Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 129 (7:129)

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قَالُوٓا۟ أُوذِينَا مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَأْتِيَنَا وَمِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جِئْتَنَا ۚ قَالَ عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ …

Quran 7:129 is ayah 129 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 9, on page 165 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:129
قَالُوٓا۟أُوذِينَامِنقَبْلِأَنتَأْتِيَنَاوَمِنۢبَعْدِمَاجِئْتَنَا ۚقَالَعَسَىٰرَبُّكُمْأَنيُهْلِكَعَدُوَّكُمْوَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْفِىٱلْأَرْضِفَيَنظُرَكَيْفَتَعْمَلُونَ١٢٩
qālū ūdhīnā min qabli an tatiyanā wamin baʿdi mā ji'tanā qāla ʿasā rabbukum an yuh'lika ʿaduwwakum wayastakhlifakum fī l-arḍi fayanẓura kayfa taʿmalūna

They said, "We have been harmed before you came to us and after you have come to us." He said, "Perhaps your Lord will destroy your enemy and grant you succession in the land and see how you will do."(129)

Word by word

  1. قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
  2. أُوذِينَاūdhīnāWe have been harmed
  3. مِنminfrom
  4. قَبْلِqablibefore
  5. أَنan[that]
  6. تَأْتِيَنَاtatiyanāyou came to us
  7. وَمِنۢwaminfrom
  8. بَعْدِbaʿdiand after
  9. مَاmā[what]
  10. جِئْتَنَا ۚji'tanāyou have come to us
  11. قَالَqālaHe said
  12. عَسَىٰʿasāPerhaps
  13. رَبُّكُمْrabbukumyour Lord
  14. أَنan[that]
  15. يُهْلِكَyuh'likawill destroy
  16. عَدُوَّكُمْʿaduwwakumyour enemy
  17. وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْwayastakhlifakumand make you successors
  18. فِىfīin
  19. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  20. فَيَنظُرَfayanẓurathen see
  21. كَيْفَkayfahow
  22. تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou will do

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