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

Quran 7:77

7:77

فَعَقَرُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةَ وَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ وَقَالُوا۟ يَـٰصَـٰلِحُ ٱئْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

faʿaqarū l-nāqata waʿataw ʿan amri rabbihim waqālū yāṣāliḥu i'tinā bimā taʿidunā in kunta mina l-mur'salīna

So they hamstrung the she-camel and were insolent toward the command of their Lord and said, "O Ṣāliḥ, bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the messengers."

— Saheeh International

and then they hamstrung the camel. They defied their Lord’s commandment and said, ‘Salih, bring down the punishment you threaten, if you really are a messenger!’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

So they killed the she-camel and insolently defied the Commandment of their Lord, and said: "O Sâlih! Bring about your threats if you are indeed one of the Messengers (of Allâh)."

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

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Word by Word

فَعَقَرُوا۟faʿaqarūThen they hamstrung
ٱلنَّاقَةَl-nāqatathe she-camel
وَعَتَوْا۟waʿatawand (were) insolent
عَنْʿantowards
أَمْرِamri(the) command
رَبِّهِمْrabbihim(of) their Lord
وَقَالُوا۟waqālūand they said
يَـٰصَـٰلِحُyāṣāliḥuO Salih
ٱئْتِنَاi'tināBring us
بِمَاbimāwhat
تَعِدُنَآtaʿidunāyou promise us
إِنinif
كُنتَkuntayou are
مِنَminaof
ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَl-mur'salīnathe Messengers