Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 137 (7:137)

ٱلْأَعْرَاف

وَأَوْرَثْنَا ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا۟ يُسْتَضْعَفُونَ مَشَٰرِقَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَغَٰرِبَهَا ٱلَّتِى …

Quran 7:137 is ayah 137 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 9, on page 166 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:137
وَأَوْرَثْنَاٱلْقَوْمَٱلَّذِينَكَانُوا۟يُسْتَضْعَفُونَمَشَٰرِقَٱلْأَرْضِوَمَغَٰرِبَهَاٱلَّتِىبَٰرَكْنَافِيهَا ۖوَتَمَّتْكَلِمَتُرَبِّكَٱلْحُسْنَىٰعَلَىٰبَنِىٓإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَبِمَاصَبَرُوا۟ ۖوَدَمَّرْنَامَاكَانَيَصْنَعُفِرْعَوْنُوَقَوْمُهُۥوَمَاكَانُوا۟يَعْرِشُونَ١٣٧
wa-awrathnā l-qawma alladhīna kānū yus'taḍʿafūna mashāriqa l-arḍi wamaghāribahā allatī bāraknā fīhā watammat kalimatu rabbika l-ḥus'nā ʿalā banī is'rāīla bimā ṣabarū wadammarnā mā kāna yaṣnaʿu fir'ʿawnu waqawmuhu wamā kānū yaʿrishūna

And We caused the people who had been oppressed to inherit the eastern regions of the land and the western ones, which We had blessed. And the good word [i.e., decree] of your Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel because of what they had patiently endured. And We destroyed [all] that Pharaoh and his people were producing and what they had been building.(137)

Word by word

  1. وَأَوْرَثْنَاwa-awrathnāAnd We made inheritors
  2. ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
  3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  4. كَانُوا۟kānūwere
  5. يُسْتَضْعَفُونَyus'taḍʿafūnaconsidered weak
  6. مَشَٰرِقَmashāriqa(the) eastern (parts)
  7. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi(of) the land
  8. وَمَغَٰرِبَهَاwamaghāribahāand the western (parts) of it
  9. ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
  10. بَٰرَكْنَاbāraknāWe blessed
  11. فِيهَا ۖfīhā[in it]
  12. وَتَمَّتْwatammatAnd was fulfilled
  13. كَلِمَتُkalimatu(the) word
  14. رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
  15. ٱلْحُسْنَىٰl-ḥus'nāthe best
  16. عَلَىٰʿalāfor
  17. بَنِىٓbanī(the) Children
  18. إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) Israel
  19. بِمَاbimābecause
  20. صَبَرُوا۟ ۖṣabarūthey were patient
  21. وَدَمَّرْنَاwadammarnāAnd We destroyed
  22. مَاmāwhat
  23. كَانَkānaused to
  24. يَصْنَعُyaṣnaʿumake
  25. فِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnuFiraun
  26. وَقَوْمُهُۥwaqawmuhuand his people
  27. وَمَاwamāand what
  28. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
  29. يَعْرِشُونَyaʿrishūnaerect

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