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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 Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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96. And if the people of those towns had believed and been mindful of Allah [101], We would have surely opened for them blessings from the heavens and the earth. But they denied, so We seized them for what they used to earn.
[101]
The Descent of Blessings Upon an Obedient Society:
In this verse, Allah Almighty has stated such a principle that those with superficial, rationalistic minds cannot comprehend, but both experience and observation bear witness to this reality: in whichever region Allah's commands are followed to whatever extent, Allah's mercy and blessings begin to descend upon that region. In the present era, this can to some extent be observed in Saudi Arabia, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has said that by establishing even one of Allah's prescribed limits, so many blessings and mercies descend as would descend from forty days of rain. [نسائي۔ كتاب قطع السارق باب الترغيب فى اقامة الحد]
[101]
The Descent of Blessings Upon an Obedient Society:
In this verse, Allah Almighty has stated such a principle that those with superficial, rationalistic minds cannot comprehend, but both experience and observation bear witness to this reality: in whichever region Allah's commands are followed to whatever extent, Allah's mercy and blessings begin to descend upon that region. In the present era, this can to some extent be observed in Saudi Arabia, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has said that by establishing even one of Allah's prescribed limits, so many blessings and mercies descend as would descend from forty days of rain. [نسائي۔ كتاب قطع السارق باب الترغيب فى اقامة الحد]
