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Al-A'raf 155

Ayah 155 of 206 · Meccan

وَٱخۡتَارَ مُوسَىٰ قَوۡمَهُۥ سَبۡعِينَ رَجُلٗا لِّمِيقَٰتِنَاۖ فَلَمَّآ أَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلرَّجۡفَةُ قَالَ رَبِّ لَوۡ شِئۡتَ أَهۡلَكۡتَهُم مِّن قَبۡلُ وَإِيَّٰيَۖ أَتُهۡلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ مِنَّآۖ إِنۡ هِيَ إِلَّا فِتۡنَتُكَ تُضِلُّ بِهَا مَن تَشَآءُ وَتَهۡدِي مَن تَشَآءُۖ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا فَٱغۡفِرۡ لَنَا وَٱرۡحَمۡنَاۖ وَأَنتَ خَيۡرُ ٱلۡغَٰفِرِينَ ١٥٥

And Moses chose from his people seventy men for Our appointment.1 And when the earthquake seized them,2 he said, "My Lord, if You had willed, You could have destroyed them before and me [as well]. Would You destroy us for what the foolish among us have done? This is not but Your trial by which You send astray whom You will and guide whom You will. You are our Protector, so forgive us and have mercy upon us; and You are the best of forgivers.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Whereupon they were to apologize to Allāh for having worshipped the calf.

2 Upon reaching the appointed place, they said to Moses, "We will not believe until we see Allāh outright." So the mountain convulsed, killing them.

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَٱخۡتَارَAnd chosewa-ikh'tāra
  2. مُوسَىٰMusamūsā
  3. قَوۡمَهُۥ(from) his peopleqawmahu
  4. سَبۡعِينَseventysabʿīna
  5. رَجُلٗاmenrajulan
  6. لِّمِيقَٰتِنَاۖfor Our appointmentlimīqātinā
  7. فَلَمَّآThen whenfalammā
  8. أَخَذَتۡهُمُseized themakhadhathumu
  9. ٱلرَّجۡفَةُthe earthquakel-rajfatu
  10. قَالَhe saidqāla
  11. رَبِّO my Lordrabbi
  12. لَوۡIflaw
  13. شِئۡتَyou (had) willedshi'ta
  14. أَهۡلَكۡتَهُمYou (could) have destroyed themahlaktahum
  15. مِّنfrommin
  16. قَبۡلُbeforeqablu
  17. وَإِيَّٰيَۖand mewa-iyyāya
  18. أَتُهۡلِكُنَاWould You destroy usatuh'likunā
  19. بِمَاfor whatbimā
  20. فَعَلَdidfaʿala
  21. ٱلسُّفَهَآءُthe foolishl-sufahāu
  22. مِنَّآۖamong usminnā
  23. إِنۡNotin
  24. هِيَit (was)hiya
  25. إِلَّاbutillā
  26. فِتۡنَتُكَYour trialfit'natuka
  27. تُضِلُّYou let go astraytuḍillu
  28. بِهَاby itbihā
  29. مَنwhomman
  30. تَشَآءُYou willtashāu
  31. وَتَهۡدِيand You guidewatahdī
  32. مَنwhomman
  33. تَشَآءُۖYou willtashāu
  34. أَنتَYouanta
  35. وَلِيُّنَا(are) our Protectorwaliyyunā
  36. فَٱغۡفِرۡso forgivefa-igh'fir
  37. لَنَاuslanā
  38. وَٱرۡحَمۡنَاۖand have mercy upon uswa-ir'ḥamnā
  39. وَأَنتَand Youwa-anta
  40. خَيۡرُ(are) Bestkhayru
  41. ٱلۡغَٰفِرِينَ(of) Forgiversl-ghāfirīna

Tafsir

Moses chose seventy of the best men among his people to ask for forgiveness for what the foolish among them had done in worshipping the calf. Allah appointed a time and place for them, though when they reached there they became bold and asked Moses to let them see Allah with their eyes. So an earthquake seized them, and they were struck down and killed by the strength of it. So Moses begged his Lord, saying: 'O Lord, if You had willed to destroy them and myself before they had come to You, You could have done so. Would You destroy us because of what the foolish amongst us have done. What my people have done in worshipping the calf, was only a trial and test by which You led astray whom You willed, and guided whom you willed. You are our Protector, so forgive us our sins, and have mercy on us, for You are the best of those who forgive and overlook.'

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran