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Al-A'raf 10

Ayah 10 of 206 · Meccan

وَلَقَدۡ مَكَّنَّٰكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَجَعَلۡنَا لَكُمۡ فِيهَا مَعَٰيِشَۗ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تَشۡكُرُونَ ١٠

And We have certainly established you upon the earth and made for you therein ways of livelihood. Little are you grateful.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَقَدۡAnd certainlywalaqad
  2. مَكَّنَّٰكُمۡWe established youmakkannākum
  3. فِيinfī
  4. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  5. وَجَعَلۡنَاand We madewajaʿalnā
  6. لَكُمۡfor youlakum
  7. فِيهَاin itfīhā
  8. مَعَٰيِشَۗlivelihoodmaʿāyisha
  9. قَلِيلٗاLittleqalīlan
  10. مَّا(is) whatmā
  11. تَشۡكُرُونَyou (are) gratefultashkurūna

Tafsir

Allah certainly established you, O children of Adam, on the earth, and gave you the means of making a living. You should be thankful to Allah for that, but you give little thanks.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran