Sura 7 Al-A'raf (The Heights), ayah 131
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فَإِذَا جَاءَتْهُمُ الْحَسَنَةُ قَالُوا لَنَا هَٰذِهِ ۖ وَإِنْ تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ يَطَّيَّرُوا بِمُوسَىٰ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ ۗ أَلَا إِنَّمَا طَائِرُهُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
Translation by words
- فَإِذَا
- But when
- جَآءَتْهُمُ
- came to them
- ٱلْحَسَنَةُ
- the good
- قَالُوا۟
- they said,
- لَنَا
- "For us
- هَٰذِهِۦ
- (is) this."
- وَإِن
- And if
- تُصِبْهُمْ
- afflicts them
- سَيِّئَةٌ
- bad,
- يَطَّيَّرُوا۟
- they ascribe evil omens
- بِمُوسَىٰ
- to Musa
- وَمَن
- and who
- مَّعَهُۥٓ
- (were) with him.
- أَلَآ
- Behold!
- إِنَّمَا
- Only
- طَٰٓئِرُهُمْ
- their evil omens
- عِندَ
- (are) with
- ٱللَّهِ
- Allah
- وَلَٰكِنَّ
- but
- أَكْثَرَهُمْ
- most of them
- لَا
- (do) not
- يَعْلَمُونَ
- know.
But when good came to them, they said, "This is ours (by right)." And if a bad (condition) struck them, they saw an evil omen in Moses and those with him. Unquestionably, their fortune is with Allah, but most of them do not know.
7:131
Translation: Saheeh International