سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 168
وَقَطَّعْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أُمَمًا ۖ مِّنْهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَ وَمِنْهُمْ دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَبَلَوْنَـٰهُم بِٱلْحَسَنَـٰتِ وَٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ ﴿168﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
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 Allâh’s Obedience).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَقَطَّعْنَـٰهُمْ
waqaṭṭaʿnāhum
And We divided them
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
أُمَمًۭا ۖ
umaman
(as) nations
مِّنْهُمُ
min'humu
Among them
ٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَ
l-ṣāliḥūna
(are) the righteous
وَمِنْهُمْ
wamin'hum
and among them
دُونَ
dūna
(are) other than
ذَٰلِكَ ۖ
dhālika
that
وَبَلَوْنَـٰهُم
wabalawnāhum
And We tested them
بِٱلْحَسَنَـٰتِ
bil-ḥasanāti
with the good
وَٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ
wal-sayiāti
and the bad
لَعَلَّهُمْ
laʿallahum
so that they may
يَرْجِعُونَ
yarjiʿūna
return
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168. And We divided them throughout the earth into separate groups [170]. Among them are righteous people, and others are otherwise. And We tested them with good and bad circumstances so that they might return (to Allah).
[170]
The Character of the Ancestors of the Jews:
That is, the Jews were afflicted with the punishment of division (in which Muslims are also afflicted nowadays), due to which the reputation of the nation is destroyed. The unity of the Ummah is shattered and in the eyes of the world, they become insignificant. That is why Allah Almighty has declared sectarianism as a permanent type of punishment [نيز سورة انعام كي آيت نمبر 65 كا حاشيه ملاحظه فرمائيے]
[170]
The Character of the Ancestors of the Jews:
That is, the Jews were afflicted with the punishment of division (in which Muslims are also afflicted nowadays), due to which the reputation of the nation is destroyed. The unity of the Ummah is shattered and in the eyes of the world, they become insignificant. That is why Allah Almighty has declared sectarianism as a permanent type of punishment [نيز سورة انعام كي آيت نمبر 65 كا حاشيه ملاحظه فرمائيے]
