Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 87 (7:87)

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وَإِن كَانَ طَآئِفَةٌ مِّنكُمْ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِٱلَّذِىٓ أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِۦ وَطَآئِفَةٌ لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُوا۟ …

Quran 7:87 is ayah 87 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 8, on page 161 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:87
وَإِنكَانَطَآئِفَةٌمِّنكُمْءَامَنُوا۟بِٱلَّذِىٓأُرْسِلْتُبِهِۦوَطَآئِفَةٌلَّمْيُؤْمِنُوا۟فَٱصْبِرُوا۟حَتَّىٰيَحْكُمَٱللَّهُبَيْنَنَا ۚوَهُوَخَيْرُٱلْحَٰكِمِينَ٨٧
wa-in kāna ṭāifatun minkum āmanū bi-alladhī ur'sil'tu bihi waṭāifatun lam yu'minū fa-iṣ'birū ḥattā yaḥkuma l-lahu baynanā wahuwa khayru l-ḥākimīna

And if there should be a group among you who has believed in that with which I have been sent and a group that has not believed, then be patient until Allāh judges between us. And He is the best of judges."(87)

Word by word

  1. وَإِنwa-inAnd if
  2. كَانَkāna(there) is
  3. طَآئِفَةٌṭāifatuna group
  4. مِّنكُمْminkumamong you
  5. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū(who has) believed
  6. بِٱلَّذِىٓbi-alladhīin that which
  7. أُرْسِلْتُur'sil'tuI have been sent
  8. بِهِۦbihiwith [it]
  9. وَطَآئِفَةٌwaṭāifatunand a group
  10. لَّمْlamnot
  11. يُؤْمِنُوا۟yu'minūthey believe
  12. فَٱصْبِرُوا۟fa-iṣ'birūthen be patient
  13. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
  14. يَحْكُمَyaḥkumajudges
  15. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  16. بَيْنَنَا ۚbaynanābetween us
  17. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
  18. خَيْرُkhayru(is the) Best
  19. ٱلْحَٰكِمِينَl-ḥākimīna(of) [the] Judges

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