Surah Al-A'raf 7:130 — translation and meaning
الأعراف · Verse 130 / 206 · Page 165
وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَا آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ بِالسِّنِينَ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ الثَّمَرَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ
Word by Word
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And certainly
أَخَذْنَا
akhadhna
We seized
آلَ
ala
(the) people
فِرْعَوْنَ
fir'awna
(of) Firaun
بِالسِّنِينَ
bil-sinina
with years (of famine)
وَنَقْصٍ
wanaqsin
and a deficit
مِّنَ
mina
of
الثَّمَرَاتِ
al-thamarati
[the] fruits
لَعَلَّهُمْ
la'allahum
so that they may
يَذَّكَّرُونَ
yadhakkaruna
receive admonition
Transliteration
Wa laqad akhaznaaa Aala Fir'awna bis sineena wa naqsim minas samaraati la'allahum yazzakkaroon
Translation
And We certainly seized the people of Pharaoh with years of famine and a deficiency in fruits that perhaps they would be reminded.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
And indeed I gave the people of Pharaoh a number of years of drought and famine, testing them with a shortage of fruits and crops, so that they might reflect and realise that this was a punishment from Allah because of their disbelief, and so they might repent to Him.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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