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Al-A'raf (The Heights)

Verse 97of 206

أَفَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا بَيَٰتًۭا وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ﴿٩٧

Translation (Sahih International)

Then, did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them at night while they were asleep?

Word-by-word meaning

أَفَأَمِنَafa-aminaThen did feel secure
أَهْلُahlu(the) people
ٱلْقُرَىٰٓl-qurā(of) the cities
أَنanthat
يَأْتِيَهُمyatiyahumcomes to them
بَأْسُنَاbasunāOur punishment
بَيَـٰتًۭاbayātan(at) night
وَهُمْwahumwhile they
نَآئِمُونَnāimūna(were) asleep

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Blessings come with Faith, while Kufr brings TormentAllah mentions here the little faith of the people of the towns to whom He sent Messengers. In another instance, Allah said, فَلَوْلاَ كَانَتْ قَرْيَةٌ ءَامَنَتْ فَنَفَعَهَآ إِيمَانُهَا إِلاَّ قَوْمَ يُونُسَ لَمَّآ ءَامَنُواْ كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمْ عَذَابَ الخِزْىِ فِى الْحَيَوةَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَتَّعْنَاهُمْ إِلَى حِينٍ (Was there any town (community) that believed (after seeing the punishment), and its faith (at that moment) saved it (from the puni...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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