Quran 7:5 — Al-A'raaf, verse 5
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
their only cry when Our punishment came to them was, ‘How wrong we were!’
فَمَا كَانَ دَعْوَاهُمْ إِذْ جَاءَهُمْ بَأْسُنَا إِلَّا أَنْ قَالُوا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ
famā kāna daʿwāhum idh jāahum basunā illā an qālū innā kunnā ẓālimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and they but cried, when Our might came upon there, 'We were evildoers.';
- Muhammad Asad
- And when Our punishment came upon them, they had nothing to say for themselves, and could only cry, "Verily, we were wrongdoers!"
- Sahih International
- And their declaration when Our punishment came to them was only that they said, "Indeed, we were wrongdoers!"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَمَاfamā | Then not | — |
| 2 | كَانَkāna | was | كون |
| 3 | دَعْوَىٰهُمْdaʿwāhum | their plea | دعو |
| 4 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 5 | جَآءَهُمjāahum | came to them | جيأ |
| 6 | بَأْسُنَآbasunā | Our punishment | بأس |
| 7 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 8 | أَنan | that | — |
| 9 | قَالُوٓا۟qālū | they said | قول |
| 10 | إِنَّاinnā | Indeed, we | — |
| 11 | كُنَّاkunnā | were | كون |
| 12 | ظَـٰلِمِينَẓālimīna | wrongdoers | ظلم |