Surah 7 Al-A'raaf — Ayah 100

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أَوَلَمْ يَهْدِ لِلَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَهْلِهَآ أَن لَّوْ نَشَآءُ أَصَبْنَٰهُم بِذُنُوبِهِمْ ۚ وَنَطْبَعُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ

او ایا څرګنده شوې نه ده هغو كسانو ته چې د ځمكې له (مخكينو) اوسېدونكو نه وروسته دوى د هغې وارثان ګرځي دا چې كه مونږ غوښتلى (، نو) مونږ به دوى ته د دوى د ګناهونو په وجه سزا وركړې وَى او مونږ به د دوى په زړونو باندې مهر ولګوو، بیا به دوى (هېڅ) نه ویني

awalam yahdi lilladhīna yarithūna l-arḍa min baʿdi ahlihā an law nashāu aṣabnāhum bidhunūbihim wanaṭbaʿu ʿalā qulūbihim fahum lā yasmaʿūna

Word by word

أَوَلَمْ awalam Would it not
يَهْدِ yahdi guide
لِلَّذِينَ lilladhīna [for] those who
يَرِثُونَ yarithūna inherit
ٱلْأَرْضَ l-arḍa the land
مِنۢ min from
بَعْدِ baʿdi after
أَهْلِهَآ ahlihā its people
أَن an that
لَّوْ law if
نَشَآءُ nashāu We willed
أَصَبْنَـٰهُم aṣabnāhum We (could) afflict them
بِذُنُوبِهِمْ ۚ bidhunūbihim for their sins
وَنَطْبَعُ wanaṭbaʿu and We put a seal
عَلَىٰ ʿalā over
قُلُوبِهِمْ qulūbihim their hearts
فَهُمْ fahum so they
لَا lā (do) not
يَسْمَعُونَ yasmaʿūna hear

Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Ibn `Abbas commented on Allah's statement,

أَوَلَمْ يَهْدِ لِلَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ الأَرْضَ مِن بَعْدِ أَهْلِهَآ

(Is it not a guidance for those who inherit the earth from its previous inhabitants. ..) "(Allah says,) did We not make clear to them that had We willed, We would have punished them because of their sins" Mujahid and several others said similarly. Abu Ja`far bin Jarir At-Tabari explained this Ayah, "Allah says, `Did We not make clear to those who succeeded on the earth after destroying the previous nations who used to dwell in that land. Then they followed their own ways, and behaved as they did and were unruly with their Lord. Did We not make clear to them that,

أَن لَّوْ نَشَآءُ أَصَبْنَـهُمْ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ

(that had We willed, We would have punished them for their sins.) by bringing them the same end that was decreed for those before them,

وَنَطْبَعُ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ

(And We seal up their hearts), We place a cover over their heart,

فَهُمْ لاَ يَسْمَعُونَ

(so that they hear not), words of advice or reminding"' I say that similarly, Allah said,

أَفَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِّنَ الْقُرُونِ يَمْشُونَ فِى مَسَـكِنِهِمْ إِنَّ فِى ذَلِكَ لأَيَـتٍ لاٌّوْلِى النُّهَى

(Is it not a guidance for them: how many generations We have destroyed before them, in whose dwellings they walk Verily, in this are signs indeed for men of understanding.) 20:128

أَوَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِمْ مِّنَ الْقُرُونِ يَمْشُونَ فِى مَسَاكِنِهِمْ إِنَّ فِى ذَلِكَ لاّيَاتٍ أَفَلاَ يَسْمَعُونَ

(Is it not a guidance for them: how many generations We have destroyed before them in whose dwellings they do walk about Verily, therein indeed are signs. Would they not then listen) 32:26 and,

أَوَلَمْ تَكُونُواْ أَقْسَمْتُمْ مِّن قَبْلُ مَا لَكُمْ مِّن زَوَالٍوَسَكَنتُمْ فِى مَسَـكِنِ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ أَنفُسَهُمْ

(Had you not sworn aforetime that you would not leave (the world for the Hereafter). And you dwelt in the dwellings of men who wronged themselves)14:44-45 Also, Allah said,

وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِّن قَرْنٍ هَلْ تُحِسُّ مِنْهُمْ مِّنْ أَحَدٍ أَوْ تَسْمَعُ لَهُمْ رِكْزاً

(And how many a generation before them have We destroyed! Can you find a single one of them or hear even a whisper of them) 19:98 meaning, do you see any of them or hear their voices There are many other Ayat that testify that Allah's torment strikes His enemies, while His bounty reaches His faithful believers. Thereafter comes Allah's statement, and He is the Most Truthful, the Lord of all that exists,