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Al-A'raf 7:137

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وَأَوْرَثْنَا ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا۟ يُسْتَضْعَفُونَ مَشَـٰرِقَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَغَـٰرِبَهَا ٱلَّتِى بَـٰرَكْنَا فِيهَا ۖ وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ عَلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ بِمَا صَبَرُوا۟ ۖ وَدَمَّرْنَا مَا كَانَ يَصْنَعُ فِرْعَوْنُ وَقَوْمُهُۥ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْرِشُونَ

And We caused the people who had been oppressed to inherit the eastern regions of the land and the western ones, which We had blessed. And the good word [i.e., decree] of your Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel because of what they had patiently endured. And We destroyed [all] that Pharaoh and his people were producing and what they had been building.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وأورثنا بني إسرائيل الذين كانوا يُستَذَلُّون للخدمة، مشارق الأرض ومغاربها (وهي بلاد «الشام» ) التي باركنا فيها، بإخراج الزروع والثمار والأنهار، وتمت كلمة ربك -أيها الرسول- الحسنى على بني إسرائيل بالتمكين لهم في الأرض; بسبب صبرهم على أذى فرعون وقومه، ودمَّرنا ما كان يصنع فرعون وقومه من العمارات والمزارع، وما كانوا يبنون من الأبنية والقصور وغير ذلك.

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