Quran 7:131 — Al-A'raaf, verse 131
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
then, when something good came their way, they said, ‘This is our due!’. When something bad came, they ascribed it to the evil omen of Moses and those with him, but their ‘evil omen’ was really from God, though most of them did not realize it.
فَإِذَا جَاءَتْهُمُ الْحَسَنَةُ قَالُوا لَنَا هَـٰذِهِ ۖ وَإِنْ تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ يَطَّيَّرُوا بِمُوسَىٰ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ ۗ أَلَا إِنَّمَا طَائِرُهُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
fa-idhā jāathumu l-ḥasanatu qālū lanā hādhihi wa-in tuṣib'hum sayyi-atun yaṭṭayyarū bimūsā waman maʿahu alā innamā ṭāiruhum ʿinda l-lahi walākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So, when good came to them, they said, 'This belongs to us'; but if any evil smote them, they would augur ill by Moses and those with him. Why, surely their ill augury was with God; but the most of them knew not.
- Muhammad Asad
- But whenever good fortune alighted upon them, they would say, "This is [but] our due"; and whenever affliction befell them, they would blame their evil fortune on Moses and those who followed him. Oh, verily, their [evil] fortune had been decreed by God-but most of them knew it not.
- Sahih International
- But when good [i.e., provision] came to them, they said, "This is ours [by right]." And if a bad [condition] struck them, they saw an evil omen in Moses and those with him. Unquestionably, their fortune is with Allāh, but most of them do not know.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَإِذَاfa-idhā | But when | — |
| 2 | جَآءَتْهُمُjāathumu | came to them | جيأ |
| 3 | ٱلْحَسَنَةُl-ḥasanatu | the good | حسن |
| 4 | قَالُوا۟qālū | they said | قول |
| 5 | لَنَاlanā | For us | — |
| 6 | هَـٰذِهِۦ ۖhādhihi | (is) this | — |
| 7 | وَإِنwa-in | And if | — |
| 8 | تُصِبْهُمْtuṣib'hum | afflicts them | صوب |
| 9 | سَيِّئَةٌۭsayyi-atun | bad | سوأ |
| 10 | يَطَّيَّرُوا۟yaṭṭayyarū | they ascribe evil omens | طير |
| 11 | بِمُوسَىٰbimūsā | to Musa | — |
| 12 | وَمَنwaman | and who | — |
| 13 | مَّعَهُۥٓ ۗmaʿahu | (were) with him | — |
| 14 | أَلَآalā | Behold | — |
| 15 | إِنَّمَاinnamā | Only | — |
| 16 | طَـٰٓئِرُهُمْṭāiruhum | their evil omens | طير |
| 17 | عِندَʿinda | (are) with | عند |
| 18 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 19 | وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinna | but | — |
| 20 | أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahum | most of them | كثر |
| 21 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 22 | يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna | know | علم |