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 Surah Al-A'raf 7:130-133 [16/24] ↕
  
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وَلَقَدْAnd certainly,
أَخَذْنَآWe seized
ءَالَ(the) people
فِرْعَوْنَ(of) Firaun
بِٱلسِّنِينَwith years (of famine)
وَنَقْصٍand a deficit
مِّنَof
ٱلثَّمَرَٲتِ[the] fruits,
لَعَلَّهُمْso that they may
يَذَّكَّرُونَreceive admonition.
﴿١٣٠﴾
فَإِذَاBut when
جَآءَتْهُمُcame to them
ٱلْحَسَنَةُthe good
قَالُواْthey said,
لَنَا هَـٰذِهِۦ‌ۖ`This is for us.`
وَإِنAnd if
تُصِبْهُمْafflicts them
سَيِّئَةٌbad,
يَطَّيَّرُواْthey ascribe evil omens
بِمُوسَىٰto Musa
وَمَنand who
مَّعَهُۥٓ‌ۗ(were) with him.
أَلَآBehold!
إِنَّمَاOnly
طَـٰٓئِرُهُمْtheir evil omens
عِندَ(are) with
ٱللَّهِAllah
وَلَـٰكِنَّbut
أَكْثَرَهُمْmost of them
لَا(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَknow.
﴿١٣١﴾
وَقَالُواْAnd they said,
مَهْمَا`Whatever
تَأْتِنَاyou bring us
بِهِۦtherewith
مِنْof
ءَايَةٍ(the) sign
لِّتَسْحَرَنَاso that you bewitch us
بِهَاwith it,
فَمَاthen not
نَحْنُwe
لَكَ(will be) in you
بِمُؤْمِنِينَbelievers.`
﴿١٣٢﴾
فَأَرْسَلْنَاSo We sent
عَلَيْهِمُon them
ٱلطُّوفَانَthe flood
وَٱلْجَرَادَand the locusts
وَٱلْقُمَّلَand the lice
وَٱلضَّفَادِعَand the frogs
وَٱلدَّمَand the blood
ءَايَـٰتٍ(as) signs
مُّفَصَّلَـٰتٍmanifest,
فَٱسْتَكْبَرُواْbut they showed arrogance
وَكَانُواْand they were
قَوْمًا مُّجْرِمِينَa criminal people.
﴿١٣٣﴾

وَلَقَدۡ اَخَذۡنَاۤ اٰلَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ بِالسِّنِيۡنَ وَنَقۡصٍ مِّنَ الثَّمَرٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَذَّكَّرُوۡنَ‏  فَاِذَا جَآءَتۡهُمُ الۡحَسَنَةُ قَالُوۡا لَـنَا هٰذِهٖ​ ۚ وَاِنۡ تُصِبۡهُمۡ سَيِّئَةٌ يَّطَّيَّرُوۡا بِمُوۡسٰى وَمَنۡ مَّعَهٗ​ ؕ اَلَاۤ اِنَّمَا طٰٓـئِرُهُمۡ عِنۡدَ اللّٰهِ وَلٰـكِنَّ اَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُوۡنَ‏  وَقَالُوۡا مَهۡمَا تَاۡتِنَا بِهٖ مِنۡ اٰيَةٍ لِّـتَسۡحَرَنَا بِهَا ۙ فَمَا نَحۡنُ لَكَ بِمُؤۡمِنِيۡنَ‏  فَاَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمُ الطُّوۡفَانَ وَالۡجَـرَادَ وَالۡقُمَّلَ وَالضَّفَادِعَ وَالدَّمَ اٰيٰتٍ مُّفَصَّلٰتٍ فَاسۡتَكۡبَرُوۡا وَكَانُوۡا قَوۡمًا مُّجۡرِمِيۡنَ‏  
Translation
(7:130) We afflicted the people of Pharaoh with hard times and with poor harvest that they may heed. (7:131) But whenever prosperity came their way, they said: 'This is our due.' And whatever hardship befell them, they attributed it to the misfortune of Moses and those who followed him. Surely, their misfortune had been decreed by Allah - but most of them do not know that. (7:132) And they said to Moses: 'Whatever sign you might produce before us in order to enchant us, we are not going to believe you.'94 (7:133) Then We afflicted them with a great flood 95 and locusts, and the lice96 , and the frogs, and the blood. All these were distinct signs and yet they remained haughty. They were a wicked people.
Commentary

94. Pharaoh's courtiers obstinately persisted in branding Moses' signs as sorcery although they knew well that sorcery had nothing in common with the miraculous signs granted to Moses. Even a fool would not he ready to believe that the country-wide famine and the consistent decrease in agricultural output could have been caused by magic. It is for this reason that the Qur'an says:

But when Our signs, which should have opened their eyes, came to them they said: 'This is clear sorcery! And they rejected those signs out of iniquity and arrogance even though they were inwardly convinced of it' (al-Naml 27: 13-14).

95. This probably refers to the torrential rain accompanied by hailstorm. While we do not totally exclude the possibility of other kinds of storms, we are inclined to the view, that it probably signifies hailstorm since the Bible specifically mentions that. (See Exodus 9: 23-4 - Ed.)

96. The word used in the text - qummal - denotes lice, fleas, small locusts, mosquitoes, and weevil. This rather general term has been used in the Qur'an probably to suggest that while men were afflicted with lice and fleas, weevil destroyed the barns. (Cf. Exodus 7-12. See also Tafhim al-ur'an, (al-Zukhruf 43, n. 43.)