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

Quran 7:39

7:39

وَقَالَتْ أُولَىٰهُمْ لِأُخْرَىٰهُمْ فَمَا كَانَ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا مِن فَضْلٍ فَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ

waqālat ūlāhum li-ukh'rāhum famā kāna lakum ʿalaynā min faḍlin fadhūqū l-ʿadhāba bimā kuntum taksibūna

And the first of them will say to the last of them, "Then you had not any favor over us, so taste the punishment for what you used to earn."

— Saheeh International

and the first of them will say to the last, ‘You were no better than us: taste the punishment you have earned.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

The first of them will say to the last of them: "You were not better than us, so taste the torment for what you used to earn."

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

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Word by Word

وَقَالَتْwaqālatAnd (will) say
أُولَىٰهُمْūlāhum(the) first of them
لِأُخْرَىٰهُمْli-ukh'rāhumto (the) last of them
فَمَاfamāThen not
كَانَkānais
لَكُمْlakumfor you
عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāupon us
مِنminany
فَضْلٍۢfaḍlinsuperiority
فَذُوقُوا۟fadhūqūso taste
ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishment
بِمَاbimāfor what
كُنتُمْkuntumyou used to
تَكْسِبُونَtaksibūnaearn