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