Surah Al-A'raf (الأعراف) • The Heights

Quran 7:131

7:131

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

fa-idhā jāathumu l-ḥasanatu qālū lanā hādhihi wa-in tuṣib'hum sayyi-atun yaṭṭayyarū bimūsā waman maʿahu alā innamā ṭāiruhum ʿinda l-lahi walākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūna

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.

— Saheeh International

then, when something good came their way, they said, ‘This is our due!’. When something bad came, they ascribed it to the evil omen of Moses and those with him, but their ‘evil omen’ was really from God, though most of them did not realize it.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

But whenever good came to them, they said: "Ours is this." And if evil afflicted them, they ascribed it to evil omens connected with Mûsâ (Moses) and those with him. Be informed! Verily, their evil omens are with Allâh but most of them know not.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

فَإِذَاfa-idhāBut when
جَآءَتْهُمُjāathumucame to them
ٱلْحَسَنَةُl-ḥasanatuthe good
قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
لَنَاlanāFor us
هَـٰذِهِۦۖhādhihi(is) this
وَإِنwa-inAnd if
تُصِبْهُمْtuṣib'humafflicts them
سَيِّئَةٌۭsayyi-atunbad
يَطَّيَّرُوا۟yaṭṭayyarūthey ascribe evil omens
بِمُوسَىٰbimūsāto Musa
وَمَنwamanand who
مَّعَهُۥٓۗmaʿahu(were) with him
أَلَآalāBehold
إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
طَـٰٓئِرُهُمْṭāiruhumtheir evil omens
عِندَʿinda(are) with
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahummost of them
لَاlā(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow