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Surah Al-A’raf, Verse 137

سورة الأعراف، الآية ١٣٧

7:137 Juz 9 Hizb 17 Page 166 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 7:137

وَأَوْرَثْنَا ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا۟ يُسْتَضْعَفُونَ مَشَٰرِقَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَغَٰرِبَهَا ٱلَّتِى بَٰرَكْنَا فِيهَا وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ عَلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ بِمَا صَبَرُوا۟ وَدَمَّرْنَا مَا كَانَ يَصْنَعُ فِرْعَوْنُ وَقَوْمُهُۥ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْرِشُونَ ۝١٣٧

Transliteration

wa-awrathnā l-qawma alladhīna kānū yus'taḍʿafūna mashāriqa l-arḍi wamaghāribahā allatī bāraknā fīhā watammat kalimatu rabbika l-ḥus'nā ʿalā banī is'rāīla bimā ṣabarū wadammarnā mā kāna yaṣnaʿu fir'ʿawnu waqawmuhu wamā kānū yaʿrishūna

Translation

And We caused the people who had been oppressed to inherit the eastern regions of the land and the western ones, which We had blessed. And the good word [i.e., decree] of your Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel because of what they had patiently endured. And We destroyed [all] that Pharaoh and his people were producing and what they had been building.

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Verse 137 of Surah Al-A’raf (7:137), a Meccan surah, is in juz 9, on page 166 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 137

Al-Mukhtasar

I made the Children of Israel, who had been humiliated by Pharaoh and his people, inherit the eastern areas of the land and the western areas of it (the lands of the Levant). Allah blessed this land, making it produce the best crops and fruits. So the good word of your Lord was fulfilled O Messenger where Allah says, ‘I wished to favour those who were weak in the earth, and to make them leaders and inheritors’ (Sūrat al-Qaṣaṣ: 5). So God established them in the land because of their patience in the face of the harm they had suffered from Pharaoh and his people, and God destroyed the agriculture and buildings of Pharaoh, and the palaces they had constructed.

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Other translations of verse 137

And We made the people who had been oppressed to inherit the lands of the east and west that We had blessed. The good word of your Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel because of what they endured patiently, and We destroyed what Pharaoh and his people used to make and what they used to construct.

And We made the people who were considered weak to inherit the eastern parts of the land and the western parts thereof which We have blessed. And the fair Word of your Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel, because of their endurance. And We destroyed completely all the great works and buildings which Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) and his people erected.

And We caused the folk who were despised to inherit the eastern parts of the land and the western parts thereof which We had blessed. And the fair word of thy Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel because of their endurance; and We annihilated (all) that Pharaoh and his folk had done and that they had contrived.

And We made a people, considered weak (and of no account), inheritors of lands in both east and west, - lands whereon We sent down Our blessings. The fair promise of thy Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel, because they had patience and constancy, and We levelled to the ground the great works and fine buildings which Pharaoh and his people erected (with such pride).

And We made the people who were deemed weak to mhent the eastern lands and the western ones which We had blessed; and the good word of your Lord was fulfilled in the children of Israel because they bore up (sufferings) patiently; and We utterly destroyed what Firon and his people had wrought and what they built.

And We caused the people that were deemed weak to inherit the eastern parts of the earth and the western parts, which We had blessed, and the Fairest Word of your Lord was perfectly (fulfilled) upon the Seeds of for whatever they (endured) patiently; and We destroyed whatever Firaawn (pharaoh) used to work, (i.e., make) and his people, and what they used to trellis. (Literally: to trellis. Understood here to mean build as thrones, palaces and towers).

Verse 137 word by word

  1. وَأَوْرَثْنَا wa-awrathnā And We made inheritors و ر ث
  2. ٱلْقَوْمَ l-qawma the people ق و م
  3. ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
  4. كَانُوا۟ kānū were ك و ن
  5. يُسْتَضْعَفُونَ yus'taḍʿafūna considered weak ض ع ف
  6. مَشَٰرِقَ mashāriqa (the) eastern (parts) ش ر ق
  7. ٱلْأَرْضِ l-arḍi (of) the land أ ر ض
  8. وَمَغَٰرِبَهَا wamaghāribahā and the western (parts) of it غ ر ب
  9. ٱلَّتِى allatī which
  10. بَٰرَكْنَا bāraknā We blessed ب ر ك
  11. فِيهَا fīhā [in it]
  12. وَتَمَّتْ watammat And was fulfilled ت م م
  13. كَلِمَتُ kalimatu (the) word ك ل م
  14. رَبِّكَ rabbika (of) your Lord ر ب ب
  15. ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ l-ḥus'nā the best ح س ن
  16. عَلَىٰ ʿalā for
  17. بَنِىٓ banī (the) Children ب ن ي
  18. إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ is'rāīla (of) Israel
  19. بِمَا bimā because
  20. صَبَرُوا۟ ṣabarū they were patient ص ب ر
  21. وَدَمَّرْنَا wadammarnā And We destroyed د م ر
  22. مَا mā what
  23. كَانَ kāna used to ك و ن
  24. يَصْنَعُ yaṣnaʿu make ص ن ع
  25. فِرْعَوْنُ fir'ʿawnu Firaun
  26. وَقَوْمُهُۥ waqawmuhu and his people ق و م
  27. وَمَا wamā and what
  28. كَانُوا۟ kānū they used to ك و ن
  29. يَعْرِشُونَ yaʿrishūna erect ع ر ش

Verses related to verse 137

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Qasas 28:5–6

    وَنُرِيدُ أَن نَّمُنَّ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَنَجْعَلَهُمْ أَئِمَّةً وَنَجْعَلَهُمُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ …

    And We wanted to confer favor upon those who were oppressed in the land and make them leaders and make them inheritors …

  • Ad-Dukhan 44:25–28

    كَمْ تَرَكُوا۟ مِن جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ …

    How much they left behind of gardens and springs …

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