The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف

al-A‘rāf (The Elevations)

ٱلْأَعْرَاف

7:131

فَإِذَا

جَاءَتْهُمُ

الْحَسَنَةُ

قَالُوا

لَنَا

هَذِهِ

وَإِن

تُصِبْهُمْ

سَيِّئَةٌ

يَطَّيَّرُوا

بِمُوسَى

وَمَن

مَّعَهُ

أَلَا

إِنَّمَا

طَائِرُهُمْ

عِندَ

اللَّهِ

وَلَكِنَّ

أَكْثَرَهُمْ

لَا

يَعْلَمُونَ

fa-ʾidhā jāʾathumu l-ḥasanatu qālū lanā hādhihī wa-ʾin tuṣibhum sayyiʾatun yaṭṭayyarū bi-mūsā wa-man maʿahū ʾa-lā ʾinnamā ṭāʾiruhum ʿinda llāhi wa-lākinna ʾaktharahum yaʿlamūna

But they would always ascribe their well-being to themselves and the misfortunes that they would experience to Moses and his people. Their fate is certainly in the hands of God but many of them do not know.

Muhammad Sarwar