Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 77 (7:77)

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فَعَقَرُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةَ وَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰصَٰلِحُ ٱئْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ …

Quran 7:77 is ayah 77 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.

7:77
فَعَقَرُوا۟ٱلنَّاقَةَوَعَتَوْا۟عَنْأَمْرِرَبِّهِمْوَقَالُوا۟يَٰصَٰلِحُٱئْتِنَابِمَاتَعِدُنَآإِنكُنتَمِنَٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ٧٧
faʿaqarū l-nāqata waʿataw ʿan amri rabbihim waqālū yāṣāliḥu i'tinā bimā taʿidunā in kunta mina l-mur'salīna

So they hamstrung the she-camel and were insolent toward the command of their Lord and said, "O Ṣāliḥ, bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the messengers."(77)

Word by word

  1. فَعَقَرُوا۟faʿaqarūThen they hamstrung
  2. ٱلنَّاقَةَl-nāqatathe she-camel
  3. وَعَتَوْا۟waʿatawand (were) insolent
  4. عَنْʿantowards
  5. أَمْرِamri(the) command
  6. رَبِّهِمْrabbihim(of) their Lord
  7. وَقَالُوا۟waqālūand they said
  8. يَٰصَٰلِحُyāṣāliḥuO Salih
  9. ٱئْتِنَاi'tināBring us
  10. بِمَاbimāwhat
  11. تَعِدُنَآtaʿidunāyou promise us
  12. إِنinif
  13. كُنتَkuntayou are
  14. مِنَminaof
  15. ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَl-mur'salīnathe Messengers

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