سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 96
وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّقَوْا۟ لَفَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَرَكَـٰتٍ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبُوا۟ فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ ﴿96﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And if the people of the towns had believed and had the Taqwâ (piety), certainly, We should have opened for them blessings from the heaven and the earth, but they belied (the Messengers). So We took them (with punishment) for what they used to earn (polytheism and crimes).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَوْ
walaw
And if
أَنَّ
anna
[that]
أَهْلَ
ahla
people
ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ
l-qurā
(of) the cities
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
(had) believed
وَٱتَّقَوْا۟
wa-ittaqaw
and feared Allah
لَفَتَحْنَا
lafataḥnā
surely We (would have) opened
عَلَيْهِم
ʿalayhim
upon them
بَرَكَـٰتٍۢ
barakātin
blessings
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
l-samāi
the heaven
وَٱلْأَرْضِ
wal-arḍi
and the earth
وَلَـٰكِن
walākin
but
كَذَّبُوا۟
kadhabū
they denied
فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم
fa-akhadhnāhum
So We seized them
بِمَا
bimā
for what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they used to
يَكْسِبُونَ
yaksibūna
earn
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.
The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.
