Sura 7 Al-A'raf (The Heights), ayah 163
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وَاسْأَلْهُمْ عَنِ الْقَرْيَةِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ حَاضِرَةَ الْبَحْرِ إِذْ يَعْدُونَ فِي السَّبْتِ إِذْ تَأْتِيهِمْ حِيتَانُهُمْ يَوْمَ سَبْتِهِمْ شُرَّعًا وَيَوْمَ لَا يَسْبِتُونَ ۙ لَا تَأْتِيهِمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَبْلُوهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْسُقُونَ
Translation by words
- وَسْـَٔلْهُمْ
- And ask them
- عَنِ
- about
- ٱلْقَرْيَةِ
- the town
- ٱلَّتِى
- which
- كَانَتْ
- was
- حَاضِرَةَ
- situated
- ٱلْبَحْرِ
- (by) the sea,
- إِذْ
- when
- يَعْدُونَ
- they transgressed
- فِى
- in
- ٱلسَّبْتِ
- the (matter of) Sabbath,
- إِذْ
- when
- تَأْتِيهِمْ
- came to them
- حِيتَانُهُمْ
- their fish
- يَوْمَ
- (on the) day
- سَبْتِهِمْ
- (of) their Sabbath
- شُرَّعًا
- visibly
- وَيَوْمَ
- and (on the) day
- لَا
- not
- يَسْبِتُونَ
- they had Sabbath
- لَا
- (they did) not
- تَأْتِيهِمْ
- come to them.
- كَذَٰلِكَ
- Thus
- نَبْلُوهُم
- We test them
- بِمَا
- because
- كَانُوا۟
- they were
- يَفْسُقُونَ
- defiantly disobeying.
And ask them about the town that was by the sea - when they transgressed in (the matter of) the sabbath - when their fish came to them openly on their sabbath day, and the day they had no sabbath they did not come to them. Thus did We give them trial because they were defiantly disobedient.
7:163
Translation: Saheeh International