The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف
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وَقَطَّعْنَاهُمُ
اثْنَتَيْ
عَشْرَةَ
أَسْبَاطًا
أُمَمًا
وَأَوْحَيْنَا
إِلَى
مُوسَى
إِذِ
اسْتَسْقَاهُ
قَوْمُهُ
أَنِ
اضْرِب
بِّعَصَاكَ
الْحَجَرَ
فَانبَجَسَتْ
مِنْهُ
اثْنَتَا
عَشْرَةَ
عَيْنًا
قَدْ
عَلِمَ
كُلُّ
أُنَاسٍ
مَّشْرَبَهُمْ
وَظَلَّلْنَا
عَلَيْهِمُ
الْغَمَامَ
وَأَنزَلْنَا
عَلَيْهِمُ
الْمَنَّ
وَالسَّلْوَى
كُلُوا
مِن
طَيِّبَاتِ
مَا
رَزَقْنَاكُمْ
وَمَا
ظَلَمُونَا
وَلَكِن
كَانُوا
أَنفُسَهُمْ
يَظْلِمُونَ
wa-qaṭṭaʿnāhumu thnatay ʿashrata ʾasbāṭan ʾumaman wa-ʾawḥaynā ʾilā mūsā ʾidhi stasqāhu qawmuhū ʾani ḍrib bi-ʿaṣāka l-ḥajara fa-nbajasat minhu thnatā ʿashrata ʿaynan qad ʿalima kullu ʾunāsin mashrabahum wa-ẓallalnā ʿalayhimu l-ghamāma wa-ʾanzalnā ʿalayhimu l-manna wa-s-salwā kulū min ṭayyibāti mā razaqnākum wa-mā ẓalamūnā wa-lākin kānū ʾanfusahum yaẓlimūna
We divided them into twelve tribes or nations. We directed Moses by inspiration, when his (thirsty) people asked him for water: "Strike the rock with thy staff": out of it there gushed forth twelve springs: Each group knew its own place for water. We gave them the shade of clouds, and sent down to them manna and quails, (saying): "Eat of the good things We have provided for you": (but they rebelled); to Us they did no harm, but they harmed their own souls.
— Abdullah Yusufali
We split them up into twelve tribal communities, and We revealed to Moses, when his people asked him for water, [saying], ‘Strike the rock with your staff,’ whereat twelve fountains gushed forth from it. Every tribe came to know its drinking-place. And We shaded them with clouds, and We sent down to them manna and quails: ‘Eat of the good things We have provided you.’ And they did not wrong Us, but they used to wrong [only] themselves.
