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

Quran 7:96

7:96

وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّقَوْا۟ لَفَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَرَكَـٰتٍ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبُوا۟ فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

walaw anna ahla l-qurā āmanū wa-ittaqaw lafataḥnā ʿalayhim barakātin mina l-samāi wal-arḍi walākin kadhabū fa-akhadhnāhum bimā kānū yaksibūna

And if only the people of the cities had believed and feared Allāh, We would have opened [i.e., bestowed] upon them blessings from the heaven and the earth; but they denied [the messengers], so We seized them for what they were earning.

— Saheeh International

If the people of those towns had believed and been mindful of God, We would have showered them with blessings from the heavens and earth, but they rejected the truth and so We punished them for their misdeeds.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And if the people of the towns had believed and had the Taqwâ (piety), certainly, We should have opened for them blessings from the heaven and the earth, but they belied (the Messengers). So We took them (with punishment) for what they used to earn (polytheism and crimes).

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

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وَلَوْwalawAnd if
أَنَّanna[that]
أَهْلَahlapeople
ٱلْقُرَىٰٓl-qurā(of) the cities
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū(had) believed
وَٱتَّقَوْا۟wa-ittaqawand feared Allah
لَفَتَحْنَاlafataḥnāsurely We (would have) opened
عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimupon them
بَرَكَـٰتٍۢbarakātinblessings
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heaven
وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūthey denied
فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُمfa-akhadhnāhumSo We seized them
بِمَاbimāfor what
كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
يَكْسِبُونَyaksibūnaearn