Surah Al-A'raf Ayah 95 (7:95)

Verse 95 of 206Juz 9Page 162Hizb 17

ثُمَّ بَدَّلْنَا مَكَانَ ٱلسَّيِّئَةِ ٱلْحَسَنَةَ حَتَّىٰ عَفَوا۟ وَّقَالُوا۟ قَدْ مَسَّ ءَابَآءَنَا ٱلضَّرَّآءُ وَٱلسَّرَّآءُ فَأَخَذْنَٰهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ ۝٩٥

Thumma baddalnaa makaanas-sayyi'atil-hasanata hattaa `afaw waqaaloo qad massa aabaa'anad-darraa'u was-sarraa'u fa'akhadhnaahum baghtataw wahum laa yash`uroon

Then We exchanged in place of the bad [condition], good, until they increased [and prospered] and said, "Our fathers [also] were touched with hardship and ease." So We seized them suddenly while they did not perceive.

  1. Instead of being grateful to Allāh for His blessings, they merely attributed them to the changing fortunes of time.
  2. That they had been tried and tested.

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Quran 7:95 in other translations

Hilali and Khan

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.

Marmaduke Pickthall

Then changed We the evil plight for good till they grew affluent and said: Tribulation and distress did touch our fathers. Then We seized them unawares, when they perceived not

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Then We changed their suffering into prosperity, until they grew and multiplied, and began to say: "Our fathers (too) were touched by suffering and affluence"... Behold! We called them to account of a sudden, while they realised not (their peril)

Muhammad Junagarhi

پھر ہم نے اس بدحالی کی جگہ خوش حالی بدل دی، یہاں تک کہ ان کو خوب ترقی ہوئی اور کہنے لگے کہ ہمارے آباواجداد کو بھی تنگی اور راحت پیش آئی تھی تو ہم نے ان کو دفعتاً پکڑ لیا اور ان کو خبر بھی نہ تھی۔

Indonesian · Ministry of Religious Affairs

Kemudian Kami ganti penderitaan itu dengan kesenangan sehingga (keturunan dan harta mereka) bertambah banyak, lalu mereka berkata, "Sungguh, nenek moyang kami telah merasakan penderitaan dan kesenangan," maka Kami timpakan siksaan atas mereka dengan tiba-tiba tanpa mereka sadari.

Bengali · Abu Bakr Zakaria

তারপর আমরা অকল্যাণকে কল্যাণে পরিবর্তিত করি। অবশেষে তারা প্রাচুর্যের অধিকারী হয় এবং বলে, 'আমাদের পূর্বপুরুষরাও তো দুঃখ- সুখ ভোগ করেছে।’ অতঃপর হঠাৎ আমরা তাদেরকে পাকড়াও করি, এমনভাবে যে, তারা উপলব্ধিও করতে পারে না।

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