Surah 7 Al-A'raaf — Ayah 131
فَإِذَا جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلْحَسَنَةُ قَالُوا۟ لَنَا هَٰذِهِۦ ۖ وَإِن تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌۭ يَطَّيَّرُوا۟ بِمُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّمَا طَٰٓئِرُهُمْ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
当幸福降临他们的时候，他们说：这是我们所应得的。当灾难降临他们的时候，他们则归咎于穆萨及其教徒们的不祥。真的，他们的厄运是在真主那里注定的，只是他们大半不知道罢了！
fa-idhā jāathumu l-ḥasanatu qālū lanā hādhihi wa-in tuṣib'hum sayyi-atun yaṭṭayyarū bimūsā waman maʿahu alā innamā ṭāiruhum ʿinda l-lahi walākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūna
Word by word
- فَإِذَا fa-idhā But when
- جَآءَتْهُمُ jāathumu came to them
- ٱلْحَسَنَةُ l-ḥasanatu the good
- قَالُوا۟ qālū they said
- لَنَا lanā For us
- هَـٰذِهِۦ ۖ hādhihi (is) this
- وَإِن wa-in And if
- تُصِبْهُمْ tuṣib'hum afflicts them
- سَيِّئَةٌۭ sayyi-atun bad
- يَطَّيَّرُوا۟ yaṭṭayyarū they ascribe evil omens
- بِمُوسَىٰ bimūsā to Musa
- وَمَن waman and who
- مَّعَهُۥٓ ۗ maʿahu (were) with him
- أَلَآ alā Behold
- إِنَّمَا innamā Only
- طَـٰٓئِرُهُمْ ṭāiruhum their evil omens
- عِندَ ʿinda (are) with
- ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
- وَلَـٰكِنَّ walākinna but
- أَكْثَرَهُمْ aktharahum most of them
- لَا lā (do) not
- يَعْلَمُونَ yaʿlamūna know
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Fir`awn and His People suffer Years of Drought
Allah said,
(And indeed We punished the people of Fir`awn) We tested and tried them,
(with years of drought) of famine due to little produce,
(and lack of fruits), which is less severe, according to Mujahid. Abu Ishaq narrated that Raja' bin Haywah said, "The date tree used to produce only one date!"
(That they might remember (take heed). But whenever good came to them) such as a fertile season and provisions,
(they said, "This is for us."), because we deserve it,
(and if evil afflicted them) drought and famine,
(they considered it an omen Musa and those with him. ) saying that this hardship is because of them and what they have done.
(Verily, their omens are with Allah) `Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas commented on the Ayah,
(Verily, their omens are with Allah) "Allah says that their afflictions are with and from Him,
(but most of them know not.)"