Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 74 (7:74)

ٱلْأَعْرَاف

وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَفَآءَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ عَادٍ وَبَوَّأَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِن …

Quran 7:74 is ayah 74 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 8, on page 160 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:74
وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟إِذْجَعَلَكُمْخُلَفَآءَمِنۢبَعْدِعَادٍوَبَوَّأَكُمْفِىٱلْأَرْضِتَتَّخِذُونَمِنسُهُولِهَاقُصُورًاوَتَنْحِتُونَٱلْجِبَالَبُيُوتًا ۖفَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ءَالَآءَٱللَّهِوَلَاتَعْثَوْا۟فِىٱلْأَرْضِمُفْسِدِينَ٧٤
wa-udh'kurū idh jaʿalakum khulafāa min baʿdi ʿādin wabawwa-akum fī l-arḍi tattakhidhūna min suhūlihā quṣūran watanḥitūna l-jibāla buyūtan fa-udh'kurū ālāa l-lahi walā taʿthaw fī l-arḍi muf'sidīna

And remember when He made you successors after the ʿAad and settled you in the land, [and] you take for yourselves palaces from its plains and carve from the mountains, homes. Then remember the favors of Allāh and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption."(74)

Word by word

  1. وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟wa-udh'kurūAnd remember
  2. إِذْidhwhen
  3. جَعَلَكُمْjaʿalakumHe made you
  4. خُلَفَآءَkhulafāasuccessors
  5. مِنۢminfrom
  6. بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
  7. عَادٍʿādinAad
  8. وَبَوَّأَكُمْwabawwa-akumand settled you
  9. فِىfīin
  10. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  11. تَتَّخِذُونَtattakhidhūnaYou take
  12. مِنminfrom
  13. سُهُولِهَاsuhūlihāits plains
  14. قُصُورًاquṣūranpalaces
  15. وَتَنْحِتُونَwatanḥitūnaand you carve out
  16. ٱلْجِبَالَl-jibālathe mountains
  17. بُيُوتًا ۖbuyūtan(as) homes
  18. فَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟fa-udh'kurūSo remember
  19. ءَالَآءَālāa(the) Bounties
  20. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  21. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
  22. تَعْثَوْا۟taʿthawact wickedly
  23. فِىfīin
  24. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi(the) earth
  25. مُفْسِدِينَmuf'sidīnaspreading corruption

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