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Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 130 (7:130)

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وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَآ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ بِٱلسِّنِينَ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

Quran 7:130 is ayah 130 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 9, on page 165 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:130
وَلَقَدْأَخَذْنَآءَالَفِرْعَوْنَبِٱلسِّنِينَوَنَقْصٍمِّنَٱلثَّمَرَٰتِلَعَلَّهُمْيَذَّكَّرُونَ١٣٠
walaqad akhadhnā āla fir'ʿawna bil-sinīna wanaqṣin mina l-thamarāti laʿallahum yadhakkarūna

And We certainly seized the people of Pharaoh with years of famine and a deficiency in fruits that perhaps they would be reminded.(130)

Word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
  2. أَخَذْنَآakhadhnāWe seized
  3. ءَالَāla(the) people
  4. فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna(of) Firaun
  5. بِٱلسِّنِينَbil-sinīnawith years (of famine)
  6. وَنَقْصٍwanaqṣinand a deficit
  7. مِّنَminaof
  8. ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِl-thamarāti[the] fruits
  9. لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
  10. يَذَّكَّرُونَyadhakkarūnareceive admonition

Tafsir (commentary) of 7:130

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This commentary explains ayahs 7:130–131 together.

Fir`awn and His People suffer Years of Drought

Allah said,

وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَآ ءالَ فِرْعَوْنَ

(And indeed We punished the people of Fir`awn) We tested and tried them,

بِالسِّنِينَ

(with years of drought) of famine due to little produce,

وَنَقْصٍ مِّن الثَّمَرَاتِ

(and lack of fruits), which is less severe, according to Mujahid. Abu Ishaq narrated that Raja' bin Haywah said, "The date tree used to produce only one date!"

لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَفَإِذَا جَآءَتْهُمُ الْحَسَنَةُ

(That they might remember (take heed). But whenever good came to them) such as a fertile season and provisions,

قَالُواْ لَنَا هَـذِهِ

(they said, "This is for us."), because we deserve it,

وَإِن تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ

(and if evil afflicted them) drought and famine,

يَطَّيَّرُواْ بِمُوسَى وَمَن مَّعَهُ

(they considered it an omen Musa and those with him. ) saying that this hardship is because of them and what they have done.

أَلاَ إِنَّمَا طَائِرُهُمْ عِندَ اللَّهِ

(Verily, their omens are with Allah) `Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas commented on the Ayah,

أَلاَ إِنَّمَا طَائِرُهُمْ عِندَ اللَّهِ

(Verily, their omens are with Allah) "Allah says that their afflictions are with and from Him,

وَلَـكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ

(but most of them know not.)"

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