Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 173 (7:173)

ٱلْأَعْرَاف

أَوْ تَقُولُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَشْرَكَ ءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا ذُرِّيَّةً مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ ۖ …

Quran 7:173 is ayah 173 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 9, on page 173 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:173
أَوْتَقُولُوٓا۟إِنَّمَآأَشْرَكَءَابَآؤُنَامِنقَبْلُوَكُنَّاذُرِّيَّةًمِّنۢبَعْدِهِمْ ۖأَفَتُهْلِكُنَابِمَافَعَلَٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ١٧٣
aw taqūlū innamā ashraka ābāunā min qablu wakunnā dhurriyyatan min baʿdihim afatuh'likunā bimā faʿala l-mub'ṭilūna

Or [lest] you say, "It was only that our fathers associated [others in worship] with Allāh before, and we were but descendants after them. Then would You destroy us for what the falsifiers have done?"(173)

Word by word

  1. أَوْawOr
  2. تَقُولُوٓا۟taqūlūyou say
  3. إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
  4. أَشْرَكَashrakapartners (were) associated (with Allah)
  5. ءَابَآؤُنَاābāunā(by) our forefathers
  6. مِنminfrom
  7. قَبْلُqablubefore (us)
  8. وَكُنَّاwakunnāand we are
  9. ذُرِّيَّةًdhurriyyatandescendants
  10. مِّنۢminfrom
  11. بَعْدِهِمْ ۖbaʿdihimafter them
  12. أَفَتُهْلِكُنَاafatuh'likunāSo will You destroy us
  13. بِمَاbimāfor what
  14. فَعَلَfaʿaladid
  15. ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَl-mub'ṭilūnathe falsifiers

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