Al-A'raf 7:97
The Heights · Juz 9 · Page 163
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?
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﴿وما أرْسَلْنا في قَرْيَةٍ مِن نَبِيٍّ﴾ فكذبه أهلها ﴿إلّا أخَذْنا أهْلَها بِالبَأْساءِ﴾ الفقر ﴿والضَّرّاءِ﴾ المرض ﴿لَعَلَّهم يَضَّرَّعُونَ﴾ كي يتضرعوا ويتركوا الاستكبار عن الإيمان ﴿ثُمَّ بَدَّلْنا مَكانَ السَّيِّئَةِ الحَسَنَةَ﴾ أعطنا السلامة والسعة مكان البلاء والشدة ابتلاء واستدراجًا ﴿حَتّى عَفَوْا﴾ كثروا عددًا ومالًا ﴿وقالُوا قَدْ مَسَّ آباءَنا الضَّرّاءُ والسَّراءُ﴾ فأصابنا مثل ما أصابهم وهذا عادة الدهر ولم ينتبهوا وغفلوا ﴿فأخَذناهم بَغتَةً﴾ فجأة مصدر أي: هذا النوع من الأخذ ﴿وهم لا يَشْعُرُونَ﴾ بنزول العذاب ﴿ولَوْ أنَّ أهلَ القُرى﴾ أي: تلك القرى التي أرسلنا فيها رسلًا ﴿آمنوا واتَّقَوْا﴾ المعاصي ﴿لَفَتَحْنا عَلَيْهِمْ بَرَكاتٍ﴾ يسرنا الخير لهم ﴿مِنَ السَّماءِ والأرْضِ﴾ من كل جانب أو قطر السماء ونبات الأرض ﴿ولَكِنْ كَذبُوا﴾ رسلنا ﴿فَأخَذْناهم بِما كانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ﴾ بسبب كفرهم وعصيانهم ﴿أفَأمِنَ﴾ الهمزة للإنكار وهو عطف على فأخذناهم بغتة، أو فأخذناهم بما كانوا، وحاصله فعلوا كيت وكيت فأخذناهم بغتة أبعد ذلك أمن ﴿أهْلُ القُرى أنْ يَأْتِيَهم بَأْسُنا﴾ عذابنا ﴿بَياتًا﴾ أي: وقت بيات، أي: بيتوتة فنصبه على الظرف بحذف المضاف ﴿وهم نائِمُون﴾ جملة حالية ﴿أوَأمِنَ أهْلُ القُرى أنْ يَأْتِيَهم بَأْسُنا ضُحًى﴾ ضحوة النهار ظرف ﴿وهم يَلْعَبُونَ﴾ من فرط غفلتهم ﴿أفَأمِنُوا مَكْرَ اللهِ﴾ استعارة لأخذه العبد من حيث لا يشعر واستدراجه ﴿فَلا يَأْمَنُ مَكْرَ اللهِ إلّا القَوْمُ الخاسِرُونَ﴾ فطرتهم.
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7:96
وَلَوۡ أَنَّ أَهۡلَ ٱلۡقُرَىٰٓ ءَامَنُواْ وَٱتَّقَوۡاْ لَفَتَحۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم بَرَكَٰتٖ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبُواْ فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُم بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ ٩٦
And if only the people of the cities had believed and feared Allāh, We would have opened [i.e., bestowed] upon them blessings from the heaven and the earth; but they denied [the messengers], so We seized them for what they were earning.1
1 translator’s note
- Of blame for their sin. ↩
7:97
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?
7:98
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
1 translator’s note
- i.e., occupied with such activities that have no benefit. ↩
7:99
أَفَأَمِنُواْ مَكۡرَ ٱللَّهِۚ فَلَا يَأۡمَنُ مَكۡرَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلۡقَوۡمُ ٱلۡخَٰسِرُونَ ٩٩
Then, did they feel secure from the plan of Allāh? But no one feels secure from the plan of Allāh except the losing people.
7:100
أَوَلَمۡ يَهۡدِ لِلَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ أَهۡلِهَآ أَن لَّوۡ نَشَآءُ أَصَبۡنَٰهُم بِذُنُوبِهِمۡۚ وَنَطۡبَعُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمۡ فَهُمۡ لَا يَسۡمَعُونَ ١٠٠
Has it not become clear to those who inherited the earth after its [previous] people that if We willed, We could afflict them for their sins? But We seal over their hearts so they do not hear.1
1 translator’s note
- They do not benefit from what they hear. ↩
7:101
تِلۡكَ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ نَقُصُّ عَلَيۡكَ مِنۡ أَنۢبَآئِهَاۚ وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَتۡهُمۡ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ فَمَا كَانُواْ لِيُؤۡمِنُواْ بِمَا كَذَّبُواْ مِن قَبۡلُۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَطۡبَعُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ١٠١
Those cities - We relate to you, [O Muḥammad], some of their news. And certainly did their messengers come to them with clear proofs, but they were not to believe in that which they had denied before.1 Thus does Allāh seal over the hearts of the disbelievers.
1 translator’s note
- i.e., they persistently denied every warning given them. ↩
7:102
وَمَا وَجَدۡنَا لِأَكۡثَرِهِم مِّنۡ عَهۡدٖۖ وَإِن وَجَدۡنَآ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَفَٰسِقِينَ ١٠٢
And We did not find for most of them any covenant;1 but indeed, We found most of them defiantly disobedient.
1 translator’s note
- i.e., they were found to be unfaithful and negligent of Allāh's covenant. ↩
7:103
ثُمَّ بَعَثۡنَا مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِم مُّوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَمَلَإِيْهِۦ فَظَلَمُواْ بِهَاۖ فَٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡمُفۡسِدِينَ ١٠٣
Then We sent after them Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his establishment, but they were unjust toward them.1 So see how was the end of the corrupters.
1 translator’s note
- i.e., they rejected and opposed the signs. ↩
7:104
وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ يَٰفِرۡعَوۡنُ إِنِّي رَسُولٞ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٠٤
And Moses said, "O Pharaoh, I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds