Surah Al-A'raf 7:167 — translation and meaning

الأعراف · Verse 167 / 206 · Page 172

ۗ ۖ وَإِذْ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكَ لَيَبْعَثَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ مَن يَسُومُهُمْ سُوءَ الْعَذَابِ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَسَرِيعُ الْعِقَابِ وَإِنَّهُ لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Word by Word

ۗ
ۖ
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
تَأَذَّنَ
ta-adhana
declared
رَبُّكَ
rabbuka
your Lord
لَيَبْعَثَنَّ
layab'athanna
that He would surely send
عَلَيْهِمْ
alayhim
upon them
إِلَى
ila
till
يَوْمِ
yawmi
(the) Day
الْقِيَامَةِ
al-qiyamati
(of) the Resurrection
مَن
man
(those) who
يَسُومُهُمْ
yasumuhum
would afflict them
سُوءَ
sua
(with) a grievous
الْعَذَابِ
al-'adhabi
[the] punishment
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
رَبَّكَ
rabbaka
your Lord
لَسَرِيعُ
lasari'u
(is) surely swift
الْعِقَابِ
al-'iqabi
(in) the retribution
وَإِنَّهُ
wa-innahu
but indeed He
لَغَفُورٌ
laghafurun
(is) surely Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌ
rahimun
Most Merciful

Transliteration

Wa iz ta azzana Rabbuka la yab'asannna 'alaihim ilaa Yawmil Qiyaamati mai yasoomuhum sooo'al 'azaab; inna Rabbaka lasaree'ul 'iqaab; wa innahoo la Ghafoorur Raheem

Translation

And [mention] when your Lord declared that He would surely [continue to] send upon them until the Day of Resurrection those who would afflict them with the worst torment. Indeed, your Lord is swift in penalty; but indeed, He is Forgiving and Merciful.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Mention, O Messenger, when Allah declared in clear terms that He would put over the Jews those who would humiliate and humble them in this life until the Day of Judgement. Your Lord is quick with the punishment for those who go against Him, sometimes punishing them in the worldly life. Yet He is Forgiving to whoever repents to Him from among His servants, and is Merciful to them.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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