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Surah Nuh, Ayah 7 (71:7)

نُوح

وَإِنِّى كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوٓا۟ أَصَٰبِعَهُمْ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَٱسْتَغْشَوْا۟ …

Quran 71:7 is ayah 7 of Surah Nuh (“Noah”), a Meccan surah of 28 ayahs. It is in Juz 29, on page 570 of the Madani Mushaf.

71:7
وَإِنِّىكُلَّمَادَعَوْتُهُمْلِتَغْفِرَلَهُمْجَعَلُوٓا۟أَصَٰبِعَهُمْفِىٓءَاذَانِهِمْوَٱسْتَغْشَوْا۟ثِيَابَهُمْوَأَصَرُّوا۟وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ٱسْتِكْبَارًا٧
wa-innī kullamā daʿawtuhum litaghfira lahum jaʿalū aṣābiʿahum fī ādhānihim wa-is'taghshaw thiyābahum wa-aṣarrū wa-is'takbarū is'tik'bāran

And indeed, every time I invited them that You may forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, covered themselves with their garments, persisted, and were arrogant with [great] arrogance.(7)

Word by word

  1. وَإِنِّىwa-innīAnd indeed, I
  2. كُلَّمَاkullamāevery time
  3. دَعَوْتُهُمْdaʿawtuhumI invited them
  4. لِتَغْفِرَlitaghfirathat You may forgive
  5. لَهُمْlahumthem
  6. جَعَلُوٓا۟jaʿalūthey put
  7. أَصَٰبِعَهُمْaṣābiʿahumtheir fingers
  8. فِىٓfīin
  9. ءَاذَانِهِمْādhānihimtheir ears
  10. وَٱسْتَغْشَوْا۟wa-is'taghshawand covered themselves
  11. ثِيَابَهُمْthiyābahum(with) their garments
  12. وَأَصَرُّوا۟wa-aṣarrūand persisted
  13. وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟wa-is'takbarūand were arrogant
  14. ٱسْتِكْبَارًاis'tik'bāran(with) pride

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