Surah Al-A'raf 7:5 — translation and meaning
الأعراف · Verse 5 / 206 · Page 151
فَمَا كَانَ دَعْوَاهُمْ إِذْ جَاءَهُم بَأْسُنَا إِلَّا أَن قَالُوا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ
Word by Word
فَمَا
fama
Then not
كَانَ
kana
was
دَعْوَاهُمْ
da'wahum
their plea
إِذْ
idh
when
جَاءَهُم
jaahum
came to them
بَأْسُنَا
basuna
Our punishment
إِلَّا
illa
except
أَن
an
that
قَالُوا
qalu
they said
إِنَّا
inna
Indeed we
كُنَّا
kunna
were
ظَالِمِينَ
zalimina
wrongdoers
Transliteration
Famaa kaana da'waahum iz jaaa'ahum baasunaa illaaa an qaalooo innaa kunnaa zaalimeen
Translation
And their declaration when Our punishment came to them was only that they said, "Indeed, we were wrongdoers!"
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
All they could do when the punishment came down on them was to admit that they had done wrong through their disbelief in Allah.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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