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Surah Al-A’raf, Verse 67

سورة الأعراف، الآية ٦٧

7:67 Juz 8 Hizb 16 Page 158 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 7:67

قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ لَيْسَ بِى سَفَاهَةٌ وَلَٰكِنِّى رَسُولٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝٦٧

Transliteration

qāla yāqawmi laysa bī safāhatun walākinnī rasūlun min rabbi l-ʿālamīna

Translation

[Hūd] said, "O my people, there is not foolishness in me, but I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds.

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Verse 67 of Surah Al-A’raf (7:67), a Meccan surah, is in juz 8, on page 158 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 67

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Hūd replied: “O my people I am not foolish or backward, but I am a messenger from the Lord of the Worlds.”

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Other translations of verse 67

He said, “O my people, there is no foolishness in me23, but I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds,

Notes

[23] This calm, well-poised answer is a great example of how to deal with the ignorant.

(Hûd) said: "O my people! There is no foolishness in me, but (I am) a Messenger from the Lord of the ‘Âlamîn (mankind, jinn and all that exists)!

He said: O my people! There is no foolishness in me, but I am a messenger from the Lord of the Worlds.

He said: "O my people! I am no imbecile, but (I am) a messenger from the Lord and Cherisher of the worlds!

He said: O my people! there is no folly in me, but I am an messenger of the Lord of the worlds.

Said he, "O my people! There is no foolishness in me, but I am a Messenger from The Lord of the worlds.

Verse 67 word by word

  1. قَالَ qāla He said ق و ل
  2. يَٰقَوْمِ yāqawmi O my people ق و م
  3. لَيْسَ laysa There is not ل ي س
  4. بِى bī in me
  5. سَفَاهَةٌ safāhatun foolishness س ف ه
  6. وَلَٰكِنِّى walākinnī but I am
  7. رَسُولٌ rasūlun a Messenger ر س ل
  8. مِّن min from
  9. رَّبِّ rabbi (the) Lord ر ب ب
  10. ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ l-ʿālamīna (of) the worlds ع ل م

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  • Al-A’raf 7:61

    قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ لَيْسَ بِى ضَلَٰلَةٌ وَلَٰكِنِّى رَسُولٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    [Noah] said, "O my people, there is not error in me, but I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds.

  • Al-Waqi’ah 56:80

    تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    [It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.

  • Al-Haqqah 69:43

    تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    [It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.

  • Al-A’raf 7:104

    وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ يَٰفِرْعَوْنُ إِنِّى رَسُولٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    And Moses said, "O Pharaoh, I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds

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