Sura 7 Al-A'raf (The Heights), ayah 129
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قَالُوا أُوذِينَا مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ تَأْتِيَنَا وَمِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جِئْتَنَا ۚ قَالَ عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ أَنْ يُهْلِكَ عَدُوَّكُمْ وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَيَنْظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ
Translation by words
- قَالُوٓا۟
- They said,
- أُوذِينَا
- "We have been harmed
- مِن
- from
- قَبْلِ
- before
- أَن
- [that]
- تَأْتِيَنَا
- you came to us
- وَمِنۢ
- from
- بَعْدِ
- and after
- مَا
- [what]
- جِئْتَنَا
- you have come to us."
- قَالَ
- He said,
- عَسَىٰ
- "Perhaps
- رَبُّكُمْ
- your Lord
- أَن
- [that]
- يُهْلِكَ
- will destroy
- عَدُوَّكُمْ
- your enemy
- وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْ
- and make you successors
- فِى
- in
- ٱلْأَرْضِ
- the earth,
- فَيَنظُرَ
- then see
- كَيْفَ
- how
- تَعْمَلُونَ
- you will do."
They said, "We have been harmed before you came to us and after you have come to us." He said, "Perhaps your Lord will destroy your enemy and grant you succession in the land and see how you will do."
7:129
Translation: Saheeh International