Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 72 (7:72)

ٱلْأَعْرَاف

فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا وَقَطَعْنَا دَابِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بَِٔايَٰتِنَا ۖ …

Quran 7:72 is ayah 72 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 8, on page 159 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:72
فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُوَٱلَّذِينَمَعَهُۥبِرَحْمَةٍمِّنَّاوَقَطَعْنَادَابِرَٱلَّذِينَكَذَّبُوا۟بَِٔايَٰتِنَا ۖوَمَاكَانُوا۟مُؤْمِنِينَ٧٢
fa-anjaynāhu wa-alladhīna maʿahu biraḥmatin minnā waqaṭaʿnā dābira alladhīna kadhabū biāyātinā wamā kānū mu'minīna

So We saved him and those with him by mercy from Us. And We eliminated those who denied Our signs, and they were not [at all] believers.(72)

Word by word

  1. فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُfa-anjaynāhuSo We saved him
  2. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those
  3. مَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith him
  4. بِرَحْمَةٍbiraḥmatinby Mercy
  5. مِّنَّاminnāfrom Us
  6. وَقَطَعْنَاwaqaṭaʿnāAnd We cut off
  7. دَابِرَdābirathe roots
  8. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
  9. كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūdenied
  10. بَِٔايَٰتِنَا ۖbiāyātināOur Signs
  11. وَمَاwamāand not
  12. كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
  13. مُؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers

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