Quran 7:95 — Al-A'raaf, verse 95
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and then We changed their hardship into prosperity, until they multiplied. But then they said, ‘Hardship and affluence also befell our forefathers,’ and so We took them suddenly, unawares.
ثُمَّ بَدَّلْنَا مَكَانَ السَّيِّئَةِ الْحَسَنَةَ حَتَّىٰ عَفَوْا وَقَالُوا قَدْ مَسَّ آبَاءَنَا الضَّرَّاءُ وَالسَّرَّاءُ فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
thumma baddalnā makāna l-sayi-ati l-ḥasanata ḥattā ʿafaw waqālū qad massa ābāanā l-ḍarāu wal-sarāu fa-akhadhnāhum baghtatan wahum lā yashʿurūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- then We gave them in the place of evil good, till they multiplied, and said, 'Hardship and happiness visited our fathers.' So We seized them suddenly, unawares.
- Muhammad Asad
- then We transformed the affliction into ease of life, so that they throve and said [to themselves], "Misfortune and hardship befell our forefathers as well -whereupon We took them to task, all of a sudden, without their being aware [of what was coming].
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 2 | بَدَّلْنَاbaddalnā | We changed | بدل |
| 3 | مَكَانَmakāna | (in) place | كون |
| 4 | ٱلسَّيِّئَةِl-sayi-ati | (of) the bad | سوأ |
| 5 | ٱلْحَسَنَةَl-ḥasanata | the good | حسن |
| 6 | حَتَّىٰḥattā | until | — |
| 7 | عَفَوا۟ʿafaw | they increased | عفو |
| 8 | وَّقَالُوا۟waqālū | and said | قول |
| 9 | قَدْqad | Verily | — |
| 10 | مَسَّmassa | (had) touched | مسس |
| 11 | ءَابَآءَنَاābāanā | our forefathers | أبو |
| 12 | ٱلضَّرَّآءُl-ḍarāu | the adversity | ضرر |
| 13 | وَٱلسَّرَّآءُwal-sarāu | and the ease | سرر |
| 14 | فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُمfa-akhadhnāhum | So We seized them | أخذ |
| 15 | بَغْتَةًۭbaghtatan | suddenly | بغت |
| 16 | وَهُمْwahum | while they | — |
| 17 | لَاlā | (did) not | — |
| 18 | يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūna | perceive | شعر |