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Al-A'raf 73

Ayah 73 of 206 · Meccan

وَإِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمۡ صَٰلِحٗاۚ قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنۡ إِلَٰهٍ غَيۡرُهُۥۖ قَدۡ جَآءَتۡكُم بَيِّنَةٞ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡۖ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةُ ٱللَّهِ لَكُمۡ ءَايَةٗۖ فَذَرُوهَا تَأۡكُلۡ فِيٓ أَرۡضِ ٱللَّهِۖ وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٖ فَيَأۡخُذَكُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ٧٣

And to the Thamūd [We sent] their brother Ṣāliḥ. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. There has come to you clear evidence from your Lord. This is the she-camel of Allāh [sent] to you as a sign. So leave her to eat within Allāh's land and do not touch her with harm, lest there seize you a painful punishment.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِلَىٰAnd towa-ilā
  2. ثَمُودَThamudthamūda
  3. أَخَاهُمۡ(We sent) their brotherakhāhum
  4. صَٰلِحٗاۚSalihṣāliḥan
  5. قَالَHe saidqāla
  6. يَٰقَوۡمِO my peopleyāqawmi
  7. ٱعۡبُدُواْWorshipuʿ'budū
  8. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  9. مَاnotmā
  10. لَكُمfor youlakum
  11. مِّنۡanymin
  12. إِلَٰهٍgodilāhin
  13. غَيۡرُهُۥۖother than Himghayruhu
  14. قَدۡVerilyqad
  15. جَآءَتۡكُمhas come to youjāatkum
  16. بَيِّنَةٞa clear proofbayyinatun
  17. مِّنfrommin
  18. رَّبِّكُمۡۖyour Lordrabbikum
  19. هَٰذِهِۦThishādhihi
  20. نَاقَةُ(is) a she-camelnāqatu
  21. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  22. لَكُمۡ(it is) for youlakum
  23. ءَايَةٗۖa Signāyatan
  24. فَذَرُوهَاSo you leave herfadharūhā
  25. تَأۡكُلۡ(to) eattakul
  26. فِيٓonfī
  27. أَرۡضِ(the) eartharḍi
  28. ٱللَّهِۖ(of) Allahl-lahi
  29. وَلَاand (do) notwalā
  30. تَمَسُّوهَاtouch hertamassūhā
  31. بِسُوٓءٖwith harmbisūin
  32. فَيَأۡخُذَكُمۡlest seizes youfayakhudhakum
  33. عَذَابٌa punishmentʿadhābun
  34. أَلِيمٞpainfulalīmun

Tafsir

Then Allah sent to the tribe of Thamūd their brother Ṣāliḥ, to call them to belief in the Oneness of Allah and to worship Him alone. Ṣāliḥ said: 'O People! Believe in Allah alone, you have no other God worthy of being worshipped. I have come to you with a sign proving the truth of what I have brought you: namely a camel which will come out of a rock. It has an allocated time to drink from the water, and for you a seperate time to drink. Allow her to eat within Allah’s land and do not harm her in any way, or a painful punishment would befall you.'

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran