سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 74
وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَفَآءَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ عَادٍ وَبَوَّأَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِن سُهُولِهَا قُصُورًا وَتَنْحِتُونَ ٱلْجِبَالَ بُيُوتًا ۖ فَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ ءَالَآءَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ ﴿74﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And remember when He made you successors after ‘Âd (people) and gave you habitations in the land, you build for yourselves palaces in plains, and carve out homes in the mountains. So remember the graces (bestowed upon you) from Allâh, and do not go about making mischief on the earth."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟
wa-udh'kurū
And remember
إِذْ
idh
when
جَعَلَكُمْ
jaʿalakum
He made you
خُلَفَآءَ
khulafāa
successors
مِنۢ
min
from
بَعْدِ
baʿdi
after
عَادٍۢ
ʿādin
Aad
وَبَوَّأَكُمْ
wabawwa-akum
and settled you
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
تَتَّخِذُونَ
tattakhidhūna
You take
مِن
min
from
سُهُولِهَا
suhūlihā
its plains
قُصُورًۭا
quṣūran
palaces
وَتَنْحِتُونَ
watanḥitūna
and you carve out
ٱلْجِبَالَ
l-jibāla
the mountains
بُيُوتًۭا ۖ
buyūtan
(as) homes
فَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟
fa-udh'kurū
So remember
ءَالَآءَ
ālāa
(the) Bounties
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تَعْثَوْا۟
taʿthaw
act wickedly
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
(the) earth
مُفْسِدِينَ
muf'sidīna
spreading corruption
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
74. 1. This means that you take clay from soft earth and prepare bricks, and from those bricks, you build palaces, just as even today bricks are prepared from clay in kilns in the same way.
74. 2. This is an expression of their strength, capability, and skill in craftsmanship.
74. 3. That is, be grateful to Allah for these blessings and choose the path of obedience to Him, and do not spread corruption by being ungrateful for blessings and committing disobedience.
74. 2. This is an expression of their strength, capability, and skill in craftsmanship.
74. 3. That is, be grateful to Allah for these blessings and choose the path of obedience to Him, and do not spread corruption by being ungrateful for blessings and committing disobedience.
