Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 9 (7:9)

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وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ بَِٔايَٰتِنَا …

Quran 7:9 is ayah 9 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 8, on page 151 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:9
وَمَنْخَفَّتْمَوَٰزِينُهُۥفَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَٱلَّذِينَخَسِرُوٓا۟أَنفُسَهُمبِمَاكَانُوا۟بَِٔايَٰتِنَايَظْلِمُونَ٩
waman khaffat mawāzīnuhu fa-ulāika alladhīna khasirū anfusahum bimā kānū biāyātinā yaẓlimūna

And those whose scales are light - they are the ones who will lose themselves for what injustice they were doing toward Our verses.(9)

Word by word

  1. وَمَنْwamanAnd (for) those
  2. خَفَّتْkhaffat(will be) light
  3. مَوَٰزِينُهُۥmawāzīnuhuhis scales
  4. فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikaso those
  5. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(will be) the ones who
  6. خَسِرُوٓا۟khasirūlost
  7. أَنفُسَهُمanfusahumthemselves
  8. بِمَاbimābecause
  9. كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
  10. بَِٔايَٰتِنَاbiāyātināto Our Verses
  11. يَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūna(doing) injustice

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