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An-Nahl 16:112

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وَضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا قَرْيَةً كَانَتْ ءَامِنَةً مُّطْمَئِنَّةً يَأْتِيهَا رِزْقُهَا رَغَدًا مِّن كُلِّ مَكَانٍ فَكَفَرَتْ بِأَنْعُمِ ٱللَّهِ فَأَذَٰقَهَا ٱللَّهُ لِبَاسَ ٱلْجُوعِ وَٱلْخَوْفِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَصْنَعُونَ

And Allāh presents an example: a city [i.e., Makkah] which was safe and secure, its provision coming to it in abundance from every location, but it denied the favors of Allāh. So Allāh made it taste the envelopment of hunger and fear for what they had been doing.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وضرب الله مثلا بلدة «مكة» كانت في أمان من الاعتداء، واطمئنان مِن ضيق العيش، يأتيها رزقها هنيئًا سهلا من كل جهة، فجحد أهلُها نِعَمَ الله عليهم، وأشركوا به، ولم يشكروا له، فعاقبهم الله بالجوع، والخوف من سرايا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وجيوشه، التي كانت تخيفهم; وذلك بسبب كفرهم وصنيعهم الباطل.

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