الْاَعْرَافِ

Surah Al-A'raf, ayah 168

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7:168

وَقَطَّعْنَاهُمْ فِی الْاَرْضِ اُمَمًاۚ مِنْهُمُ الصَّالِحُونَ وَمِنْهُمْ دُونَ ذٰلِكَؗ وَبَلَوْنَاهُمْ بِالْحَسَنَاتِ وَالسَّیِّـَٔاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ یَرْجِعُونَ

WaqattaAAnahum fee alardi omaman minhumu alssalihoona waminhum doona thalika wabalawnahum bialhasanati waalssayyiati laAAallahum yarjiAAoona

Translations

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]

Saheeh International

And We have sundered them in the earth as (separate) nations. Some of them are righteous, and some far from that. And We have tried them with good things and evil things that haply they might return

Marmaduke Pickthall