Surah Al-A'raf 7:47 — translation and meaning

الأعراف · Verse 47 / 206 · Page 156

وَإِذَا صُرِفَتْ أَبْصَارُهُمْ تِلْقَاءَ أَصْحَابِ النَّارِ قَالُوا رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا مَعَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ

Word by Word

وَإِذَا
wa-idha
And when
صُرِفَتْ
surifat
are turned
أَبْصَارُهُمْ
absaruhum
their eyes
تِلْقَاءَ
til'qaa
towards
أَصْحَابِ
ashabi
(the) companions
النَّارِ
al-nari
(of) the Fire
قَالُوا
qalu
they (will) say
رَبَّنَا
rabbana
Our Lord!
لَا
la
(Do) not
تَجْعَلْنَا
taj'alna
place us
مَعَ
ma'a
with
الْقَوْمِ
al-qawmi
the people
الظَّالِمِينَ
al-zalimina
the wrongdoers

Transliteration

Wa izaa surifat absaaruhum tilqaaa'a Ashaabin Naari qaalo Rabbanaa laa taj'alnaa ma'al qawmiz zaalimneen

Translation

And when their eyes are turned toward the companions of the Fire, they say, "Our Lord, do not place us with the wrongdoing people."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

When their eyes turn to the people who are the companions of Hell, and they see the severe punishment they are afflicted with, they pray: 'O our Lord! Do not put us with the wrongdoers, who disbelieved and worshipped others besides you!

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

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