Quran 7:48 — Al-A'raaf, verse 48
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and the people of the heights will call out to certain men they recognize by their marks, ‘What use were your great numbers and your false pride?
وَنَادَىٰ أَصْحَابُ الْأَعْرَافِ رِجَالًا يَعْرِفُونَهُمْ بِسِيمَاهُمْ قَالُوا مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْكُمْ جَمْعُكُمْ وَمَا كُنْتُمْ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ
wanādā aṣḥābu l-aʿrāfi rijālan yaʿrifūnahum bisīmāhum qālū mā aghnā ʿankum jamʿukum wamā kuntum tastakbirūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And the dwellers on the Battlements shall call to certain men they know by their sign: 'Your amassing has not availed you, neither your waxing proud.
- Muhammad Asad
- And they who [in life] had possessed this faculty of discernment will call out to those whom they recognize by their marks [as sinners], saying: "What has your amassing [of wealth] availed you, and all the false pride of your past?
- Sahih International
- And the companions of the Elevations will call to men [within Hell] whom they recognize by their mark, saying, "Of no avail to you was your gathering and [the fact] that you were arrogant."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَنَادَىٰٓwanādā | And (will) call out | ندو |
| 2 | أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu | (the) companions | صحب |
| 3 | ٱلْأَعْرَافِl-aʿrāfi | (of) the heights | عرف |
| 4 | رِجَالًۭاrijālan | (to) men | رجل |
| 5 | يَعْرِفُونَهُمyaʿrifūnahum | whom they recognize | عرف |
| 6 | بِسِيمَىٰهُمْbisīmāhum | by their marks | سوم |
| 7 | قَالُوا۟qālū | saying | قول |
| 8 | مَآmā | Not | — |
| 9 | أَغْنَىٰaghnā | (has) availed | غني |
| 10 | عَنكُمْʿankum | [to] you | — |
| 11 | جَمْعُكُمْjamʿukum | your gathering | جمع |
| 12 | وَمَاwamā | and what | — |
| 13 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you were | كون |
| 14 | تَسْتَكْبِرُونَtastakbirūna | arrogant (about) | كبر |