Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 133 (7:133)

ٱلْأَعْرَاف

فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلطُّوفَانَ وَٱلْجَرَادَ وَٱلْقُمَّلَ وَٱلضَّفَادِعَ وَٱلدَّمَ ءَايَٰتٍ …

Quran 7:133 is ayah 133 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 9, on page 166 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:133
فَأَرْسَلْنَاعَلَيْهِمُٱلطُّوفَانَوَٱلْجَرَادَوَٱلْقُمَّلَوَٱلضَّفَادِعَوَٱلدَّمَءَايَٰتٍمُّفَصَّلَٰتٍفَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟وَكَانُوا۟قَوْمًامُّجْرِمِينَ١٣٣
fa-arsalnā ʿalayhimu l-ṭūfāna wal-jarāda wal-qumala wal-ḍafādiʿa wal-dama āyātin mufaṣṣalātin fa-is'takbarū wakānū qawman muj'rimīna

So We sent upon them the flood and locusts and lice and frogs and blood as distinct signs, but they were arrogant and were a criminal people.(133)

Word by word

  1. فَأَرْسَلْنَاfa-arsalnāSo We sent
  2. عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuon them
  3. ٱلطُّوفَانَl-ṭūfānathe flood
  4. وَٱلْجَرَادَwal-jarādaand the locusts
  5. وَٱلْقُمَّلَwal-qumalaand the lice
  6. وَٱلضَّفَادِعَwal-ḍafādiʿaand the frogs
  7. وَٱلدَّمَwal-damaand the blood
  8. ءَايَٰتٍāyātin(as) signs
  9. مُّفَصَّلَٰتٍmufaṣṣalātinmanifest
  10. فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟fa-is'takbarūbut they showed arrogance
  11. وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand they were
  12. قَوْمًاqawmana people
  13. مُّجْرِمِينَmuj'rimīnacriminal

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