سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 95
ثُمَّ بَدَّلْنَا مَكَانَ ٱلسَّيِّئَةِ ٱلْحَسَنَةَ حَتَّىٰ عَفَوا۟ وَّقَالُوا۟ قَدْ مَسَّ ءَابَآءَنَا ٱلضَّرَّآءُ وَٱلسَّرَّآءُ فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ ﴿95﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Then We changed the evil for the good, until they increased in number and in wealth, and said: "Our fathers were touched with evil (loss of health and calamities) and with good (prosperity)." So We seized them all of a sudden while they were unaware.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
بَدَّلْنَا
baddalnā
We changed
مَكَانَ
makāna
(in) place
ٱلسَّيِّئَةِ
l-sayi-ati
(of) the bad
ٱلْحَسَنَةَ
l-ḥasanata
the good
حَتَّىٰ
ḥattā
until
عَفَوا۟
ʿafaw
they increased
وَّقَالُوا۟
waqālū
and said
قَدْ
qad
Verily
مَسَّ
massa
(had) touched
ءَابَآءَنَا
ābāanā
our forefathers
ٱلضَّرَّآءُ
l-ḍarāu
the adversity
وَٱلسَّرَّآءُ
wal-sarāu
and the ease
فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم
fa-akhadhnāhum
So We seized them
بَغْتَةًۭ
baghtatan
suddenly
وَهُمْ
wahum
while they
لَا
lā
(did) not
يَشْعُرُونَ
yashʿurūna
perceive
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
95. 1. That is, poverty and illness were replaced with health and well-being, even though there was no inclination within them to turn towards Allah. So We changed their hardship to prosperity and their sickness to health and well-being so that they might give thanks to Allah for it. But even this change in their condition brought no transformation within them, and they said, "This has always been happening." Then We suddenly seized them with Our punishment. For this reason, the hadith describes the situation of the believers as the opposite: when they receive comfort and ease, they give thanks to Allah, and when they are afflicted with hardship, they show patience. Thus, both conditions become a source of goodness and reward for them.
