Quran 7:129

Surah Al-A'raaf, Verse 129

Juz 9 · Page 165 · Ruku 136 · Meccan

قَالُوٓا۟ أُوذِينَا مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَأْتِيَنَا وَمِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جِئْتَنَا قَالَ عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ أَن يُهْلِكَ عَدُوَّكُمْ وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ

Word by word

قَالُوٓا۟ qālū They said أُوذِينَا ūdhīnā We have been harmed مِن min from قَبْلِ qabli before أَن an [that] تَأْتِيَنَا tatiyanā you came to us وَمِنۢ wamin from بَعْدِ baʿdi and after مَا mā [what] جِئْتَنَا ۚ ji'tanā you have come to us قَالَ qāla He said عَسَىٰ ʿasā Perhaps رَبُّكُمْ rabbukum your Lord أَن an [that] يُهْلِكَ yuh'lika will destroy عَدُوَّكُمْ ʿaduwwakum your enemy وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْ wayastakhlifakum and make you successors فِى fī in ٱلْأَرْضِ l-arḍi the earth فَيَنظُرَ fayanẓura then see كَيْفَ kayfa how تَعْمَلُونَ taʿmalūna you will do

Transliteration

Qaloo ootheena minqabli an ta/tiyana wamin baAAdi ma ji/tana qalaAAasa rabbukum an yuhlika AAaduwwakum wayastakhlifakum feeal-ardi fayanthura kayfa taAAmaloon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

They said: We suffered hurt before thou camest unto us, and since thou hast come unto us. He said: It may be that your Lord is going to destroy your adversary and make you viceroys in the earth, that He may see how ye behave.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They said: "We have had (nothing but) trouble, both before and after thou camest to us." He said: "It may be that your Lord will destroy your enemy and make you inheritors in the earth; that so He may try you by your deeds."

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

"قالوا أوذينا من قبل أن تأتينا ومن بعد ما جئتنا" أي : قد جرى علينا مثل ما رأيت من الهوان والإذلال من قبل ما جئت يا موسى ، ومن بعد ذلك . فقال منبها لهم على حالهم الحاضرة وما يصيرون إليه في ثاني الحال : ( عسى ربكم أن يهلك عدوكم [ ويستخلفكم في الأرض فينظر كيف تعملون ] ) وهذا تحضيض لهم على العزم على الشكر ، عند حلول النعم وزوال النقم .