سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ

Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 10

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وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّـٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَـٰيِشَ ۗ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ ﴿10﴾
And surely, We gave you authority on the earth and appointed for you therein provisions (for your life). Little thanks do you give.
وَلَقَدْ walaqad And certainly
مَكَّنَّـٰكُمْ makkannākum We established you
فِى in
ٱلْأَرْضِ l-arḍi the earth
وَجَعَلْنَا wajaʿalnā and We made
لَكُمْ lakum for you
فِيهَا fīhā in it
مَعَـٰيِشَ ۗ maʿāyisha livelihood
قَلِيلًۭا qalīlan Little
مَّا (is) what
تَشْكُرُونَ tashkurūna you (are) grateful

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(Ayah 10) {وَ لَقَدْ مَكَّنّٰكُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ …… :} In the above verses, along with warning and glad tidings, people were encouraged to accept the invitation of the prophets, and in this encouragement, there was an indication towards the abundance of blessings. Now, from here, the sequence of mentioning blessings begins, along with the mention of Satan's envy and his efforts to deprive humans of Allah's blessings, so that we may protect ourselves from him.

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The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.

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10. We established you on the earth [8] and provided you with means of livelihood, but little do you give thanks.

[8] That is, Allah’s favors upon human beings are so numerous that if even one of them were taken away—for example, if the existence of air were to cease or the sun were never to shine—then it would become impossible for a person to live in this world. The recompense for these favors should be that people become grateful servants of Allah, but very few people ever think in this way.