سورة الأعراف، الآية ٩٨
أَوَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا ضُحًى وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ ٩٨
awa-amina ahlu l-qurā an yatiyahum basunā ḍuḥan wahum yalʿabūna
Or did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them in the morning while they were at play?386
[386] i.e., occupied with such activities that have no benefit.
Verse 98 of Surah Al-A’raf (7:98), 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.
78 recitations by 72 reciters: pick one and it plays in the player.
Or do they feel safe from the punishment of Allah overcoming them during the day, mid- morning, while they are amusing themselves forgetfully, busy with the life of this world?
Or do the people of the towns feel secure that Our punishment will not befall them by day while they are at play?
Or, did the people of the towns then feel secure against the coming of Our punishment in the forenoon while they were playing?
Or are the people of the townships then secure from the coming of Our wrath upon them in the daytime while they play?
Or else did they feel secure against its coming in broad daylight while they played about (care-free)?
What! do the people of the towns feel secure from Our punishment coming to them in the morning while they play?
Or do the population of the towns feel secure that Our violence will not come up to them in the forenoon while they are playing?
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.
أَفَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا بَيَٰتًا وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ
Then, did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them at night while they were asleep?
