The Quran

سورة الاٴعرَاف

Surah Al-A‘râf 7:136

The Elevated Places · Verse 136 of 206

فَانْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَاهُمْ فِي الْيَمِّ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَكَانُوا عَنْهَا غَافِلِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

We then inflicted (the last) punishment on them; We drowned them in the sea for they had cried lies to Our Messages and were heedless of them.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

So We exacted retribution from them: We drowned them in the sea, because they rejected Our Signs and failed to take warning from them.

Ahmed Ali

So We took vengeance on them, and drowned them in the sea for rejecting Our signs and not heeding them.

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Ali Unal

So We inflicted Our retribution on them (just as they deserved), and so caused them to drown in the sea, as they denied Our signs (with willful persistence) and were heedless of them.

Daryabadi

Wherefore We took vengeance on them and drowned them in the sea, for they belied Our signs and were neglectful of them.

Faridul Haque

We therefore took revenge from them; so We drowned them in the sea for they used to deny Our signs and were ignoring them.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So We exacted retribution from them and drowned them in the sea, because they rejected Our signs and were heedless of them.

Maulvi Sher Ali

So WE took vengeance upon them and drowned them in the sea, because they treated Our Signs as lies and were heedless of them.

Muhammad Asad

And so We inflicted Our retribution on them, and caused them to drown in the sea, because they had given the lie to Our messages and had been heedless of them;

Muhammad Musin Khan

So We took retribution from them. We drowned them in the sea, because they belied Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) and were heedless about them.

Muhammad Pickthall

Therefore We took retribution from them; therefore We drowned them in the sea: because they denied Our revelations and were heedless of them.

Muhammad Sarwar

We took revenge on them for their rejecting Our miracles, by drowning them in the sea, but they were not aware of (reality).

Muhammed ali Shakir

Therefore We inflicted retribution on them and drowned them in the sea because they rejected Our signs and were heedless of them.

Rashad Khalifa

Consequently, we avenged their actions, and drowned them in the sea. That is because they rejected our signs, and were totally heedless thereof.

Shabbir Ahmed

So, We sent Our requital on them and drowned them in the sea, for they had been denying Our messages and remained heedless.