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

Quran 7:79

7:79

فَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ لَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكُمْ رِسَالَةَ رَبِّى وَنَصَحْتُ لَكُمْ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا تُحِبُّونَ ٱلنَّـٰصِحِينَ

fatawallā ʿanhum waqāla yāqawmi laqad ablaghtukum risālata rabbī wanaṣaḥtu lakum walākin lā tuḥibbūna l-nāṣiḥīna

And he [i.e., Ṣāliḥ] turned away from them and said, "O my people, I had certainly conveyed to you the message of my Lord and advised you, but you do not like advisors."

— Saheeh International

So he turned away from them, saying, ‘My people, I delivered my Lord’s messages to you and gave you sincere advice, but you did not like those who gave sincere advice.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Then he [Sâlih] turned from them, and said: "O my people! I have indeed conveyed to you the Message of my Lord, and have given you good advice but you like not good advisers."

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

Juz 8Page 160meccan

Word by Word

فَتَوَلَّىٰfatawallāSo he turned away
عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
وَقَالَwaqālaand he said
يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
لَقَدْlaqadVerily
أَبْلَغْتُكُمْablaghtukumI have conveyed to you
رِسَالَةَrisālata(the) Message
رَبِّىrabbī(of) my Lord
وَنَصَحْتُwanaṣaḥtuand [I] advised
لَكُمْlakum[to] you
وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
لَّاlānot
تُحِبُّونَtuḥibbūnayou like
ٱلنَّـٰصِحِينَl-nāṣiḥīnathe advisers