Quran 7:39 — Al-A'raaf, verse 39
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and the first of them will say to the last, ‘You were no better than us: taste the punishment you have earned.’
وَقَالَتْ أُولَاهُمْ لِأُخْرَاهُمْ فَمَا كَانَ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ فَضْلٍ فَذُوقُوا الْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ
waqālat ūlāhum li-ukh'rāhum famā kāna lakum ʿalaynā min faḍlin fadhūqū l-ʿadhāba bimā kuntum taksibūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- The first of them shall say to the last of them, 'You have no superiority over us, then; so taste the chastisement for what you have been earning.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And the first of them will say unto the last of them: "So you were in no wise superior to us! Taste, then, this suffering for all [the evil] that you were wont to do!"
- Sahih International
- And the first of them will say to the last of them, "Then you had not any favor over us, so taste the punishment for what you used to earn."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالَتْwaqālat | And (will) say | قول |
| 2 | أُولَىٰهُمْūlāhum | (the) first of them | أول |
| 3 | لِأُخْرَىٰهُمْli-ukh'rāhum | to (the) last of them | أخر |
| 4 | فَمَاfamā | Then not | — |
| 5 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 6 | لَكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 7 | عَلَيْنَاʿalaynā | upon us | — |
| 8 | مِنmin | any | — |
| 9 | فَضْلٍۢfaḍlin | superiority | فضل |
| 10 | فَذُوقُوا۟fadhūqū | so taste | ذوق |
| 11 | ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhāba | the punishment | عذب |
| 12 | بِمَاbimā | for what | — |
| 13 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you used to | كون |
| 14 | تَكْسِبُونَtaksibūna | earn | كسب |