Surah Al-A'raf 7:97 — translation and meaning
الأعراف · Verse 97 / 206 · Page 163
أَفَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ الْقُرَى أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا بَيَاتًا وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ
Word by Word
أَفَأَمِنَ
afa-amina
Then did feel secure
أَهْلُ
ahlu
(the) people
الْقُرَى
al-qura
(of) the cities
أَن
an
that
يَأْتِيَهُم
yatiyahum
comes to them
بَأْسُنَا
basuna
Our punishment
بَيَاتًا
bayatan
(at) night
وَهُمْ
wahum
while they
نَائِمُونَ
naimuna
(were) asleep
Transliteration
Afa amina ahlul quraaa ai yaatiyahum baasunaa bayaatanw wa hum naaa'imoon
Translation
Then, did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them at night while they were asleep?
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
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?
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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