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Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 79 (7:79)

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فَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ لَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكُمْ رِسَالَةَ رَبِّى وَنَصَحْتُ لَكُمْ وَلَٰكِن لَّا …

Quran 7:79 is ayah 79 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 8, on page 160 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:79
فَتَوَلَّىٰعَنْهُمْوَقَالَيَٰقَوْمِلَقَدْأَبْلَغْتُكُمْرِسَالَةَرَبِّىوَنَصَحْتُلَكُمْوَلَٰكِنلَّاتُحِبُّونَٱلنَّٰصِحِينَ٧٩
fatawallā ʿanhum waqāla yāqawmi laqad ablaghtukum risālata rabbī wanaṣaḥtu lakum walākin lā tuḥibbūna l-nāṣiḥīna

And he [i.e., Ṣāliḥ] turned away from them and said, "O my people, I had certainly conveyed to you the message of my Lord and advised you, but you do not like advisors."(79)

Word by word

  1. فَتَوَلَّىٰfatawallāSo he turned away
  2. عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
  3. وَقَالَwaqālaand he said
  4. يَٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
  5. لَقَدْlaqadVerily
  6. أَبْلَغْتُكُمْablaghtukumI have conveyed to you
  7. رِسَالَةَrisālata(the) Message
  8. رَبِّىrabbī(of) my Lord
  9. وَنَصَحْتُwanaṣaḥtuand [I] advised
  10. لَكُمْlakum[to] you
  11. وَلَٰكِنwalākinbut
  12. لَّاlānot
  13. تُحِبُّونَtuḥibbūnayou like
  14. ٱلنَّٰصِحِينَl-nāṣiḥīnathe advisers

Tafsir (commentary) of 7:79

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English · EnglishTafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) — Hafiz Ibn Kathir
«يَا أَبَا جَهْلِ بْنَ هِشَامٍ يَا عُتْبَةَ بْنَ رَبِيعَةَ يَا شَيْبَةَ بْنَ رَبِيعَةَ وَيَا فُلَانَ بْنَ فُلَانٍ هَلْ وَجَدْتُمْ مَا وَعَدَ رَبُّكُمْ حَقًّا،؟ فَإِنِّي وَجَدْتُ مَا وَعَدَنِي رَبِّي حَقًّا»

(O Abu Jahl bin Hisham! O `Utbah bin Rabi`ah! O Shaybah bin Rabi`ah! Did you find what your Lord has promised you (of torment) to be true, for I found what my Lord promised me (of victory) to be true.) `Umar said to him, "O Allah's Messenger! Why do you speak to a people who have rotted" He said,

«وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا أَنْتُمْ بِأَسْمَعَ لِمَا أَقُولُ مِنْهُمْ وَلَكِنْ لَا يُجِيبُون»

(By He in Whose Hand is my soul! You do not hear what I am saying better than they, but they cannot reply.) Similarly, Prophet Salih, peace be upon him, said to his people,

لَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكُمْ رِسَالَةَ رَبِّى وَنَصَحْتُ لَكُمْ

("I have indeed conveyed to you the Message of my Lord, and have given you good advice,") but you did not benefit from it because you do not like the Truth and do not follow those who give you sincere advice,

وَلَكِن لاَّ تُحِبُّونَ النَّـصِحِينَ

("but you like not good advisers.")

وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ أَتَأْتُونَ الْفَـحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُمْ بِهَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِّن الْعَـلَمِينَ

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