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Al-A'raf 7:131

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فَإِذَا جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلْحَسَنَةُ قَالُوا۟ لَنَا هَـٰذِهِۦ ۖ وَإِن تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ يَطَّيَّرُوا۟ بِمُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّمَا طَـٰٓئِرُهُمْ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

But when good [i.e., provision] 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 Allāh, but most of them do not know.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

فإذا جاء فرعونَ وقومَه الخِصْبُ والرزقُ قالوا: هذا لنا بما نستحقه، وإن يُصِبْهم جدب وقحط يتشاءموا، ويقولوا: هذا بسبب موسى ومَن معه. ألا إنَّ ما يصيبهم من الجدب والقحط إنما هو بقضاء الله وقدره، وبسبب ذنوبهم وكفرهم، ولكن أكثر قوم فرعون لا يعلمون ذلك; لانغمارهم في الجهل والضلال.

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