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Al-A'raf (The Heights)

Verse 77of 206

فَعَقَرُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةَ وَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰصَٰلِحُ ٱئْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ﴿٧٧

Translation (Sahih International)

So they hamstrung the she-camel and were insolent toward the command of their Lord and said, "O Salih, bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the messengers."

Word-by-word meaning

فَعَقَرُوا۟faʿaqarūThen they hamstrung
ٱلنَّاقَةَl-nāqatathe she-camel
وَعَتَوْا۟waʿatawand (were) insolent
عَنْʿantowards
أَمْرِamri(the) command
رَبِّهِمْrabbihim(of) their Lord
وَقَالُوا۟waqālūand they said
يَـٰصَـٰلِحُyāṣāliḥuO Salih
ٱئْتِنَاi'tināBring us
بِمَاbimāwhat
تَعِدُنَآtaʿidunāyou promise us
إِنinif
كُنتَkuntayou are
مِنَminaof
ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَl-mur'salīnathe Messengers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Thamud: Their Land and Their LineageScholars of Tafsir and genealogy say that (the tribe of Thamud descended from) Thamud bin `Athir bin Iram bin Sam bin Nuh, and he is brother of Jadis son of `Athir, similarly the tribe of Tasm, and they were from the ancient Arabs, Al-`Aribah, before the time of Ibrahim, Thamud came after `Ad. They dwelled between the area of the Hijaz (Western Arabia) and Ash-Sham (Greater Syria).

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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