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Al-A'raf 131

Ayah 131 of 206 · Meccan

فَإِذَا جَآءَتۡهُمُ ٱلۡحَسَنَةُ قَالُواْ لَنَا هَٰذِهِۦۖ وَإِن تُصِبۡهُمۡ سَيِّئَةٞ يَطَّيَّرُواْ بِمُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓۗ أَلَآ إِنَّمَا طَٰٓئِرُهُمۡ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ١٣١

But when good [i.e., provision] came to them, they said, "This is ours [by right]." And if a bad [condition] struck them, they saw an evil omen in Moses and those with him. Unquestionably, their fortune is with Allāh, but most of them do not know.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَإِذَاBut whenfa-idhā
  2. جَآءَتۡهُمُcame to themjāathumu
  3. ٱلۡحَسَنَةُthe goodl-ḥasanatu
  4. قَالُواْthey saidqālū
  5. لَنَاFor uslanā
  6. هَٰذِهِۦۖ(is) thishādhihi
  7. وَإِنAnd ifwa-in
  8. تُصِبۡهُمۡafflicts themtuṣib'hum
  9. سَيِّئَةٞbadsayyi-atun
  10. يَطَّيَّرُواْthey ascribe evil omensyaṭṭayyarū
  11. بِمُوسَىٰto Musabimūsā
  12. وَمَنand whowaman
  13. مَّعَهُۥٓۗ(were) with himmaʿahu
  14. أَلَآBeholdalā
  15. إِنَّمَاOnlyinnamā
  16. طَٰٓئِرُهُمۡtheir evil omensṭāiruhum
  17. عِندَ(are) withʿinda
  18. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  19. وَلَٰكِنَّbutwalākinna
  20. أَكۡثَرَهُمۡmost of themaktharahum
  21. لَا(do) notlā
  22. يَعۡلَمُونَknowyaʿlamūna

Tafsir

Whenever the people of Pharaoh experienced wealth, healthy yields, and a thriving economy, they said: 'We have been given this because we deserve it.' But if a misfortune came upon them, such as a drought or famine, diseases, and other hardships, they would blame their bad fortune on Moses and the Children of Israel who were with him. However, the misfortunes happened to them by the decree and permission of Allah, and neither they nor Moses (peace be upon him) had any part in the affair, apart from Moses's supplications against them. But most of them do not know, saying what happens is due to other things, rather than Allah’s decree.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran