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Al-A'raf 7:169

فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ خَلۡفٞ وَرِثُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ يَأۡخُذُونَ عَرَضَ هَٰذَا ٱلۡأَدۡنَىٰ وَيَقُولُونَ سَيُغۡفَرُ لَنَا وَإِن يَأۡتِهِمۡ عَرَضٞ مِّثۡلُهُۥ يَأۡخُذُوهُۚ أَلَمۡ يُؤۡخَذۡ عَلَيۡهِم مِّيثَٰقُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ أَن لَّا يَقُولُواْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلۡحَقَّ وَدَرَسُواْ مَا فِيهِۗ وَٱلدَّارُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرٞ لِّلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ

Then they were succeeded by other generations who inherited the Scripture. They indulged in unlawful gains, claiming, “We will be forgiven ˹after all˺.” And if similar gain came their way, they would seize it. Was a covenant not taken from them in the Scripture that they would not say anything about Allah except the truth? And they were already well-versed in its teachings. But the ˹eternal˺ Home of the Hereafter is far better for those mindful ˹of Allah˺. Will you not then understand?

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فَخَلَفَ
fakhalafa
Then succeeded
Vocabulary
Root: خلف
مِنۢ
min
from
Vocabulary
بَعۡدِهِمۡ
baʿdihim
after them
Vocabulary
Root: بعد
خَلۡفٞ
khalfun
successors
Vocabulary
Root: خلف
وَرِثُواْ
warithū
(who) inherited
Vocabulary
Root: ورث
ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ
l-kitāba
the Book
Vocabulary
Root: كتب
يَأۡخُذُونَ
yakhudhūna
taking
Vocabulary
Root: اخذ
عَرَضَ
ʿaraḍa
goods
Vocabulary
Root: عرض
هَٰذَا
hādhā
(of) this
Vocabulary
ٱلۡأَدۡنَىٰ
l-adnā
the lower (life)
Vocabulary
Root: دنو
وَيَقُولُونَ
wayaqūlūna
and they say
Vocabulary
Root: قول
سَيُغۡفَرُ
sayugh'faru
It will be forgiven
Vocabulary
Root: غفر
لَنَا
lanā
for us
Vocabulary
وَإِن
wa-in
And if
Vocabulary
يَأۡتِهِمۡ
yatihim
comes to them
Vocabulary
Root: اتي
عَرَضٞ
ʿaraḍun
goods
Vocabulary
Root: عرض
مِّثۡلُهُۥ
mith'luhu
similar to it
Vocabulary
يَأۡخُذُوهُۚ
yakhudhūhu
they will take it
Vocabulary
Root: اخذ
أَلَمۡ
alam
Was not
Vocabulary
يُؤۡخَذۡ
yu'khadh
taken
Vocabulary
Root: اخذ
عَلَيۡهِم
ʿalayhim
on them
Vocabulary
مِّيثَٰقُ
mīthāqu
Covenant
Vocabulary
Root: وثق
ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ
l-kitābi
(of) the Book
Vocabulary
Root: كتب
أَن
an
that
Vocabulary
لَّا
lā
not
Vocabulary
يَقُولُواْ
yaqūlū
they will say
Vocabulary
Root: قول
عَلَى
ʿalā
about
Vocabulary
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
إِلَّا
illā
except
Vocabulary
ٱلۡحَقَّ
l-ḥaqa
the truth
Vocabulary
Root: حقق
وَدَرَسُواْ
wadarasū
while they studied
Vocabulary
Root: درس
مَا
mā
what
Vocabulary
فِيهِۗ
fīhi
(is) in it
Vocabulary
وَٱلدَّارُ
wal-dāru
And the home
Vocabulary
Root: دور
ٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ
l-ākhiratu
(of) the Hereafter
Vocabulary
خَيۡرٞ
khayrun
(is) better
Vocabulary
Root: خير
لِّلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
for those who
Vocabulary
يَتَّقُونَۚ
yattaqūna
fear Allah
Vocabulary
Root: وقي
أَفَلَا
afalā
So will not
Vocabulary
تَعۡقِلُونَ
taʿqilūna
you use intellect
Vocabulary
Root: عقل

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.