Quran 7:74 — Al-A'raaf, verse 74
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Remember how He made you heirs after 'Ad and settled you in the land to build yourselves castles on its plains and carve houses out of the mountains: remember God’s blessings and do not spread corruption in the land,’
وَاذْكُرُوا إِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَفَاءَ مِنْ بَعْدِ عَادٍ وَبَوَّأَكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِنْ سُهُولِهَا قُصُورًا وَتَنْحِتُونَ الْجِبَالَ بُيُوتًا ۖ فَاذْكُرُوا آلَاءَ اللَّهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ
wa-udh'kurū idh jaʿalakum khulafāa min baʿdi ʿādin wabawwa-akum fī l-arḍi tattakhidhūna min suhūlihā quṣūran watanḥitūna l-jibāla buyūtan fa-udh'kurū ālāa l-lahi walā taʿthaw fī l-arḍi muf'sidīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And remember when He appointed you successors after Ad, and lodged you in the land, taking to yourselves castles of its plains, and hewing its mountains into houses. Remember God's bounties, and do not mischief in the earth, working corruption.'
- Muhammad Asad
- "And remember how He made you heirs to [the tribe of] `Ad and settled you firmly on earth, so that you [are able to] build for yourselves castles on its plains and hew out mountains [to serve you] as dwellings: remember, then, God's blessings, and do not act wickedly on earth by spreading corruption."
- Sahih International
- And remember when He made you successors after the ʿAad and settled you in the land, [and] you take for yourselves palaces from its plains and carve from the mountains, homes. Then remember the favors of Allāh and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟wa-udh'kurū | And remember | ذكر |
| 2 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 3 | جَعَلَكُمْjaʿalakum | He made you | جعل |
| 4 | خُلَفَآءَkhulafāa | successors | خلف |
| 5 | مِنۢmin | from | — |
| 6 | بَعْدِbaʿdi | after | بعد |
| 7 | عَادٍۢʿādin | Aad | عود |
| 8 | وَبَوَّأَكُمْwabawwa-akum | and settled you | بوأ |
| 9 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 10 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 11 | تَتَّخِذُونَtattakhidhūna | You take | أخذ |
| 12 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 13 | سُهُولِهَاsuhūlihā | its plains | سهل |
| 14 | قُصُورًۭاquṣūran | palaces | قصر |
| 15 | وَتَنْحِتُونَwatanḥitūna | and you carve out | نحت |
| 16 | ٱلْجِبَالَl-jibāla | the mountains | جبل |
| 17 | بُيُوتًۭا ۖbuyūtan | (as) homes | بيت |
| 18 | فَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟fa-udh'kurū | So remember | ذكر |
| 19 | ءَالَآءَālāa | (the) Bounties | ألو |
| 20 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 21 | وَلَاwalā | and (do) not | — |
| 22 | تَعْثَوْا۟taʿthaw | act wickedly | عثو |
| 23 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 24 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | (the) earth | أرض |
| 25 | مُفْسِدِينَmuf'sidīna | spreading corruption | فسد |