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

Quran 7:160

7:160

وَقَطَّعْنَـٰهُمُ ٱثْنَتَىْ عَشْرَةَ أَسْبَاطًا أُمَمًا ۚ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ إِذِ ٱسْتَسْقَىٰهُ قَوْمُهُۥٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْحَجَرَ ۖ فَٱنۢبَجَسَتْ مِنْهُ ٱثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْنًا ۖ قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ أُنَاسٍ مَّشْرَبَهُمْ ۚ وَظَلَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْغَمَـٰمَ وَأَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْمَنَّ وَٱلسَّلْوَىٰ ۖ كُلُوا۟ مِن طَيِّبَـٰتِ مَا رَزَقْنَـٰكُمْ ۚ وَمَا ظَلَمُونَا وَلَـٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

waqaṭṭaʿnāhumu ith'natay ʿashrata asbāṭan umaman wa-awḥaynā ilā mūsā idhi is'tasqāhu qawmuhu ani iḍ'rib biʿaṣāka l-ḥajara fa-inbajasat min'hu ith'natā ʿashrata ʿaynan qad ʿalima kullu unāsin mashrabahum waẓallalnā ʿalayhimu l-ghamāma wa-anzalnā ʿalayhimu l-mana wal-salwā kulū min ṭayyibāti mā razaqnākum wamā ẓalamūnā walākin kānū anfusahum yaẓlimūna

And We divided them into twelve descendant tribes [as distinct] nations. And We inspired to Moses when his people implored him for water, "Strike with your staff the stone," and there gushed forth from it twelve springs. Every people [i.e., tribe] knew its watering place. And We shaded them with clouds and sent down upon them manna and quails, [saying], "Eat from the good things with which We have provided you." And they wronged Us not, but they were [only] wronging themselves.

— Saheeh International

We divided them into twelve tribes [as distinct] communities, and, when his people asked him for water, inspired Moses to strike the rock with his staff [so that] twelve springs gushed out. Each tribe knew its own drinking place; We gave them the shade of clouds and sent down to them manna and quails [saying], ‘Eat the good things We have provided for you.’ They did not wrong Us; it was themselves they wronged.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And We divided them into twelve tribes (as distinct) nations. We revealed to Mûsâ (Moses) when his people asked him for water (saying): "Strike the stone with your stick", and there gushed forth out of it twelve springs, each group knew its own place for water. We shaded them with the clouds and sent down upon them Al-Manna and the quails (saying): "Eat of the good things with which We have provided you." They harmed Us not but they used to harm themselves.

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

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وَقَطَّعْنَـٰهُمُwaqaṭṭaʿnāhumuAnd We divided them
ٱثْنَتَىْith'natay(into) two
عَشْرَةَʿashrata(and) ten [i.e. twelve]
أَسْبَاطًاasbāṭantribes
أُمَمًۭاۚumaman(as) communities
وَأَوْحَيْنَآwa-awḥaynāAnd We inspired
إِلَىٰilāto
مُوسَىٰٓmūsāMusa
إِذِidhiwhen
ٱسْتَسْقَىٰهُis'tasqāhuasked him for water
قَوْمُهُۥٓqawmuhuhis people
أَنِani[that]
ٱضْرِبiḍ'ribStrike
بِّعَصَاكَbiʿaṣākawith your staff
ٱلْحَجَرَۖl-ḥajarathe stone
فَٱنۢبَجَسَتْfa-inbajasatThen gushed forth
مِنْهُmin'hufrom it
ٱثْنَتَاith'natātwo
عَشْرَةَʿashrata(and) ten [i.e. twelve]
عَيْنًۭاۖʿaynansprings
قَدْqadCertainly
عَلِمَʿalimaknew
كُلُّkullueach
أُنَاسٍۢunāsinpeople
مَّشْرَبَهُمْۚmashrabahumtheir drinking place
وَظَلَّلْنَاwaẓallalnāAnd We shaded
عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimu[on] them
ٱلْغَمَـٰمَl-ghamāma(with) the clouds
وَأَنزَلْنَاwa-anzalnāand We sent down
عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuupon them
ٱلْمَنَّl-manathe manna
وَٱلسَّلْوَىٰۖwal-salwāand the quails
كُلُوا۟kulūEat
مِنminfrom
طَيِّبَـٰتِṭayyibāti(the) good things
مَاmāwhich
رَزَقْنَـٰكُمْۚrazaqnākumWe have provided you
وَمَاwamāAnd not
ظَلَمُونَاẓalamūnāthey wronged Us
وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
كَانُوٓا۟kānūthey were
أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahum(to) themselves
يَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūnadoing wrong