Which Surah and Juz is Quran 7:129 from?

This ayah is from Surah Al-A'raaf (The Heights), the 7th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 9.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 7:129?

Yes — there are 5 hadiths related to this ayah from Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abu Dawud.

What tafsir is available for Quran 7:129?

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Ibn Abbas, Ibn Kathir, Al-Jalalayn — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

Ayah 128

قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ ٱسْتَعِينُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ و...

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Q: What does Quran 7:129 mean?

Quran 7:129 (Surah Al-A'raaf, Ayah 129) translates to: "They said, "We have been harmed before you came to us and after you have come to us." He said, "Perhaps your Lord will destroy your enemy and grant you succession in the land and see how you will do.""

Q: What topics does Quran 7:129 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Historical Figures, Ethical Themes, Historical Events, Social Themes, Divine Punishment.

Ayah 130

وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَآ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ بِٱلسِّنِينَ و...

قَالُوٓا۟ أُوذِينَا مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَأْتِيَنَا وَمِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جِئْتَنَا ۚ قَالَ عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ أَن يُهْلِكَ عَدُوَّكُمْ وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ

Qaaloo oozeenaa min qabli an taatiyanaa wa mim ba'di maa ji'tanaa; qaala 'asaa Rabbukum ai yuhlika 'aduwwakum wa yastakhli fakum fil ardi fayanzura kaifa ta'maloon

They said, "We have been harmed before you came to us and after you have come to us." He said, "Perhaps your Lord will destroy your enemy and grant you succession in the land and see how you will do."

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88 ayahs in Al-A'raaf are strongly about lessons from past peoples. This is one of them.

← Previous on Lessons from past peoples7:127And the eminent among the people of Pharaoh said," Will you leave Moses and his people to cause corruption in the land and abandon you and your gods?"…Next on Lessons from past peoples →7:130And We certainly seized the people of Pharaoh with years of famine and a deficiency in fruits that perhaps they would be reminded.

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They said ‘We suffered harm before you came to us and since you have come to us.’ He said ‘Perhaps your Lord will destroy your enemy and make you successors in the land that He may observe how you shall act’ in it.

"Indeed, after me you will see preferential treatment, and matters that you dislike." They said: "Then what do you command us" He said: "Give them their rights, and ask Allah for yours."

Sahih Muslim #7243`Abdullah b. `Amr b. al-`As reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:Sahih

How would you be, O people, when Persia and Rome would be conquered for you? `Abd ar-Rahman b `Auf said: We would say as Allah has commanded us and we would express our gratitude to Allah. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Nothing else besides it? You would (in fact) vie with one another, then you would feel jealous, then your relations would be estranged and then you will bear enmity against one another, or something to the same effect. Then you would go to the poor emigrants and would make some the masters of the others.

Sunan Abu Dawud #4282The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Jabir b. Samurah through a different chain of narrators. This version adds:Sahih

When he came back to his home. the Quraish came to him and said: Then what will happen ? He said: Then turmoil will prevail.

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #2274Az-Zubair bin 'Adi said:Sahih

"We entered upon Anas bin Malik. We complained to him about what we were experiencing from Al-Hajjaj. So he said: 'There will not be a year, except that the one that is after it will be more evil than it, until you meet your Lord. I heard this from your Prophet(s.a.w)."'

Sunan an-Nasa'i #2886Hafsah narrated that he said:Sahih

An invading army will come toward this House until when they are in Al-Baida, the middle of them will be swallowed up by the earth. The first of them will call out to the last of them, and they will be wallowed up, until there is no one left of them except a fugitive who will tell of what happened to them." A man (hearing the narration) said: "I bear witness that you did not attribute a lie to your grandfather, and I bear witness that your grandfather did not attribute a lie to Hafsah, and I bear witness that Hafsh, did not attribute a lie to the Prophet.