Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 118 (7:118)

ٱلْأَعْرَاف

فَوَقَعَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

Quran 7:118 is ayah 118 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 9, on page 164 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:118
فَوَقَعَٱلْحَقُّوَبَطَلَمَاكَانُوا۟يَعْمَلُونَ١١٨
fawaqaʿa l-ḥaqu wabaṭala mā kānū yaʿmalūna

So the truth was established, and abolished was what they were doing.(118)

Word by word

  1. فَوَقَعَfawaqaʿaSo was established
  2. ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truth
  3. وَبَطَلَwabaṭalaand became futile
  4. مَاmāwhat
  5. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
  6. يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado

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