Surah Al-A'raf 7:48 — translation and meaning

الأعراف · Verse 48 / 206 · Page 156

وَنَادَى أَصْحَابُ الْأَعْرَافِ رِجَالًا يَعْرِفُونَهُم بِسِيمَاهُمْ قَالُوا مَا أَغْنَى عَنكُمْ جَمْعُكُمْ وَمَا كُنتُمْ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

Word by Word

وَنَادَى
wanada
And (will) call out
أَصْحَابُ
ashabu
(the) companions
الْأَعْرَافِ
al-a'rafi
(of) the heights
رِجَالًا
rijalan
(to) men
يَعْرِفُونَهُم
ya'rifunahum
whom they recognize
بِسِيمَاهُمْ
bisimahum
by their marks
قَالُوا
qalu
saying
مَا
ma
Not
أَغْنَى
aghna
(has) availed
عَنكُمْ
ankum
[to] you
جَمْعُكُمْ
jam'ukum
your gathering
وَمَا
wama
and what
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you were
تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ
tastakbiruna
arrogant (about)

Transliteration

Wa naadaaa Ashaabul A'raffi rijaalany ya'rifoonahum biseemaahum qaaloo maaa aghnaa 'ankum jam'ukum wa maa kuntum tastakbiroon

Translation

And the companions of the Elevations will call to men [within Hell] whom they recognize by their mark, saying, "Of no avail to you was your gathering and [the fact] that you were arrogant."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

The companions of the Heights will call to people in Hell who had disbelieved, whom they recognize by their marks: ;It did not benefit you in the slightest when they used to gather together to prevent people from Allah’s path and arrogantly turn away from the truth.'

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

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