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Surah Al-A'raf Verse 164

Quran 7:164 · The Heights · Meccan · Juz 9

7:164

Arabic

وَاِذْ قَالَتْ اُمَّةٌ مِّنْهُمْ لِمَ تَعِظُوْنَ قَوْمًاۙ ۨاللّٰهُ مُهْلِكُهُمْ اَوْ مُعَذِّبُهُمْ عَذَابًا شَدِيْدًاۗ قَالُوْا مَعْذِرَةً اِلٰى رَبِّكُمْ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُوْنَ ۝١٦٤

Transliteration

Wa iż qōlat ummatum minhum lima ta‘iẓūna qoumā, allāhu muhlikuhum au mu‘ażżibuhum ‘ażāban syadīdā, qōlū ma‘żirotan ilā robbikum wa la‘allahum yattaqūn

Meaning

And when a group of them said, “Why do you counsel a people whom Allah will annihilate, or punish with a severe punishment?” They said, “As an excuse to your Lord, and so that they may become righteous.”

Surah Al-A'raf verse 164 (Quran 7:164) is verse 164 of the 206 verses of Surah Al-A'raf (The Heights), a Meccan surah that is number 7 in the Quran, and it is part of juz 9.

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Arabic text: Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia (Kemenag RI). Transliteration: Aplikita. English translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com (CC BY-ND 4.0).