Al-A'raf, verse 131

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1. But when fa-idhā
2. came to them jāathumu
3. the good l-ḥasanatu
4. they said qālū
5. For us lanā
6. (is) this hādhihi
7. And if wa-in
8. afflicts them tuṣib'hum
9. bad sayyi-atun
10. they ascribe evil omens yaṭṭayyarū
11. to Musa bimūsā
12. and who waman
13. (were) with him maʿahu
14. Behold alā
15. Only innamā
16. their evil omens ṭāiruhum
17. (are) with ʿinda
18. Allah l-lahi
19. but walākinna
20. most of them aktharahum
21. (do) not lā
22. know yaʿlamūna

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

This commentary covers the passage that begins at verse 7:130.

Fir`awn and His People suffer Years of Drought Allah said, وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَآ ءالَ فِرْعَوْنَ (And indeed We punished the people of Fir`awn) We tested and tried them, بِالسِّنِينَ (with years of drought) of famine due to little produce, وَنَقْصٍ مِّن الثَّمَرَاتِ (and lack of fruits), which is less severe, according to Mujahid. Abu Ishaq narrated that Raja' bin Haywah said, "The date tree used to produce only one date!" لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَفَإِذَا جَآءَتْهُمُ الْحَسَنَةُ (That they might remember (take heed). But whenever good came to them) such as a fertile season and provisions,…

• Verse 129 قَالُوٓا۟ أُوذِينَا مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَأْتِيَنَا وَمِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جِئْتَنَا ۚ قَالَ عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ أَن يُهْلِكَ عَدُوَّكُمْ وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ and they replied, ‘We were being persecuted long before you came to us, and since then too.’ He said, ‘Your Lord may well destroy your enemy and make you successors to the land to see how you behave.’
• Verse 130 وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَآ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ بِٱلسِّنِينَ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ We inflicted years of drought and crop failure on Pharaoh’s people, so that they might take heed,
• Verse 131
• Verse 132 وَقَالُوا۟ مَهْمَا تَأْتِنَا بِهِۦ مِنْ ءَايَةٍ لِّتَسْحَرَنَا بِهَا فَمَا نَحْنُ لَكَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ They said, ‘We will not believe in you, no matter what signs you produce to cast a spell on us,’
• Verse 133 فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلطُّوفَانَ وَٱلْجَرَادَ وَٱلْقُمَّلَ وَٱلضَّفَادِعَ وَٱلدَّمَ ءَايَـٰتٍ مُّفَصَّلَـٰتٍ فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا مُّجْرِمِينَ and so We let loose on them the flood, locusts, lice, frogs, blood- all clear signs. They were arrogant, wicked people.

• جيا jīm yā alif
• حسن ḥā sīn nūn
• قول qāf wāw lām
• صوب ṣād wāw bā
• سوا sīn wāw alif
• طير ṭā yā rā
• عند ʿayn nūn dāl
• اله alif lām hā
• كثر kāf thā rā
• علم ʿayn lām mīm

• Moosa موسى
• Moses موسى
• Musa موسى
• nine signs for Pharaoh and his people
• Pharaoh فرعون
• story with Pharaoh
• with his brother Moses (ﷺ) as messengers to Pharaoh and his people

• Al-An'am 6:37 · Same ending وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ ۚ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَادِرٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُنَزِّلَ ءَايَةً وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
• Al-Anfal 8:34 · Same ending وَمَا لَهُمْ أَلَّا يُعَذِّبَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَهُمْ يَصُدُّونَ عَنِ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ وَمَا كَانُوٓا۟ أَوْلِيَآءَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنْ أَوْلِيَآؤُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
• Yunus 10:55 · Same ending أَلَآ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
• Al-Qasas 28:13 · Same ending فَرَدَدْنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّهِۦ كَىْ تَقَرَّ عَيْنُهَا وَلَا تَحْزَنَ وَلِتَعْلَمَ أَنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
• Al-Qasas 28:57 · Same ending وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِن نَّتَّبِعِ ٱلْهُدَىٰ مَعَكَ نُتَخَطَّفْ مِنْ أَرْضِنَآ ۚ أَوَلَمْ نُمَكِّن لَّهُمْ حَرَمًا ءَامِنًا يُجْبَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ ثَمَرَٰتُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ رِّزْقًا مِّن لَّدُنَّا وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
• Az-Zumar 39:49 · Same ending فَإِذَا مَسَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ ضُرٌّ دَعَانَا ثُمَّ إِذَا خَوَّلْنَـٰهُ نِعْمَةً مِّنَّا قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أُوتِيتُهُۥ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍۭ ۚ بَلْ هِىَ فِتْنَةٌ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

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