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Al-A'raf 152

Ayah 152 of 206 · Meccan

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُواْ ٱلۡعِجۡلَ سَيَنَالُهُمۡ غَضَبٞ مِّن رَّبِّهِمۡ وَذِلَّةٞ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُفۡتَرِينَ ١٥٢

Indeed, those who took the calf [for worship] will obtain anger from their Lord and humiliation in the life of this world, and thus do We recompense the inventors [of falsehood].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِنَّIndeedinna
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  3. ٱتَّخَذُواْtookittakhadhū
  4. ٱلۡعِجۡلَthe calfl-ʿij'la
  5. سَيَنَالُهُمۡwill reach themsayanāluhum
  6. غَضَبٞwrathghaḍabun
  7. مِّنfrommin
  8. رَّبِّهِمۡtheir Lordrabbihim
  9. وَذِلَّةٞand humiliationwadhillatun
  10. فِيinfī
  11. ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِthe lifel-ḥayati
  12. ٱلدُّنۡيَاۚ(of) the worldl-dun'yā
  13. وَكَذَٰلِكَAnd thuswakadhālika
  14. نَجۡزِيWe recompensenajzī
  15. ٱلۡمُفۡتَرِينَthe ones who invent (falsehood)l-muf'tarīna

Tafsir

Without doubt, those who worshipped the calf will receive their Lord’s anger, and will have humiliation in this life, for displeasing their Lord and not acting according to His Command. That is how Allah rewards those who invent lies about Allah.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran