Surah Al-A'raf (الأعراف) • The Heights

Quran 7:100

7:100

أَوَلَمْ يَهْدِ لِلَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَهْلِهَآ أَن لَّوْ نَشَآءُ أَصَبْنَـٰهُم بِذُنُوبِهِمْ ۚ وَنَطْبَعُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ

awalam yahdi lilladhīna yarithūna l-arḍa min baʿdi ahlihā an law nashāu aṣabnāhum bidhunūbihim wanaṭbaʿu ʿalā qulūbihim fahum lā yasmaʿūna

Has it not become clear to those who inherited the earth after its [previous] people that if We willed, We could afflict them for their sins? But We seal over their hearts so they do not hear.

— Saheeh International

Is it not clear to those who inherit the land from former generations that We can punish them too for their sins if We will? And seal up their hearts so that they cannot hear?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Is it not clear to those who inherit the earth in succession from its (previous) possessors, that had We willed, We would have punished them for their sins. And We seal up their hearts so that they hear not?

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

أَوَلَمْawalamWould it not
يَهْدِyahdiguide
لِلَّذِينَlilladhīna[for] those who
يَرِثُونَyarithūnainherit
ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe land
مِنۢminfrom
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
أَهْلِهَآahlihāits people
أَنanthat
لَّوْlawif
نَشَآءُnashāuWe willed
أَصَبْنَـٰهُمaṣabnāhumWe (could) afflict them
بِذُنُوبِهِمْۚbidhunūbihimfor their sins
وَنَطْبَعُwanaṭbaʿuand We put a seal
عَلَىٰʿalāover
قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts
فَهُمْfahumso they
لَاlā(do) not
يَسْمَعُونَyasmaʿūnahear