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Al-A'raf 77

Ayah 77 of 206 · Meccan

فَعَقَرُواْ ٱلنَّاقَةَ وَعَتَوۡاْ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهِمۡ وَقَالُواْ يَٰصَٰلِحُ ٱئۡتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ٧٧

So they hamstrung the she-camel and were insolent toward the command of their Lord and said, "O Ṣāliḥ, bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the messengers."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَعَقَرُواْThen they hamstrungfaʿaqarū
  2. ٱلنَّاقَةَthe she-camell-nāqata
  3. وَعَتَوۡاْand (were) insolentwaʿataw
  4. عَنۡtowardsʿan
  5. أَمۡرِ(the) commandamri
  6. رَبِّهِمۡ(of) their Lordrabbihim
  7. وَقَالُواْand they saidwaqālū
  8. يَٰصَٰلِحُO Salihyāṣāliḥu
  9. ٱئۡتِنَاBring usi'tinā
  10. بِمَاwhatbimā
  11. تَعِدُنَآyou promise ustaʿidunā
  12. إِنifin
  13. كُنتَyou arekunta
  14. مِنَofmina
  15. ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَthe Messengersl-mur'salīna

Tafsir

So they killed the camel which they had been forbidden to harmfully touch, too proud to follow Allah’s command. Doubting what Ṣāliḥ had promised would happen, they mocked him saying: 'O Salih! Bring the painful punishment you have told us would afflict us, If you really are a messenger from Allah!'

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