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

Quran 7:86

7:86

وَلَا تَقْعُدُوا۟ بِكُلِّ صِرَٰطٍ تُوعِدُونَ وَتَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِهِۦ وَتَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا ۚ وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ إِذْ كُنتُمْ قَلِيلًا فَكَثَّرَكُمْ ۖ وَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

walā taqʿudū bikulli ṣirāṭin tūʿidūna wataṣuddūna ʿan sabīli l-lahi man āmana bihi watabghūnahā ʿiwajan wa-udh'kurū idh kuntum qalīlan fakatharakum wa-unẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu l-muf'sidīna

And do not sit on every path, threatening and averting from the way of Allāh those who believe in Him, seeking to make it [seem] deviant. And remember when you were few and He increased you. And see how was the end of the corrupters.

— Saheeh International

Do not sit in every pathway, threatening and barring those who believe in God from His way, trying to make it crooked. Remember how you used to be few and He made you multiply. Think about the fate of those who used to spread corruption.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"And sit not on every road, threatening, and hindering from the Path of Allâh those who believe in Him, and seeking to make it crooked. And remember when you were but few, and He multiplied you. And see what was the end of the Mufsidûn (mischief-makers, corrupters, liars).

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

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Word by Word

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَقْعُدُوا۟taqʿudūsit
بِكُلِّbikullion every
صِرَٰطٍۢṣirāṭinpath
تُوعِدُونَtūʿidūnathreatening
وَتَصُدُّونَwataṣuddūnaand hindering
عَنʿanfrom
سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
مَنْman(those) who
ءَامَنَāmanabelieve
بِهِۦbihiin Him
وَتَبْغُونَهَاwatabghūnahāand seeking (to make) it
عِوَجًۭاۚʿiwajancrooked
وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟wa-udh'kurūAnd remember
إِذْidhwhen
كُنتُمْkuntumyou were
قَلِيلًۭاqalīlanfew
فَكَثَّرَكُمْۖfakatharakumand He increased you
وَٱنظُرُوا۟wa-unẓurūAnd see
كَيْفَkayfahow
كَانَkānawas
عَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) end
ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَl-muf'sidīna(of) the corrupters