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Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 165 (7:165)

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فَلَمَّا نَسُوا۟ مَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ بِهِۦٓ أَنجَيْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلسُّوٓءِ وَأَخَذْنَا …

Quran 7:165 is ayah 165 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 9, on page 172 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:165
فَلَمَّانَسُوا۟مَاذُكِّرُوا۟بِهِۦٓأَنجَيْنَاٱلَّذِينَيَنْهَوْنَعَنِٱلسُّوٓءِوَأَخَذْنَاٱلَّذِينَظَلَمُوا۟بِعَذَابٍۭبَِٔيسٍۭبِمَاكَانُوا۟يَفْسُقُونَ١٦٥
falammā nasū mā dhukkirū bihi anjaynā alladhīna yanhawna ʿani l-sūi wa-akhadhnā alladhīna ẓalamū biʿadhābin baīsin bimā kānū yafsuqūna

And when they [i.e., those advised] forgot that by which they had been reminded, We saved those who had forbidden evil and seized those who wronged, with a wretched punishment, because they were defiantly disobeying.(165)

Word by word

  1. فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
  2. نَسُوا۟nasūthey forgot
  3. مَاmāwhat
  4. ذُكِّرُوا۟dhukkirūthey had been reminded
  5. بِهِۦٓbihiwith [it]
  6. أَنجَيْنَاanjaynāWe saved
  7. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  8. يَنْهَوْنَyanhawnaforbade
  9. عَنِʿani[from]
  10. ٱلسُّوٓءِl-sūithe evil
  11. وَأَخَذْنَاwa-akhadhnāand We seized
  12. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  13. ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūwronged
  14. بِعَذَابٍۭbiʿadhābinwith a punishment
  15. بَِٔيسٍۭbaīsinwretched
  16. بِمَاbimābecause
  17. كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
  18. يَفْسُقُونَyafsuqūnadefiantly disobeying

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