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

Quran 7:17

7:17

ثُمَّ لَـَٔاتِيَنَّهُم مِّنۢ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ وَعَنْ أَيْمَـٰنِهِمْ وَعَن شَمَآئِلِهِمْ ۖ وَلَا تَجِدُ أَكْثَرَهُمْ شَـٰكِرِينَ

thumma laātiyannahum min bayni aydīhim wamin khalfihim waʿan aymānihim waʿan shamāilihim walā tajidu aktharahum shākirīna

Then I will come to them from before them and from behind them and on their right and on their left, and You will not find most of them grateful [to You]."

— Saheeh International

I will come at them- from their front and their back, from their right and their left- and You will find that most of them are ungrateful.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"Then I will come to them from before them and behind them, from their right and from their left, and You will not find most of them as thankful ones (i.e. they will not be dutiful to You)."

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

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Word by Word

ثُمَّthummaThen
لَـَٔاتِيَنَّهُمlaātiyannahumsurely, I will come to them
مِّنۢminfrom
بَيْنِbaynibefore
أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimthem
وَمِنْwaminand from
خَلْفِهِمْkhalfihimbehind them
وَعَنْwaʿanand from
أَيْمَـٰنِهِمْaymānihimtheir right
وَعَنwaʿanand from
شَمَآئِلِهِمْۖshamāilihimtheir left
وَلَاwalāand not
تَجِدُtajiduYou (will) find
أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahummost of them
شَـٰكِرِينَshākirīnagrateful