Surah Al-A'raf · Ayah 138

Meaning of Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 138

Wajawazna bibanee isra-eelaalbahra faataw AAala qawmin yaAAkufoona AAalaasnamin lahum qaloo ya moosaijAAal lana ilahan kama lahum alihatunqala innakum qawmun tajhaloon

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1. وَجَـٰوَزْنَاwajāwaznāAnd We led across
2. بِبَنِىٓbibanī(the) Children
3. إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) Israel
4. ٱلْبَحْرَl-baḥrathe sea
5. فَأَتَوْا۟fa-atawThen they came
6. عَلَىٰʿalāupon
7. قَوْمٍۢqawmina people
8. يَعْكُفُونَyaʿkufūnadevoted
9. عَلَىٰٓʿalāto
10. أَصْنَامٍۢaṣnāminidols
11. لَّهُمْ ۚlahumof theirs
12. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
13. يَـٰمُوسَىyāmūsāO Musa
14. ٱجْعَلij'ʿalMake
15. لَّنَآlanāfor us
16. إِلَـٰهًۭاilāhana god
17. كَمَاkamālike what
18. لَهُمْlahumthey have
19. ءَالِهَةٌۭ ۚālihatungods
20. قَالَqālaHe said
21. إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you
22. قَوْمٌۭqawmun(are) a people
23. تَجْهَلُونَtajhalūnaignorant