7: Surah Al-A'raf - Part 53
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وَجَـٰوَزْنَا
wajāwaznā
And We led across
بِبَنِىٓ
bibanī
(the) Children
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
is'rāīla
(of) Israel
ٱلْبَحْرَ
l-baḥra
the sea
فَأَتَوْا۟
fa-ataw
Then they came
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
upon
قَوْمٍۢ
qawmin
a people
يَعْكُفُونَ
yaʿkufūna
devoted
عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
to
أَصْنَامٍۢ
aṣnāmin
idols
لَّهُمْ ۚ
lahum
of theirs
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They said
يَـٰمُوسَى
yāmūsā
O Musa
ٱجْعَل
ij'ʿal
Make
لَّنَآ
lanā
for us
إِلَـٰهًۭا
ilāhan
a god
كَمَا
kamā
like what
لَهُمْ
lahum
they have
ءَالِهَةٌۭ ۚ
ālihatun
gods
قَالَ
qāla
He said
إِنَّكُمْ
innakum
Indeed, you
قَوْمٌۭ
qawmun
(are) a people
تَجْهَلُونَ
tajhalūna
ignorant
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إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ
hāulāi
these
مُتَبَّرٌۭ
mutabbarun
destroyed
مَّا
(is) what
هُمْ
hum
they
فِيهِ
fīhi
(are) in it
وَبَـٰطِلٌۭ
wabāṭilun
and vain
مَّا
(is) what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they used to
يَعْمَلُونَ
yaʿmalūna
do
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قَالَ
qāla
He said
أَغَيْرَ
aghayra
Should other than
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
أَبْغِيكُمْ
abghīkum
I seek for you
إِلَـٰهًۭا
ilāhan
a god
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
while He
فَضَّلَكُمْ
faḍḍalakum
has preferred you
عَلَى
ʿalā
over
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
l-ʿālamīna
the worlds
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