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

Quran 7:74

7:74

وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَفَآءَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ عَادٍ وَبَوَّأَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِن سُهُولِهَا قُصُورًا وَتَنْحِتُونَ ٱلْجِبَالَ بُيُوتًا ۖ فَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ ءَالَآءَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ

wa-udh'kurū idh jaʿalakum khulafāa min baʿdi ʿādin wabawwa-akum fī l-arḍi tattakhidhūna min suhūlihā quṣūran watanḥitūna l-jibāla buyūtan fa-udh'kurū ālāa l-lahi walā taʿthaw fī l-arḍi muf'sidīna

And remember when He made you successors after the ʿAad and settled you in the land, [and] you take for yourselves palaces from its plains and carve from the mountains, homes. Then remember the favors of Allāh and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption."

— Saheeh International

Remember how He made you heirs after 'Ad and settled you in the land to build yourselves castles on its plains and carve houses out of the mountains: remember God’s blessings and do not spread corruption in the land,’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And remember when He made you successors after ‘Âd (people) and gave you habitations in the land, you build for yourselves palaces in plains, and carve out homes in the mountains. So remember the graces (bestowed upon you) from Allâh, and do not go about making mischief on the earth."

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

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Word by Word

وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟wa-udh'kurūAnd remember
إِذْidhwhen
جَعَلَكُمْjaʿalakumHe made you
خُلَفَآءَkhulafāasuccessors
مِنۢminfrom
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
عَادٍۢʿādinAad
وَبَوَّأَكُمْwabawwa-akumand settled you
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
تَتَّخِذُونَtattakhidhūnaYou take
مِنminfrom
سُهُولِهَاsuhūlihāits plains
قُصُورًۭاquṣūranpalaces
وَتَنْحِتُونَwatanḥitūnaand you carve out
ٱلْجِبَالَl-jibālathe mountains
بُيُوتًۭاۖbuyūtan(as) homes
فَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟fa-udh'kurūSo remember
ءَالَآءَālāa(the) Bounties
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تَعْثَوْا۟taʿthawact wickedly
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi(the) earth
مُفْسِدِينَmuf'sidīnaspreading corruption