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Al-A'raf 98

Ayah 98 of 206 · Meccan

أَوَأَمِنَ أَهۡلُ ٱلۡقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأۡتِيَهُم بَأۡسُنَا ضُحٗى وَهُمۡ يَلۡعَبُونَ ٩٨

Or did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them in the morning while they were at play?1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., occupied with such activities that have no benefit.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَوَأَمِنَOr felt secureawa-amina
  2. أَهۡلُ(the) peopleahlu
  3. ٱلۡقُرَىٰٓ(of) the citiesl-qurā
  4. أَنthatan
  5. يَأۡتِيَهُمcomes to themyatiyahum
  6. بَأۡسُنَاOur punishmentbasunā
  7. ضُحٗى(in) daylightḍuḥan
  8. وَهُمۡwhile theywahum
  9. يَلۡعَبُونَ(were) playingyalʿabūna

Tafsir

Or do they feel safe from the punishment of Allah overcoming them during the day, mid- morning, while they are amusing themselves forgetfully, busy with the life of this world?

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran