Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 135 (7:135)

ٱلْأَعْرَاف

فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمُ ٱلرِّجْزَ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ هُم بَٰلِغُوهُ إِذَا هُمْ يَنكُثُونَ

Quran 7:135 is ayah 135 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.

7:135
فَلَمَّاكَشَفْنَاعَنْهُمُٱلرِّجْزَإِلَىٰٓأَجَلٍهُمبَٰلِغُوهُإِذَاهُمْيَنكُثُونَ١٣٥
falammā kashafnā ʿanhumu l-rij'za ilā ajalin hum bālighūhu idhā hum yankuthūna

But when We removed the punishment from them until a term which they were to reach, then at once they broke their word.(135)

Word by word

  1. فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
  2. كَشَفْنَاkashafnāWe removed
  3. عَنْهُمُʿanhumufrom them
  4. ٱلرِّجْزَl-rij'zathe punishment
  5. إِلَىٰٓilātill
  6. أَجَلٍajalina (fixed) term
  7. هُمhum(which) they
  8. بَٰلِغُوهُbālighūhuwere to reach [it]
  9. إِذَاidhāthen
  10. هُمْhumthey
  11. يَنكُثُونَyankuthūnabroke (the word)

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