سورة الاٴعرَاف
Surah Al-A‘râf 7:97
The Elevated Places · Verse 97 of 206
أَفَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ الْقُرَىٰ أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ بَأْسُنَا بَيَاتًا وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
Do the people of these townships feel secure against the coming of Our punishment upon them by night while they are asleep?
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Did the people of the towns feel secure against the coming of Our wrath by night while they were asleep?
Ahmed Ali
Are the people of the region so secure that they lie asleep unaware as Our punishment overtakes them?
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Ali Unal
Did the peoples of the townships feel secure that Our mighty punishment would not come upon them at night while they are sleeping?
Daryabadi
Are the people of the townships then secure that Our wrath would not come upon them at night while they are slumbering?
Faridul Haque
Do the people of the dwellings not fear that Our wrath may come upon them at night while they are asleep?
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Are the people of the towns, then, secure from Our punishment coming to them by night while they sleep?
Maulvi Sher Ali
Are the people of these towns then secure from the coming of Our punishment upon them by night while they are asleep?
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?
Muhammad Musin Khan
Did the people of the towns then feel secure against the coming of Our Punishment by night while they are asleep?
Muhammad Pickthall
Are the people of the townships then secure from the coming of Our wrath upon them as a night-raid while they sleep?
Muhammad Sarwar
Did the people of the towns think themselves secure from Our wrath that could strike them at night during their sleep
Muhammed ali Shakir
What! do the people of the towns then feel secure from Our punishment coming to them by night while they sleep?
Rashad Khalifa
Did the people of the present communities guarantee that our retribution will not come to them in the night as they sleep?
Shabbir Ahmed
Can the people of any community ever feel secure that Our requital will not come upon them at night, while they are asleep?
Commentary 7:94-99 The verses show that punishment from Allâh is meant as a warning for others and is intended to awaken the people from their lethargy and that others…
On 7:94–99
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا فِي قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّبِيٍّ إِلَّا أَخَذْنَا أَهْلَهَا بِالْبَأْسَاءِ وَالضَّرَّاءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَضَّرَّعُونَ
7:94-99 The verses show that punishment from Allâh is meant as a warning for others and is intended to awaken the people from their lethargy and that others may become humble before the All-Mighty Lord (لَعَلَّهُمْ يَضَّرَّعُونَ). It is not designed for taking revenge (cf. 7:101).