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Al-A'raf 133

Ayah 133 of 206 · Meccan

فَأَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلطُّوفَانَ وَٱلۡجَرَادَ وَٱلۡقُمَّلَ وَٱلضَّفَادِعَ وَٱلدَّمَ ءَايَٰتٖ مُّفَصَّلَٰتٖ فَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ وَكَانُواْ قَوۡمٗا مُّجۡرِمِينَ ١٣٣

So We sent upon them the flood and locusts and lice and frogs and blood as distinct signs, but they were arrogant and were a criminal people.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَأَرۡسَلۡنَاSo We sentfa-arsalnā
  2. عَلَيۡهِمُon themʿalayhimu
  3. ٱلطُّوفَانَthe floodl-ṭūfāna
  4. وَٱلۡجَرَادَand the locustswal-jarāda
  5. وَٱلۡقُمَّلَand the licewal-qumala
  6. وَٱلضَّفَادِعَand the frogswal-ḍafādiʿa
  7. وَٱلدَّمَand the bloodwal-dama
  8. ءَايَٰتٖ(as) signsāyātin
  9. مُّفَصَّلَٰتٖmanifestmufaṣṣalātin
  10. فَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْbut they showed arrogancefa-is'takbarū
  11. وَكَانُواْand they werewakānū
  12. قَوۡمٗاa peopleqawman
  13. مُّجۡرِمِينَcriminalmuj'rimīna

Tafsir

As a punishment for their rejection and stubbornness, I sent floods of water that destroyed their crops and fruits; locusts and weevils that ate their crops and harvests;frogs which filled their dishes and containers, ruining their food, and disturbing their sleep; and turning the water in their wells and rivers into blood. All these were sent as clear and distinct signs, one after another. Despite all of these torments, they were too proud to have faith in Allah or to believe in what Moses (peace be upon him) brought. They were a people who committed wrongs, who would not give up falsehood, and would not be guided to the truth.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran