# 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 39 - **Surah:** 7. Surah Al-A'raf (The Heights) — سورة الأعراف - **Verse:** 39 / 206 · **Juz:** 8 · **Mushaf page:** 154 - **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-39 ## Arabic وَقَالَتْ اُو۫لٰيهُمْ لِاُخْرٰيهُمْ فَمَا كَانَ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ فَضْلٍ فَذُوقُوا الْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ۟ ## Transcription Waqalat oolahum li-okhrahumfama kana lakum AAalayna min fadlinfathooqoo alAAathaba bima kuntum taksiboon ## Translations ### Aisha Bewley The first of them will say to the last, ‘You are in no way superior to us so taste the punishment for what you earned. ’ ### Progressive Muslims And the first of them said to the last: "You have no preference over us, so taste the retribution for what you earned!" ### Shabbir Ahmed The first nation will say to the last, "You are not the least bit better than us. So taste the doom for what you earned." ### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation And the first of them will say to the last of them: “You were no better than were we, so taste the punishment for what you earned!” ### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation And the first of them said to the last: "You have no preference over us, so taste the retribution for what you have earned!" ### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament The ancestral group will say to the later group, "Since you had an advantage over us, taste the retribution for your own sins." ### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira Then the former will say to the latter: "You have no privilege over us. So taste the punishment for what you had done." ### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley) And the first of them will say to the last of them, "Then you had not any favor over us, so taste the punishment for what you used to earn. " ### Muhammad Asad And the first of them will say unto the last of them: "So you were in no wise superior to us! Taste, then, this suffering for all [the evil] that you were wont to do!" ### Marmaduke Pickthall And the first of them saith unto the last of them: Ye were no whit better than us, so taste the doom for what ye used to earn. ### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary Then the preceding ones will say to the succeeding ones: 'You were in no way superior to us; taste, then, this torment for your deeds.' [1] _Footnotes_ - [1] In addition to the above verse, the Qur'an elsewhere recounts the mutual incriminations of the dwellers of Hell. For example, it occurs in Sarah al-Saba' in the following words: 'Could you but see when the wrong-doers will be made to stand before their Lord, throwing back the word (of blame) on one another! Those who had been abased will say to the arrogant ones: "Had it not been for you, we should certainly have been believers!" The arrogant ones will say, to those who had been abased: "Was it we who kept you back from Guidance after it reached you? Nay, rather it was you yourselves who transgressed" ' (al-Saba' 34: 31-2). This means that since the misguided people themselves were not keen on receiving the right guidance, they fell victims even more to the forces of misguidance. Out of their own excessive worldliness they chose to follow their ungodly leaders. Granted that it was the forces of misguidance which had invented ideologies such as materialism, excessive worldliness, and nationalism. But when people were attracted to these false ideologies, they did so out of their own weaknesses. These forces of evil achieved success because what they offered was to the utmost liking of the people. Again, the people who were tempted to embrace counterfeit religious ideologies were themselves to blame for falling prey to them since there was an inner urge in them to accept such ideologies. Rather than submitting to the One True God and to rigorous moral discipline, they looked for deities that would help them to achieve their worldly purposes. Naturally, they invented deities of their own liking. They also desired the intercession of those who would let them grow in worldiness and godlessness, and yet who would also ensure their redemption in the Next World. As they preferred a religion that would not make their life a bit dry, permissive religious cults which did not object to any kind of self-indulgence were developed. This establishes clearly that the external forces of evil alone are not to blame. The people who succumb to evil and error equally share the blame. This neither condones the role of those who seek to mislead others, nor detracts from the responsibility of those who choose to be misled. ### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab Then says the former to the latter: "You lacked intellectual, moral and spiritual perception and therefore you were not of advantage to us but we were both entangled in one party defiled with sin. There, Allah says: you have well deserved the torment in requital of what your minds and souls had impelled you to do". ### Bijan Moeinian The ancestral generations will say to the later generations: "You were not such victims as you pretend either; therefore, taste the punishment that you have earned for your sins. ### Al-Hilali & Khan The first of them will say to the last of them: "You were not better than us, so taste the torment for what you used to earn." ### Abdullah Yusuf Ali Then the first will say to the last: "See then! No advantage have ye over us; so taste ye of the penalty for all that ye did!" ### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran Then the leaders will say to their followers, "You were no better than us! So taste the torment for what you used to commit." ### Taqi Usmani The former ones will say to the latter ones, "So, you have no privilege against us. Now, taste the punishment for what you have been earning." ### Abdul Haleem and the first of them will say to the last, ‘You were no better than us: taste the punishment you have earned.’ ### Arthur John Arberry The first of them shall say to the last of them, 'You have no superiority over us, then; so taste the chastisement for what you have been earning. ' ### E. Henry Palmer And the first of them will say unto the last, 'Ye have no preference over us, so taste ye the torment for that which ye have earned!' ### Hamid S. Aziz Then the first will say to the last, "You have no preference (advantage) over us (or were no better than us), so taste you the penalty for that which you have earned!" ### Mahmoud Ghali And the first of them will say to the last of them, "So, in no way are you of any grace (i. e. are in no way superior; are no better) over us; then taste the torment for what you were earning." ### George Sale And the former of them shall say unto the latter of them, ye have not therefore any favour above us; taste the punishment for that which ye have gained. ### Syed Vickar Ahamed Then the first (group) will say to the last (one): "Now you see! You have no advantage over us; So you taste the penalty for all that you did!" ### Amatul Rahman Omar And the first of them, (- their leaders) will say to the last of them (- the followers), `(If we are to blame), you (too) are no better than we. Suffer therefore, the punishment of your (evil) deeds.' ### Ali Quli Qarai And the first of them will say to the last of them, ‘You have no advantage over us! So taste the punishment because of what you used to earn. ’ ### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü Öncekiler de sonrakilere: "Sizin bize bir üstünlüğünüz yok. . . Uygulamalarınızın getirisi olarak yaşayın azabı!" derler. ### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı (Bu sefer) Önde gelenler, sonda yer alanlara diyecekler ki: "Sizin bize göre bir üstünlüğünüz yoktur, kazandıklarınıza karşılık olarak azabı tadın." ### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali Öncekiler de sonrakilere derler ki: "Sizin bize bir üstünlüğünüz yok. O halde siz de yaptıklarınıza karşılık azabı tadın." ### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali Öncekiler sonrakilere, "Sizin bize karşı bir üstünlüğünüz yoktur. Artık kazanmış olduğunuz şeylere karşılık, azabı tadın" derler. ### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Öndekiler de sonrakilere derler ki: sizin de bize karşı bir meziyyetiniz olmadı, artık kendi kesbinizin cezası, tadın azabı ### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş) Öndekiler de sonrakilere: "Sizin bize karşı hiçbir üstünlüğünüz olmadı. Artık kendi kazancınızın cezası olarak tadın azabı." derler. ### Gültekin Onan (Bu sefer) Önde gelenler, sonda yer alanlara diyecekler ki: "Sizin bize göre bir üstünlüğünüz yoktur, kazandıklarınıza karşılık olarak azabı tadın." ### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim Onların evvelkileri de sonrakilerine: "Sizin bize karşı hiçbir üstünlüğ (ünüz) yokdur. O halde ne kazanmış idiyseniz karşılığı olan azabı tadın" dedi (diyecek). ### İbni Kesir Öncekiler de sonrakilere: Sizin bizden bir üstünlüğünüz yoktur. Öyleyse ne kazandıysanız karşılığı olan azabı tadın, derler. ### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı Ve öncekiler, sonrakilere şöyle diyecek: "Demek ki, hiçbir bakımdan bizden üstün kimseler değilmişsiniz! Öyleyse, yaptığınız bütün o kötülükler için, tadın bu azabı!" ### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı Öncekiler ise, kendilerinden sonra gelenlere: -Sizin, bizden bir üstünlüğünüz yoktur, siz de kazanmış olduklarınıza karşılık azabı tadın!" derler. ### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Öncekiler de sonrakilere dediler ki: "Sizin bize bir üstünlüğünüz yok. O halde siz de kazandıklarınıza karşılık azabı tadın!" ### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali Öncekiler de sonrakiler için şöyle konuşurlar: "Artık sizin, bizim üzerimizde bir üstünlüğünüz yok. O halde kazandıklarınıza karşılık azabı tadın." ### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an Bu kez öncekiler sonrakilere: "İşte gördünüz, sizin bizden bir farkınız yok. Öyleyse, kendi işledikleriniz yüzünden tadın azabı!" diyecekler. ### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Öncekiler de sonrakilere: "Sizin, bizden iyi bir tarafınız yoktu. O halde kazandıklarınıza karşılık azabı tadın." dediler. ### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek Öncekiler de sonrakiler için, şöyle derler: "Bize karşı bir üstünlüğünüz yok; yaptıklarınıza karşılık, artık tadın cezayı!" ### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Öncekiler de sonrakilere şöyle cevap vereceklerdir: "Sizin bizden ne farkınız var ki? Siz de kazandığınıza karşılık bu azabı tadın." ### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir Öncekiler sonrakilere şöyle diyecekler: "(Belli ki) sizin bizden hiçbir farkınız yokmuş. Siz de (bizim gibi) yaptıklarınıza karşılık azabı tadın!" ### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Öncekiler de sonrakilere: "Sizin, bizden iyi bir tarafınız yoktu. O halde kazandıklarınıza karşılık azabı tadın." dediler. ### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an Öncekiler de sonrakilere: "Sizin, bizden iyi bir tarafınız yoktu. O halde kazandıklarınıza karşılık azabı tadın." dediler. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Önce girenler sonrakilere şöyle diyeceklerdir: "Sizin bizden bir üstünlüğünüz yok ki! Siz de kazandığınıza karşılık bu azabı tadın." ## Words | # | word | meaning | root | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | وَقَالَتْ — waqālat | And (will) say | قول — Kaf-Vav-Lam | | 2 | أُولَىٰهُمْ — ūlāhum | (the) first of them | اول — Elif-Vav-Lam | | 3 | لِأُخْرَىٰهُمْ — li-ukh'rāhum | to (the) last of them | اخر — Elif-Kh-Ra | | 4 | فَمَا — famā | Then not | — | | 5 | كَانَ — kāna | is | كون — Kef-Vav-Nun | | 6 | لَكُمْ — lakum | for you | — | | 7 | عَلَيْنَا — ʿalaynā | upon us | — | | 8 | مِن — min | any | — | | 9 | فَضْلٍۢ — faḍlin | superiority | فضل — Fe-Dad-Lam | | 10 | فَذُوقُوا۟ — fadhūqū | so taste | ذوق — Zal-Vav-Kaf | | 11 | ٱلْعَذَابَ — l-ʿadhāba | the punishment | عذب — Ayn-Zal-Be | | 12 | بِمَا — bimā | for what | — | | 13 | كُنتُمْ — kuntum | you used to | كون — Kef-Vav-Nun | | 14 | تَكْسِبُونَ — taksibūna | earn | كسب — Kef-Sin-Be | --- Previous: https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-38.md · Next: https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-40.md Retrieved: 2026-08-14 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.