سورة الاٴعرَاف
Surah Al-A‘râf 7:168
The Elevated Places · Verse 168 of 206
وَقَطَّعْنَاهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ أُمَمًا ۖ مِنْهُمُ الصَّالِحُونَ وَمِنْهُمْ دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَبَلَوْنَاهُمْ بِالْحَسَنَاتِ وَالسَّيِّئَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
And We broke them up into (separate) sections of peoples on the earth, of which some are the righteous and some otherwise, and We went on distinguishing the good among them from the evil ones, through prosperity and adversity (both) so that they might turn (to Us).
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
We broke them up into sections on this earth. There are among them some that are the righteous, and some that are the opposite. We have tried them with both prosperity and adversity: In order that they might turn (to us).
Ahmed Ali
We dispersed them in groups over the earth, some righteous, some otherwise; and We tried them with good things and bad, that they may haply turn back.
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Ali Unal
And We have split them up on the earth as separate communities. Among them are those who are righteous, and those who are not; and We have tested them with blessings as well as with afflictions, that they might turn back (to the right way from the misleading paths they follow).
Daryabadi
And We cut them up into communities on the earth; some of them righteous, and some of them otherwise; and We proved them wifh good and evil that haply they may return.
Faridul Haque
And We divided them in the earth as separate groups; some of them are righteous and some are the other type; and We tested them with good (favours) and evil things (adversities) so that they may return.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And We divided them in the earth into parties -- some of them are righteous and some of them are otherwise. And We tried them with blessings and misfortunes that they might turn.
Maulvi Sher Ali
And WE broke them up into separate peoples in the earth. Among them are those that are righteous and among them are those that are otherwise. And WE tried them with good things and bad things that they might return to good.
Muhammad Asad
And We dispersed them as [separate] communities all over the earth; some of them were righteous, and some of them less than that: and the latter We tried with blessings as well as with afflictions, so that they might mend their ways.
Muhammad Musin Khan
And We have broken them (i.e. the Jews) up into various separate groups on the earth, some of them are righteous and some are away from that. And We tried them with good (blessings) and evil (calamities) in order that they might turn (to Allah's Obedience).
Muhammad Pickthall
And We have sundered them in the earth as (separate) nations. Some of them are righteous, and some far from that. And We have tried them with good things and evil things that haply they might return.
Muhammad Sarwar
We divided them into nations on the earth; some are righteous and others are not. We tested them with well-being and hardship so that they might return (to the right path).
Muhammed ali Shakir
And We cut them up on the earth into parties, (some) of them being righteous and (others) of them falling short of that, and We tried them with blessings and misfortunes that they might turn.
Rashad Khalifa
We scattered them among many communities throughout the land. Some of them were righteous, and some were less than righteous. We tested them with prosperity and hardship, that they may return.
Shabbir Ahmed
And We scattered them into different communities throughout the earth. Among them some are righteous, and some are opposite. Through the turns of history We have caused them to experience easy and difficult times, in order that they might return to Our laws.
Commentary 7:168 “And We broke them into separate sections” is another Qur’ânic prophecy about the Jews. The Jewish community has been scattered over many parts of the…
وَقَطَّعْنَاهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ أُمَمًا ۖ
7:168 “And We broke them into separate sections” is another Qur’ânic prophecy about the Jews. The Jewish community has been scattered over many parts of the world for centuries; Jewish communities can be found in East and West Europe, North and South America, Africa, the Islamic world, Australia, and New Zealand. “We shall bring you back gathering you from various lands” (17:104), will be another act of mercy by Allâh and another chance to change their attitude. If they continue with their “treacherous ways” (cf. 2:87-96, 2:102) and “behave haughtily without justification” (7:146), they will again become the object of Divine punishment, but if they were to show gratitude they would be shown Divine Mercy.