Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 169 (7:169)

ٱلْأَعْرَاف

فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ وَرِثُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ يَأْخُذُونَ عَرَضَ هَٰذَا ٱلْأَدْنَىٰ وَيَقُولُونَ …

Quran 7:169 is ayah 169 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 9, on page 172 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:169
فَخَلَفَمِنۢبَعْدِهِمْخَلْفٌوَرِثُوا۟ٱلْكِتَٰبَيَأْخُذُونَعَرَضَهَٰذَاٱلْأَدْنَىٰوَيَقُولُونَسَيُغْفَرُلَنَاوَإِنيَأْتِهِمْعَرَضٌمِّثْلُهُۥيَأْخُذُوهُ ۚأَلَمْيُؤْخَذْعَلَيْهِممِّيثَٰقُٱلْكِتَٰبِأَنلَّايَقُولُوا۟عَلَىٱللَّهِإِلَّاٱلْحَقَّوَدَرَسُوا۟مَافِيهِ ۗوَٱلدَّارُٱلَْٔاخِرَةُخَيْرٌلِّلَّذِينَيَتَّقُونَ ۗأَفَلَاتَعْقِلُونَ١٦٩
fakhalafa min baʿdihim khalfun warithū l-kitāba yakhudhūna ʿaraḍa hādhā l-adnā wayaqūlūna sayugh'faru lanā wa-in yatihim ʿaraḍun mith'luhu yakhudhūhu alam yu'khadh ʿalayhim mīthāqu l-kitābi an lā yaqūlū ʿalā l-lahi illā l-ḥaqa wadarasū mā fīhi wal-dāru l-ākhiratu khayrun lilladhīna yattaqūna afalā taʿqilūna

And there followed them successors who inherited the Scripture [while] taking the commodities of this lower life and saying, "It will be forgiven for us." And if an offer like it comes to them, they will [again] take it. Was not the covenant of the Scripture [i.e., the Torah] taken from them that they would not say about Allāh except the truth, and they studied what was in it? And the home of the Hereafter is better for those who fear Allāh, so will you not use reason?(169)

Word by word

  1. فَخَلَفَfakhalafaThen succeeded
  2. مِنۢminfrom
  3. بَعْدِهِمْbaʿdihimafter them
  4. خَلْفٌkhalfunsuccessors
  5. وَرِثُوا۟warithū(who) inherited
  6. ٱلْكِتَٰبَl-kitābathe Book
  7. يَأْخُذُونَyakhudhūnataking
  8. عَرَضَʿaraḍagoods
  9. هَٰذَاhādhā(of) this
  10. ٱلْأَدْنَىٰl-adnāthe lower (life)
  11. وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaand they say
  12. سَيُغْفَرُsayugh'faruIt will be forgiven
  13. لَنَاlanāfor us
  14. وَإِنwa-inAnd if
  15. يَأْتِهِمْyatihimcomes to them
  16. عَرَضٌʿaraḍungoods
  17. مِّثْلُهُۥmith'luhusimilar to it
  18. يَأْخُذُوهُ ۚyakhudhūhuthey will take it
  19. أَلَمْalamWas not
  20. يُؤْخَذْyu'khadhtaken
  21. عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimon them
  22. مِّيثَٰقُmīthāquCovenant
  23. ٱلْكِتَٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
  24. أَنanthat
  25. لَّاlānot
  26. يَقُولُوا۟yaqūlūthey will say
  27. عَلَىʿalāabout
  28. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  29. إِلَّاillāexcept
  30. ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe truth
  31. وَدَرَسُوا۟wadarasūwhile they studied
  32. مَاmāwhat
  33. فِيهِ ۗfīhi(is) in it
  34. وَٱلدَّارُwal-dāruAnd the home
  35. ٱلَْٔاخِرَةُl-ākhiratu(of) the Hereafter
  36. خَيْرٌkhayrun(is) better
  37. لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those who
  38. يَتَّقُونَ ۗyattaqūnafear Allah
  39. أَفَلَاafalāSo will not
  40. تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnayou use intellect

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