أَفَأَمِنَ أَهۡلُ ٱلۡقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأۡتِيَهُم بَأۡسُنَا بَيَٰتٗا وَهُمۡ نَآئِمُونَ ٩٧
Then, did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them at night while they were asleep?
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- أَفَأَمِنَThen did feel secureafa-amina
- أَهۡلُ(the) peopleahlu
- ٱلۡقُرَىٰٓ(of) the citiesl-qurā
- أَنthatan
- يَأۡتِيَهُمcomes to themyatiyahum
- بَأۡسُنَاOur punishmentbasunā
- بَيَٰتٗا(at) nightbayātan
- وَهُمۡwhile theywahum
- نَآئِمُونَ(were) asleepnāimūna
Tafsir
So do the people who reject the truth in these cities feel safe from the punishment of Allah overcoming them in the night while they are sleeping?
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran