Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 53 (7:53)

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هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا تَأْوِيلَهُۥ ۚ يَوْمَ يَأْتِى تَأْوِيلُهُۥ يَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ نَسُوهُ مِن قَبْلُ …

Quran 7:53 is ayah 53 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 8, on page 157 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:53
هَلْيَنظُرُونَإِلَّاتَأْوِيلَهُۥ ۚيَوْمَيَأْتِىتَأْوِيلُهُۥيَقُولُٱلَّذِينَنَسُوهُمِنقَبْلُقَدْجَآءَتْرُسُلُرَبِّنَابِٱلْحَقِّفَهَللَّنَامِنشُفَعَآءَفَيَشْفَعُوا۟لَنَآأَوْنُرَدُّفَنَعْمَلَغَيْرَٱلَّذِىكُنَّانَعْمَلُ ۚقَدْخَسِرُوٓا۟أَنفُسَهُمْوَضَلَّعَنْهُممَّاكَانُوا۟يَفْتَرُونَ٥٣
hal yanẓurūna illā tawīlahu yawma yatī tawīluhu yaqūlu alladhīna nasūhu min qablu qad jāat rusulu rabbinā bil-ḥaqi fahal lanā min shufaʿāa fayashfaʿū lanā aw nuraddu fanaʿmala ghayra alladhī kunnā naʿmalu qad khasirū anfusahum waḍalla ʿanhum mā kānū yaftarūna

Do they await except its result? The Day its result comes, those who had ignored it before will say, "The messengers of our Lord had come with the truth, so are there [now] any intercessors to intercede for us or could we be sent back to do other than what we used to do?" They will have lost themselves, and lost from them is what they used to invent.(53)

Word by word

  1. هَلْhalDo
  2. يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnathey wait
  3. إِلَّاillāexcept
  4. تَأْوِيلَهُۥ ۚtawīlahu(for) its fulfillment
  5. يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
  6. يَأْتِىyatī(will) come
  7. تَأْوِيلُهُۥtawīluhuits fulfillment
  8. يَقُولُyaqūluwill say
  9. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  10. نَسُوهُnasūhuhad forgotten it
  11. مِنminfrom
  12. قَبْلُqablubefore
  13. قَدْqadVerily
  14. جَآءَتْjāathad come
  15. رُسُلُrusulu(the) Messengers
  16. رَبِّنَاrabbinā(of) our Lord
  17. بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiwith the truth
  18. فَهَلfahalso are (there)
  19. لَّنَاlanāfor us
  20. مِنminany
  21. شُفَعَآءَshufaʿāaintercessors
  22. فَيَشْفَعُوا۟fayashfaʿūso (that) they intercede
  23. لَنَآlanāfor us
  24. أَوْawor
  25. نُرَدُّnuradduwe are sent back
  26. فَنَعْمَلَfanaʿmalaso (that) we do (deeds)
  27. غَيْرَghayraother than
  28. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthat which
  29. كُنَّاkunnāwe used to
  30. نَعْمَلُ ۚnaʿmaludo
  31. قَدْqadVerily
  32. خَسِرُوٓا۟khasirūthey lost
  33. أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
  34. وَضَلَّwaḍallaand strayed
  35. عَنْهُمʿanhumfrom them
  36. مَّاmāwhat
  37. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
  38. يَفْتَرُونَyaftarūnainvent

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