Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 95 (7:95)

ٱلْأَعْرَاف

ثُمَّ بَدَّلْنَا مَكَانَ ٱلسَّيِّئَةِ ٱلْحَسَنَةَ حَتَّىٰ عَفَوا۟ وَّقَالُوا۟ قَدْ مَسَّ ءَابَآءَنَا …

Quran 7:95 is ayah 95 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 9, on page 162 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:95
ثُمَّبَدَّلْنَامَكَانَٱلسَّيِّئَةِٱلْحَسَنَةَحَتَّىٰعَفَوا۟وَّقَالُوا۟قَدْمَسَّءَابَآءَنَاٱلضَّرَّآءُوَٱلسَّرَّآءُفَأَخَذْنَٰهُمبَغْتَةًوَهُمْلَايَشْعُرُونَ٩٥
thumma baddalnā makāna l-sayi-ati l-ḥasanata ḥattā ʿafaw waqālū qad massa ābāanā l-ḍarāu wal-sarāu fa-akhadhnāhum baghtatan wahum lā yashʿurūna

Then We exchanged in place of the bad [condition], good, until they increased [and prospered] and said, "Our fathers [also] were touched with hardship and ease." So We seized them suddenly while they did not perceive.(95)

Word by word

  1. ثُمَّthummaThen
  2. بَدَّلْنَاbaddalnāWe changed
  3. مَكَانَmakāna(in) place
  4. ٱلسَّيِّئَةِl-sayi-ati(of) the bad
  5. ٱلْحَسَنَةَl-ḥasanatathe good
  6. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
  7. عَفَوا۟ʿafawthey increased
  8. وَّقَالُوا۟waqālūand said
  9. قَدْqadVerily
  10. مَسَّmassa(had) touched
  11. ءَابَآءَنَاābāanāour forefathers
  12. ٱلضَّرَّآءُl-ḍarāuthe adversity
  13. وَٱلسَّرَّآءُwal-sarāuand the ease
  14. فَأَخَذْنَٰهُمfa-akhadhnāhumSo We seized them
  15. بَغْتَةًbaghtatansuddenly
  16. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
  17. لَاlā(did) not
  18. يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnaperceive

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