ٱلْأَعْرَاف : ١٢٩

  • قَالُوٓاْ They said
  • أُوذِينَا We have been harmed
  • مِن from
  • قَبۡلِ before
  • أَن [that]
  • تَأۡتِيَنَا you came to us
  • وَمِنۢ from
  • بَعۡدِ and after
  • مَا [what]
  • جِئۡتَنَاۚ you have come to us
  • قَالَ He said
  • عَسَىٰ Perhaps
  • رَبُّكُمۡ your Lord
  • أَن [that]
  • يُهۡلِكَ will destroy
  • عَدُوَّكُمۡ your enemy
  • وَيَسۡتَخۡلِفَكُمۡ and make you successors
  • فِي in
  • ٱلۡأَرۡضِ the earth
  • فَيَنظُرَ then see
  • كَيۡفَ how
  • تَعۡمَلُونَ you will do
They said, "We have been harmed before you came to us and after you have come to us." He said, "Perhaps your Lord will destroy your enemy and grant you succession in the land and see how you will do."
They said, 'We suffered harm before you came to us, and since you have come to us.' He said, 'Perhaps your Lord will destroy your enemy and make you successors in the land, that He may observe how you shall act', in it.