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

Quran 7:135

7:135

فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمُ ٱلرِّجْزَ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ هُم بَـٰلِغُوهُ إِذَا هُمْ يَنكُثُونَ

falammā kashafnā ʿanhumu l-rij'za ilā ajalin hum bālighūhu idhā hum yankuthūna

But when We removed the punishment from them until a term which they were to reach, then at once they broke their word.

— Saheeh International

but when We relieved them of the plague and gave them a fixed period [in which to fulfil their promise]- lo and behold!- they broke it.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

But when We removed the punishment from them to a fixed term, which they had to reach, behold! they broke their word!

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

Juz 9Page 166meccan

Word by Word

فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
كَشَفْنَاkashafnāWe removed
عَنْهُمُʿanhumufrom them
ٱلرِّجْزَl-rij'zathe punishment
إِلَىٰٓilātill
أَجَلٍajalina (fixed) term
هُمhum(which) they
بَـٰلِغُوهُbālighūhuwere to reach [it]
إِذَاidhāthen
هُمْhumthey
يَنكُثُونَyankuthūnabroke (the word)