Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 6 Al-An'am, Ayat 42-44
وَلَقَدۡ اَرۡسَلۡنَاۤ اِلٰٓى اُمَمٍ مِّنۡ قَبۡلِكَ فَاَخَذۡنٰهُمۡ بِالۡبَاۡسَآءِ وَالضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَضَرَّعُوۡنَ
﴿6:42﴾
فَلَوۡلَاۤ اِذۡ جَآءَهُمۡ بَاۡسُنَا تَضَرَّعُوۡا وَلٰـكِنۡ قَسَتۡ قُلُوۡبُهُمۡ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الشَّيۡطٰنُ مَا كَانُوۡا يَعۡمَلُوۡنَ
﴿6:43﴾
فَلَمَّا نَسُوۡا مَا ذُكِّرُوۡا بِهٖ فَتَحۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ اَبۡوَابَ كُلِّ شَىۡءٍ ؕ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا فَرِحُوۡا بِمَاۤ اُوۡتُوۡۤا اَخَذۡنٰهُمۡ بَغۡتَةً فَاِذَا هُمۡ مُّبۡلِسُوۡنَ
﴿6:44﴾
(6:42) And We did indeed send Messengers to other nations before you and
then We seized those nations with misfortune and hardship so that they might
humble themselves (before Us). (6:43) But when misfortune befell them from Us why did they not humble themselves?
Their hearts had hardened and Satan had made their deeds seem fair to them.
(6:44) So, when they forgot what they had been reminded of, We opened the
gates of all things so that while they rejoiced in what they had been granted
We seized them suddenly and they were plunged into utter despair.
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