Quran 7:134

Surah Al-A'raaf, Verse 134

Juz 9 · Page 166 · Ruku 137 · Meccan

وَلَمَّا وَقَعَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلرِّجْزُ قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَى ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِندَكَ لَئِن كَشَفْتَ عَنَّا ٱلرِّجْزَ لَنُؤْمِنَنَّ لَكَ وَلَنُرْسِلَنَّ مَعَكَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

Word by word

وَلَمَّا walammā And when وَقَعَ waqaʿa fell عَلَيْهِمُ ʿalayhimu on them ٱلرِّجْزُ l-rij'zu the punishment قَالُوا۟ qālū they said يَـٰمُوسَى yāmūsā O Musa ٱدْعُ ud'ʿu Invoke لَنَا lanā for us رَبَّكَ rabbaka your Lord بِمَا bimā by what عَهِدَ ʿahida He has promised عِندَكَ ۖ ʿindaka to you لَئِن la-in If كَشَفْتَ kashafta you remove عَنَّا ʿannā from us ٱلرِّجْزَ l-rij'za the punishment لَنُؤْمِنَنَّ lanu'minanna surely, we will believe لَكَ laka [for] you وَلَنُرْسِلَنَّ walanur'silanna and surely, we will send مَعَكَ maʿaka with you بَنِىٓ banī (the) Children إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ is'rāīla (of) Israel

Transliteration

Walamma waqaAAa AAalayhimu arrijzuqaloo ya moosa odAAu lana rabbaka bimaAAahida AAindaka la-in kashafta AAanna arrijzalanu/minanna laka walanursilanna maAAaka banee isra-eel

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And when the terror fell on them they cried: O Moses! Pray for us unto thy Lord, because He hath a covenant with thee. If thou removest the terror from us we verily will trust thee and will let the Children of Israel go with thee.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Every time the penalty fell on them, they said: "O Moses! on your behalf call on thy Lord in virtue of his promise to thee: If thou wilt remove the penalty from us, we shall truly believe in thee, and we shall send away the Children of Israel with thee."

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

فأرسل الطوفان وهو الماء ففاض على وجه الأرض ثم ركد لا يقدرون على أن يحرثوا ولا أن يعملوا شيئا حتى جهدوا جوعا فلما بلغهم ذلك "قالوا يا موسى ادع لنا ربك بما عهد عندك لئن كشفت عنا الرجز لنؤمنن لك ولنرسلن معك بني إسرائيل" فدعا موسى ربه.