ثُمَّ لََٔاتِيَنَّهُم مِّنۢ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ وَعَنْ أَيْمَٰنِهِمْ وَعَن شَمَآئِلِهِمْ ۖ …

Quran 7:17 is ayah 17 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 8, on page 152 of the Madani Mushaf.

Juz 8
Hizb 16
Page 152
Ruku 2
Revealed Mecca

7:17

ثُمَّلََٔاتِيَنَّهُممِّنۢبَيْنِأَيْدِيهِمْوَمِنْخَلْفِهِمْوَعَنْأَيْمَٰنِهِمْوَعَنشَمَآئِلِهِمْ ۖوَلَاتَجِدُأَكْثَرَهُمْشَٰكِرِينَ١٧

thumma laātiyannahum min bayni aydīhim wamin khalfihim waʿan aymānihim waʿan shamāilihim walā tajidu aktharahum shākirīna

Then I will come to them from before them and from behind them and on their right and on their left, and You will not find most of them grateful [to You]."(17)

Word by word

ثُمَّthummaThen
لََٔاتِيَنَّهُمlaātiyannahumsurely, I will come to them
مِّنۢminfrom
بَيْنِbaynibefore
أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimthem
وَمِنْwaminand from
خَلْفِهِمْkhalfihimbehind them
وَعَنْwaʿanand from
أَيْمَٰنِهِمْaymānihimtheir right
وَعَنwaʿanand from
شَمَآئِلِهِمْ ۖshamāilihimtheir left
وَلَاwalāand not
تَجِدُtajiduYou (will) find
أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahummost of them
شَٰكِرِينَshākirīnagrateful

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