Al-A'raf, verse 95

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1. Then thumma
2. We changed baddalnā
3. (in) place makāna
4. (of) the bad l-sayi-ati
5. the good l-ḥasanata
6. until ḥattā
7. they increased ʿafaw
8. and said waqālū
9. Verily qad
10. (had) touched massa
11. our forefathers ābāanā
12. the adversity l-ḍarāu
13. and the ease wal-sarāu
14. So We seized them fa-akhadhnāhum
15. suddenly baghtatan
16. while they wahum
17. (did) not lā
18. perceive yashʿurūna

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

This commentary covers the passage that begins at verse 7:94.

Afflictions that struck Earlier Nations Allah mentions the Ba'sa' and Darra' that struck the earlier nations to whom He sent Prophets. Ba'sa', refers to the physical sicknesses and ailments that they suffered, while Darra', refers to the poverty and humiliation that they experienced, لَعَلَّهُمْ يَضَّرَّعُونَ (so that they might humble themselves) supplicate, humble themselves and invoke Allah, that He might remove the afflictions that they suffered from. This Ayah indicates that Allah sent down severe afflictions to them so that they might invoke Him, but they did not do what He ordered…

• Verse 93 فَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ لَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكُمْ رِسَـٰلَـٰتِ رَبِّى وَنَصَحْتُ لَكُمْ ۖ فَكَيْفَ ءَاسَىٰ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ كَـٰفِرِينَ so he turned away from them, saying, ‘My people, I delivered my Lord’s messages to you and gave you sincere advice, so why should I grieve for people who refused to believe?’
• Verse 94 وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا فِى قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّبِىٍّ إِلَّآ أَخَذْنَآ أَهْلَهَا بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَضَّرَّعُونَ Whenever We sent a prophet to a town, We afflicted its [disbelieving] people with suffering and hardships, so that they might humble themselves [before God],
• Verse 95
• Verse 96 وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّقَوْا۟ لَفَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَرَكَـٰتٍ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبُوا۟ فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ If the people of those towns had believed and been mindful of God, We would have showered them with blessings from the heavens and earth, but they rejected the truth and so We punished them for their misdeeds.
• Verse 97 أَفَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا بَيَـٰتًا وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ Do the people of these towns feel secure that Our punishment will not come upon them by night, while they are asleep?

• بدل bā dāl lām
• كون kāf wāw nūn
• سوا sīn wāw alif
• حسن ḥā sīn nūn
• عفو ʿayn fā wāw
• قول qāf wāw lām
• مسس mīm sīn sīn
• ابو alif bā wāw
• ضرر ḍād rā rā
• سرر sīn rā rā
• اخذ alif khā dhāl
• بغت bā ghayn tā
• شعر shīn ʿayn rā

• Ancestors الآباء
• Change التبديل
• Father الآباء
• Fathers الآباء
• Hardship الضراء
• Secret السر

• Yusuf 12:107 · Same ending أَفَأَمِنُوٓا۟ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمْ غَـٰشِيَةٌ مِّنْ عَذَابِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْ تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
• Ash-Shu'ara 26:202 · Same ending فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
• Al-'Ankabut 29:53 · Same ending وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلْعَذَابِ ۚ وَلَوْلَآ أَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى لَّجَآءَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَيَأْتِيَنَّهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
• Az-Zukhruf 43:66 · Same ending هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ أَن تَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

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