The Holy Quran 7:95 — Surah Al-A'raf

Arabic text

ثُمَّ بَدَّلْنَا مَكَانَ ٱلسَّيِّئَةِ ٱلْحَسَنَةَ حَتَّىٰ عَفَوا۟ وَّقَالُوا۟ قَدْ مَسَّ ءَابَآءَنَا ٱلضَّرَّآءُ وَٱلسَّرَّآءُ فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Translation

Thereafter We exchanged the bad conditions for good conditions until they prospered and said (ungratefully and without taking a lesson), "Indeed bad and good conditions affected our forefathers as well (these conditions are bound to take place and are not related to our actions. We may therefore continue behaving as we do)." Then We seized (punished) them suddenly while they did not realise (that punishment was coming their way).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The trial of those who deny the prophets: when, at the sending of the prophets, people generally meet them with denial and opposition, then from Allah, as an initial warning, illness, famine and various kinds of hardship and suffering are imposed on them, so that the deniers, having tasted the whip, may desist from their mischief and bow towards the Divine…

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