Surah Al-A'raf 7:77 — translation and meaning

الأعراف · Verse 77 / 206 · Page 160

فَعَقَرُوا النَّاقَةَ وَعَتَوْا عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ وَقَالُوا يَاصَالِحُ ائْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَا إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

Word by Word

فَعَقَرُوا
fa'aqaru
Then they hamstrung
النَّاقَةَ
al-naqata
the she-camel
وَعَتَوْا
wa'ataw
and (were) insolent
عَنْ
an
towards
أَمْرِ
amri
(the) command
رَبِّهِمْ
rabbihim
(of) their Lord
وَقَالُوا
waqalu
and they said
يَاصَالِحُ
yasalihu
O Salih
ائْتِنَا
i'tina
Bring us
بِمَا
bima
what
تَعِدُنَا
ta'iduna
you promise us
إِن
in
if
كُنتَ
kunta
you are
مِنَ
mina
of
الْمُرْسَلِينَ
al-mur'salina
the Messengers

Transliteration

Fa'aqarun naaqata wa'ataw 'an amri Rabbihim wa qaaloo yaa Saalihu' tinaa bimaa ta'idunaaa in kunta minal mursaleen

Translation

So they hamstrung the she-camel and were insolent toward the command of their Lord and said, "O Salih, bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the messengers."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

So they killed the camel which they had been forbidden to harmfully touch, too proud to follow Allah’s command. Doubting what Ṣāliḥ had promised would happen, they mocked him saying: 'O Salih! Bring the painful punishment you have told us would afflict us, If you really are a messenger from Allah!'

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

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