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

Quran 7:168

7:168

وَقَطَّعْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أُمَمًا ۖ مِّنْهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَ وَمِنْهُمْ دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَبَلَوْنَـٰهُم بِٱلْحَسَنَـٰتِ وَٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

waqaṭṭaʿnāhum fī l-arḍi umaman min'humu l-ṣāliḥūna wamin'hum dūna dhālika wabalawnāhum bil-ḥasanāti wal-sayiāti laʿallahum yarjiʿūna

And We divided them throughout the earth into nations. Of them some were righteous, and of them some were otherwise. And We tested them with good [times] and bad that perhaps they would return [to obedience].

— Saheeh International

We dispersed them over the earth in separate communities- some are righteous and some less so: We tested them with blessings and misfortunes, so that they might all return [to righteousness]-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And We have broken them (i.e. the Jews) up into various separate groups on the earth: some of them are righteous and some are away from that. And We tried them with good (blessings) and evil (calamities) in order that they might turn (to Allâh’s Obedience).

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

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وَقَطَّعْنَـٰهُمْwaqaṭṭaʿnāhumAnd We divided them
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
أُمَمًۭاۖumaman(as) nations
مِّنْهُمُmin'humuAmong them
ٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَl-ṣāliḥūna(are) the righteous
وَمِنْهُمْwamin'humand among them
دُونَdūna(are) other than
ذَٰلِكَۖdhālikathat
وَبَلَوْنَـٰهُمwabalawnāhumAnd We tested them
بِٱلْحَسَنَـٰتِbil-ḥasanātiwith the good
وَٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِwal-sayiātiand the bad
لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūnareturn