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

Quran 7:98

7:98

أَوَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا ضُحًى وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ

awa-amina ahlu l-qurā an yatiyahum basunā ḍuḥan wahum yalʿabūna

Or did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them in the morning while they were at play?

— Saheeh International

Do the people of these towns feel secure that Our punishment will not come upon them by day, while they are at play?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Or, did the people of the towns then feel secure against the coming of Our punishment in the forenoon while they were playing?

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

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Word by Word

أَوَأَمِنَawa-aminaOr felt secure
أَهْلُahlu(the) people
ٱلْقُرَىٰٓl-qurā(of) the cities
أَنanthat
يَأْتِيَهُمyatiyahumcomes to them
بَأْسُنَاbasunāOur punishment
ضُحًۭىḍuḥan(in) daylight
وَهُمْwahumwhile they
يَلْعَبُونَyalʿabūna(were) playing