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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Al-A'raf 7:168

Word by word

وَقَطَّعْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أُمَمًا ۖ مِّنْهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَ وَمِنْهُمْ دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَبَلَوْنَـٰهُم بِٱلْحَسَنَـٰتِ وَٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

And We divided them throughout the earth into nations. Of them some were righteous, and of them some were otherwise. And We tested them with good [times] and bad that perhaps they would return [to obedience].

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وفرَّقنا بني إسرائيل في الأرض جماعات، منهم القائمون بحقوق الله وحقوق عباده، ومنهم المقصِّرون الظالمون لأنفسهم، واختبرنا هؤلاء بالرخاء في العيش والسَّعَة في الرزق، واختبرناهم أيضًا بالشدة في العيش والمصائب والرزايا; رجاء أن يرجعوا إلى طاعة ربهم ويتوبوا من معاصيه.

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