The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف
al-A‘rāf (The Elevations)
ٱلْأَعْرَاف
7:129
قَالُوا
أُوذِينَا
مِن
قَبْلِ
أَن
تَأْتِيَنَا
وَمِن
بَعْدِ
مَا
جِئْتَنَا
قَالَ
عَسَى
رَبُّكُمْ
أَن
يُهْلِكَ
عَدُوَّكُمْ
وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْ
فِي
الْأَرْضِ
فَيَنظُرَ
كَيْفَ
تَعْمَلُونَ
qālū ʾūdhīnā min qabli ʾan taʾtiyanā wa-min baʿdi mā jiʾtanā qāla ʿasā rabbukum ʾan yuhlika ʿaduwwakum wa-yastakhlifakum fī l-ʾarḍi fa-yanẓura kayfa taʿmalūna
His people said, "We suffered a great deal before you came and we are still suffering even after you have come." Moses (tried to encourage them) by saying, "There is hope that your Lord will destroy your enemies and make you (their) successors in the land. So consider how you act."
