English translation of the verse 168 surah - And We have broken them (i.e. the Jews) up into various separate

Surat Al-A‘raf Verse No. 168: Reading and listening

Translation of the verse 168 from Surah Al-A‘raf : Number of verses 206 - - page 172 - Part 9.

surah الأعراف ayah 168 - And We divided them throughout the earth into nations. Of them some were righteous, and of them some were otherwise. And We tested them with good [times] and bad that perhaps they would return [to obedience].


﴾وَقَطَّعۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ أُمَمٗاۖ مِّنۡهُمُ ٱلصَّٰلِحُونَ وَمِنۡهُمۡ دُونَ ذَٰلِكَۖ وَبَلَوۡنَٰهُم بِٱلۡحَسَنَٰتِ وَٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ ﴿
[ الأعراف: 168]

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 Allah's Obedience).


English - Sahih International

And We divided them throughout the earth into nations. Of them some were righteous, and of them some were otherwise. And We tested them with good [times] and bad that perhaps they would return [to obedience].

Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(7:168) And We dispersed them through the earth in communities - some were righteous, others were not -and We tested them with prosperity and adversity that they may turn back (to righteousness).

Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

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Source : Al-A‘raf Verse 168: And We divided them throughout the earth into nations. Of them some were righteous, and of them some were otherwise. And We tested them with good [times] and bad that perhaps they would return [to obedience].