سورة الأعراف، الآية ٩٧
أَفَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا بَيَٰتًا وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ ٩٧
afa-amina ahlu l-qurā an yatiyahum basunā bayātan wahum nāimūna
Then, did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them at night while they were asleep?
Verse 97 of Surah Al-A’raf (7:97), a Meccan surah, is in juz 9, on page 163 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.
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So do the people who reject the truth in these cities feel safe from the punishment of Allah overcoming them in the night while they are sleeping?
Do the people of the towns feel secure that Our punishment will not befall them by night while they are asleep?
Did the people of the towns then feel secure against the coming of Our punishment by night while they were asleep?
Are the people of the townships then secure from the coming of Our wrath upon them as a night-raid while they sleep?
Did the people of the towns feel secure against the coming of Our wrath by night while they were asleep?
What! do the people of the towns then feel secure from Our punishment coming to them by night while they sleep?
So, do the population of the towns feel secure that Our violence will not come up to them (in their homes) at night (while) they are sleeping?
One hadith cites this verse; its text is in Arabic.
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
أَوَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا ضُحًى وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ
Or did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them in the morning while they were at play?
