The Holy Quran 36:19 — Surah Ya-Sin

Arabic text

قَالُوا۟ طَـٰٓئِرُكُم مَّعَكُمْ ۚ أَئِن ذُكِّرْتُم ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّسْرِفُونَ

Translation

The messengers said, "Your augury (premonition of evil) is with you (if any evil comes your way, it will only be as a result of you own wrong-doing). (Do you augur evil only) Because you have been given advice? (This is foolish indeed because good advice should rather prompt you to augur good. However, you say such things because) You are but a transgressing nation (who do not live within limits)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

That is, the punishment came as an ill consequence of your disbelief and denial: had you all together accepted the truth and what is right, neither would this blameworthy discord have arisen nor would you have been afflicted with calamities like this. So the causes of misfortune and ill omen lie within yourselves.

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