Quran 7:97 — Al-A'raaf, verse 97
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do the people of these towns feel secure that Our punishment will not come upon them by night, while they are asleep?
أَفَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ الْقُرَىٰ أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ بَأْسُنَا بَيَاتًا وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ
afa-amina ahlu l-qurā an yatiyahum basunā bayātan wahum nāimūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Do the people of the cities feel secure Our might shall not come upon them at night while they are sleeping?
- Muhammad Asad
- Can, then, the people of any community ever feel secure that Our punishment will not come upon them by night, while they are asleep?
- Sahih International
- Then, did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them at night while they were asleep?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَفَأَمِنَafa-amina | Then did feel secure | أمن |
| 2 | أَهْلُahlu | (the) people | أهل |
| 3 | ٱلْقُرَىٰٓl-qurā | (of) the cities | قري |
| 4 | أَنan | that | — |
| 5 | يَأْتِيَهُمyatiyahum | comes to them | أتي |
| 6 | بَأْسُنَاbasunā | Our punishment | بأس |
| 7 | بَيَـٰتًۭاbayātan | (at) night | بيت |
| 8 | وَهُمْwahum | while they | — |
| 9 | نَآئِمُونَnāimūna | (were) asleep | نوم |