← Surah 7

7:164

وَإِذْ قَالَتْ أُمَّةٌ مِّنْهُمْ لِمَ تَعِظُونَ قَوْمًا ۙ ٱللَّهُ مُهْلِكُهُمْ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُهُمْ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا ۖ قَالُوا۟ مَعْذِرَةً إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ

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وَإِذْ
And when
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
إِذْNoun — time adverb
قَالَتْ
said
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
قَالَتْVerb — perfect، 3rd fem. sing.
أُمَّةٌ
a community
Noun
Root: أمم
Grammar (i'rab)
أُمَّةٌNoun — fem. sing.، indefinite، nominative
مِّنْهُمْ
among them
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
مِّنْPreposition — preposition
هُمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
لِمَ
Why
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لِPreposition — preposition، prefix
مَNoun — interrogative
تَعِظُونَ
(do) you preach
Verb
Root: وعظ
Grammar (i'rab)
تَعِظُVerb — imperfect، 2nd masc. plur.
ونَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.
قَوْمًا
a people
Noun
Root: قوم
Grammar (i'rab)
قَوْمًاNoun — masculine، indefinite، accusative
ٱللَّهُ
(whom) Allah
Noun
Root: أله
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱللَّهُNoun — proper noun، nominative
مُهْلِكُهُمْ
(is going to) destroy them
Noun
Root: هلك
Grammar (i'rab)
مُهْلِكُNoun — active participle، masculine، nominative
هُمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
أَوْ
or
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
أَوْPreposition — conjunction
مُعَذِّبُهُمْ
punish them
Noun
Root: عذب
Grammar (i'rab)
مُعَذِّبُNoun — active participle، masculine، nominative
هُمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
عَذَابًا
(with) a punishment
Noun
Root: عذب
Grammar (i'rab)
عَذَابًاNoun — masculine، indefinite، accusative
شَدِيدًا
severe
Noun
Root: شدد
Grammar (i'rab)
شَدِيدًاNoun — masc. sing.، indefinite، accusative، adjective
قَالُوا۟
They said
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
قَالُVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. plur.
وا۟Noun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
مَعْذِرَةً
To be absolved
Noun
Root: عذر
Grammar (i'rab)
مَعْذِرَةًNoun — feminine، indefinite، accusative
إِلَىٰ
before
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
إِلَىٰPreposition — preposition
رَبِّكُمْ
your Lord
Noun
Root: ربب
Grammar (i'rab)
رَبِّNoun — masculine، genitive
كُمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.
وَلَعَلَّهُمْ
and that they may
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — resumption، prefix
لَعَلَّPreposition — accusative
هُمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
يَتَّقُونَ
become righteous
Verb
Root: وقي
Grammar (i'rab)
يَتَّقُVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. plur.
ونَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.

Translation

EN

When some of them said: "Why do ye preach to a people whom Allah will destroy or visit with a terrible punishment?"- said the preachers:" To discharge our duty to your Lord, and perchance they may fear Him."

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

how, when some of them asked [their preachers], ‘Why do you bother preaching to people God will destroy, or at least punish severely?’ [the preachers] answered, ‘In order to be free from your Lord’s blame, and so that they may perhaps take heed.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

And when a community among them said: Why preach ye to a folk whom Allah is about to destroy or punish with an awful doom, they said: In order to be free from guilt before your Lord, and that haply they may ward off (evil).

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

And when a community among them said, "Why do you advise [or warn] a people whom Allāh is [about] to destroy or to punish with a severe punishment?" they [the advisors] said, "To be absolved before your Lord and perhaps they may fear Him."

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Aralarından bir topluluk: "Allah'ın yok edeceği veya şiddetli azaba uğratacağı bir millete niçin öğüt veriyorsunuz?" dediler. Öğüt verenler: "Rabbinize, hiç değilse bir özür beyan edebilmemiz içindir, belki Allah'a karşı gelmekten sakınırlar" dediler.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

İçlerinden bir topluluk, "Allah'ın helâk edeceği, ya da çetin bir azapla cezalandıracağı bir kavme ne diye nasihat ediyorsunuz" dediği vakit, o uyarıda bulunanlar dediler ki; "Rabbiniz tarafından mazur görülmemiz için, bir de belki günahlardan sakınırlar diye."

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Hani içlerinden bir topluluk da “Allah’ın kendilerini (dünyada) helak edeceği veya (ahirette) şiddetli bir şekilde azap edeceği bir halka ne diye öğüt veriyorsunuz?” dediklerinde, (öğüt verenler) şöyle demişlerdi: “Rabbinize mazeret(imiz) olsun; bir de umulur ki takvâlı (duyarlı) olurlar diye (öğüt veriyoruz).”

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

واذكر -أيها الرسول- إذ قالت جماعة منهم لجماعة أخرى كانت تعظ المعتدين في يوم السبت، وتنهاهم عن معصية الله فيه: لِمَ تعظون قومًا الله مهلكهم في الدنيا بمعصيتهم إياه أو معذبهم عذابا شديدًا في الآخرة؟ قال الذين كانوا ينهَوْنهم عن معصية الله: نَعِظهم وننهاهم لِنُعْذَر فيهم، ونؤدي فرض الله علينا في الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر، ورجاء أن يتقوا الله، فيخافوه، ويتوبوا من معصيتهم ربهم وتعذِّيهم على ما حرَّم عليهم.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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