سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 130
وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَآ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ بِٱلسِّنِينَ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ ﴿130﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And indeed We punished the people of Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) with years of drought and shortness of fruits (crops), that they might remember (take heed).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And certainly
أَخَذْنَآ
akhadhnā
We seized
ءَالَ
āla
(the) people
فِرْعَوْنَ
fir'ʿawna
(of) Firaun
بِٱلسِّنِينَ
bil-sinīna
with years (of famine)
وَنَقْصٍۢ
wanaqṣin
and a deficit
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ
l-thamarāti
[the] fruits
لَعَلَّهُمْ
laʿallahum
so that they may
يَذَّكَّرُونَ
yadhakkarūna
receive admonition
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
(Ayah 130){ وَ لَقَدْ اَخَذْنَاۤ اٰلَ فِرْعَوْنَ … :} In the above verse, when it was promised through the tongue of Musa (peace be upon him) that the time is near when your Lord will destroy your enemy, from here begins the mention of those hardships and calamities in which the people of Pharaoh were afflicted from time to time, until finally they were destroyed, so that these polytheists may be warned about disbelief and be made aware that the consequence of denying the prophets appears in the form of destruction. In the end, it is stated that these hardships and calamities were sent upon them so that they may take heed and refrain from their rebellion, because in times of calamity, hearts become soft and turn towards Allah.
