Surah Al-A'raf 7:136 — translation and meaning
الأعراف · Verse 136 / 206 · Page 166
فَانتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَاهُمْ فِي الْيَمِّ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَكَانُوا عَنْهَا غَافِلِينَ
Word by Word
فَانتَقَمْنَا
fa-intaqamna
So We took retribution
مِنْهُمْ
min'hum
from them
فَأَغْرَقْنَاهُمْ
fa-aghraqnahum
and We drowned them
فِي
fi
in
الْيَمِّ
al-yami
the sea
بِأَنَّهُمْ
bi-annahum
because they
كَذَّبُوا
kadhabu
denied
بِآيَاتِنَا
biayatina
Our Signs
وَكَانُوا
wakanu
and they were
عَنْهَا
anha
to them
غَافِلِينَ
ghafilina
heedless
Transliteration
Fantaqamnaa minhum fa aghraqnaahum kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaa wa kaanoo 'anhaa ghaafileen
Translation
So We took retribution from them, and We drowned them in the sea because they denied Our signs and were heedless of them.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
So when the appointed time came for their destruction, I unleashed My punishment on them and drowned them in the sea because of their rejection of the signs of Allah and because they turned away from the truth about which there was no doubt.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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