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)
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.
- Juz 9
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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
Word by word
- فَخَلَفَfakhalafaThen succeeded
- مِنۢminfrom
- بَعْدِهِمْbaʿdihimafter them
- خَلْفٌkhalfunsuccessors
- وَرِثُوا۟warithū(who) inherited
- ٱلْكِتَٰبَl-kitābathe Book
- يَأْخُذُونَyakhudhūnataking
- عَرَضَʿaraḍagoods
- هَٰذَاhādhā(of) this
- ٱلْأَدْنَىٰl-adnāthe lower (life)
- وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaand they say
- سَيُغْفَرُsayugh'faruIt will be forgiven
- لَنَاlanāfor us
- وَإِنwa-inAnd if
- يَأْتِهِمْyatihimcomes to them
- عَرَضٌʿaraḍungoods
- مِّثْلُهُۥmith'luhusimilar to it
- يَأْخُذُوهُ ۚyakhudhūhuthey will take it
- أَلَمْalamWas not
- يُؤْخَذْyu'khadhtaken
- عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimon them
- مِّيثَٰقُmīthāquCovenant
- ٱلْكِتَٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
- أَنanthat
- لَّاlānot
- يَقُولُوا۟yaqūlūthey will say
- عَلَىʿalāabout
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe truth
- وَدَرَسُوا۟wadarasūwhile they studied
- مَاmāwhat
- فِيهِ ۗfīhi(is) in it
- وَٱلدَّارُwal-dāruAnd the home
- ٱلَْٔاخِرَةُl-ākhiratu(of) the Hereafter
- خَيْرٌkhayrun(is) better
- لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those who
- يَتَّقُونَ ۗyattaqūnafear Allah
- أَفَلَاafalāSo will not
- تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnayou use intellect
Tafsir (commentary) of 7:169
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