Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 39 (7:39)

ٱلْأَعْرَاف

وَقَالَتْ أُولَىٰهُمْ لِأُخْرَىٰهُمْ فَمَا كَانَ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا مِن فَضْلٍ فَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ …

Quran 7:39 is ayah 39 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 8, on page 155 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:39
وَقَالَتْأُولَىٰهُمْلِأُخْرَىٰهُمْفَمَاكَانَلَكُمْعَلَيْنَامِنفَضْلٍفَذُوقُوا۟ٱلْعَذَابَبِمَاكُنتُمْتَكْسِبُونَ٣٩
waqālat ūlāhum li-ukh'rāhum famā kāna lakum ʿalaynā min faḍlin fadhūqū l-ʿadhāba bimā kuntum taksibūna

And the first of them will say to the last of them, "Then you had not any favor over us, so taste the punishment for what you used to earn."(39)

Word by word

  1. وَقَالَتْwaqālatAnd (will) say
  2. أُولَىٰهُمْūlāhum(the) first of them
  3. لِأُخْرَىٰهُمْli-ukh'rāhumto (the) last of them
  4. فَمَاfamāThen not
  5. كَانَkānais
  6. لَكُمْlakumfor you
  7. عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāupon us
  8. مِنminany
  9. فَضْلٍfaḍlinsuperiority
  10. فَذُوقُوا۟fadhūqūso taste
  11. ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishment
  12. بِمَاbimāfor what
  13. كُنتُمْkuntumyou used to
  14. تَكْسِبُونَtaksibūnaearn

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