjamīʿanallجمع
24قَالَتْqālat(will) sayقول
25أُخْرَىٰهُمْukh'rāhum(the) last of themأخر
26لِأُولَىٰهُمْliūlāhumabout the first of themأول
27رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lordربب
28هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese
29أَضَلُّونَاaḍallūnāmisled usضلل
30فَـَٔاتِهِمْfaātihimso give themأتي
31عَذَابًۭاʿadhābanpunishmentعذب
32ضِعْفًۭاḍiʿ'fandoubleضعف
33مِّنَminaof
34ٱلنَّارِ ۖl-nārithe Fireنور
35قَالَqālaHe (will) sayقول
36لِكُلٍّۢlikullinFor eachكلل
37ضِعْفٌۭḍiʿ'fun(is) a doubleضعف
38وَلَـٰكِنwalākin[and] but
39لَّاnot
40تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou knowعلم