Surah Al-A'raf · Ayah 176

Meaning of Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 176

Walaw shi/na larafaAAnahu bihawalakinnahu akhlada ila al-ardi wattabaAAahawahu famathaluhu kamathali alkalbi in tahmilAAalayhi yalhath aw tatruk-hu yalhath thalika mathalualqawmi allatheena kaththaboo bi-ayatinafaqsusi alqasasa laAAallahumyatafakkaroon

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1. وَلَوْwalawAnd if
2. شِئْنَاshi'nāWe willed
3. لَرَفَعْنَـٰهُlarafaʿnāhusurely, We (could) have raised him
4. بِهَاbihāwith these
5. وَلَـٰكِنَّهُۥٓwalākinnahu[and] but he
6. أَخْلَدَakhladaadhered
7. إِلَىilāto
8. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
9. وَٱتَّبَعَwa-ittabaʿaand followed
10. هَوَىٰهُ ۚhawāhuhis (vain) desires
11. فَمَثَلُهُۥfamathaluhuSo his example
12. كَمَثَلِkamathali(is) like (the) example
13. ٱلْكَلْبِl-kalbi(of) the dog
14. إِنinif
15. تَحْمِلْtaḥmilyou attack
16. عَلَيْهِʿalayhi[on] him
17. يَلْهَثْyalhathhe lolls out his tongue
18. أَوْawor
19. تَتْرُكْهُtatruk'huif you leave him
20. يَلْهَث ۚyalhathhe lolls out his tongue
21. ذَّٰلِكَdhālikaThat
22. مَثَلُmathalu(is the) example
23. ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmi(of) the people
24. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
25. كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūdenied
26. بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا ۚbiāyātinā[in] Our Signs
27. فَٱقْصُصِfa-uq'ṣuṣiSo relate
28. ٱلْقَصَصَl-qaṣaṣathe story
29. لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
30. يَتَفَكَّرُونَyatafakkarūnareflect