And We divided them into twelve descendant tribes [as distinct] nations. And We inspired to Moses when his people implored him for water, "Strike with your staff the stone," and there gushed forth from it twelve springs. Every people [i.e., tribe] knew its watering place. And We shaded them with clouds and sent down upon them manna and quails, [saying], "Eat from the good things with which We have provided you." And they wronged Us not, but they were [only] wronging themselves.(160)
Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 160 (7:160)
ٱلْأَعْرَاف
وَقَطَّعْنَٰهُمُ ٱثْنَتَىْ عَشْرَةَ أَسْبَاطًا أُمَمًا ۚ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ إِذِ ٱسْتَسْقَىٰهُ …
Quran 7:160 is ayah 160 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 9, on page 171 of the Madani Mushaf.
- Juz 9
- Hizb 17
- Page 171
- Ruku 20
- Revealed Mecca
7:160
وَقَطَّعْنَٰهُمُٱثْنَتَىْعَشْرَةَأَسْبَاطًاأُمَمًا ۚوَأَوْحَيْنَآإِلَىٰمُوسَىٰٓإِذِٱسْتَسْقَىٰهُقَوْمُهُۥٓأَنِٱضْرِببِّعَصَاكَٱلْحَجَرَ ۖفَٱنۢبَجَسَتْمِنْهُٱثْنَتَاعَشْرَةَعَيْنًا ۖقَدْعَلِمَكُلُّأُنَاسٍمَّشْرَبَهُمْ ۚوَظَلَّلْنَاعَلَيْهِمُٱلْغَمَٰمَوَأَنزَلْنَاعَلَيْهِمُٱلْمَنَّوَٱلسَّلْوَىٰ ۖكُلُوا۟مِنطَيِّبَٰتِمَارَزَقْنَٰكُمْ ۚوَمَاظَلَمُونَاوَلَٰكِنكَانُوٓا۟أَنفُسَهُمْيَظْلِمُونَ١٦٠
waqaṭṭaʿnāhumu ith'natay ʿashrata asbāṭan umaman wa-awḥaynā ilā mūsā idhi is'tasqāhu qawmuhu ani iḍ'rib biʿaṣāka l-ḥajara fa-inbajasat min'hu ith'natā ʿashrata ʿaynan qad ʿalima kullu unāsin mashrabahum waẓallalnā ʿalayhimu l-ghamāma wa-anzalnā ʿalayhimu l-mana wal-salwā kulū min ṭayyibāti mā razaqnākum wamā ẓalamūnā walākin kānū anfusahum yaẓlimūna
Word by word
- وَقَطَّعْنَٰهُمُwaqaṭṭaʿnāhumuAnd We divided them
- ٱثْنَتَىْith'natay(into) two
- عَشْرَةَʿashrata(and) ten [i.e. twelve]
- أَسْبَاطًاasbāṭantribes
- أُمَمًا ۚumaman(as) communities
- وَأَوْحَيْنَآwa-awḥaynāAnd We inspired
- إِلَىٰilāto
- مُوسَىٰٓmūsāMusa
- إِذِidhiwhen
- ٱسْتَسْقَىٰهُis'tasqāhuasked him for water
- قَوْمُهُۥٓqawmuhuhis people
- أَنِani[that]
- ٱضْرِبiḍ'ribStrike
- بِّعَصَاكَbiʿaṣākawith your staff
- ٱلْحَجَرَ ۖl-ḥajarathe stone
- فَٱنۢبَجَسَتْfa-inbajasatThen gushed forth
- مِنْهُmin'hufrom it
- ٱثْنَتَاith'natātwo
- عَشْرَةَʿashrata(and) ten [i.e. twelve]
- عَيْنًا ۖʿaynansprings
- قَدْqadCertainly
- عَلِمَʿalimaknew
- كُلُّkullueach
- أُنَاسٍunāsinpeople
- مَّشْرَبَهُمْ ۚmashrabahumtheir drinking place
- وَظَلَّلْنَاwaẓallalnāAnd We shaded
- عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimu[on] them
- ٱلْغَمَٰمَl-ghamāma(with) the clouds
- وَأَنزَلْنَاwa-anzalnāand We sent down
- عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuupon them
- ٱلْمَنَّl-manathe manna
- وَٱلسَّلْوَىٰ ۖwal-salwāand the quails
- كُلُوا۟kulūEat
- مِنminfrom
- طَيِّبَٰتِṭayyibāti(the) good things
- مَاmāwhich
- رَزَقْنَٰكُمْ ۚrazaqnākumWe have provided you
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- ظَلَمُونَاẓalamūnāthey wronged Us
- وَلَٰكِنwalākinbut
- كَانُوٓا۟kānūthey were
- أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahum(to) themselves
- يَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūnadoing wrong
Tafsir (commentary) of 7:160
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