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Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 98 (7:98)

ٱلْأَعْرَاف

أَوَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا ضُحًى وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ

Quran 7:98 is ayah 98 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 9, on page 163 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:98
أَوَأَمِنَأَهْلُٱلْقُرَىٰٓأَنيَأْتِيَهُمبَأْسُنَاضُحًىوَهُمْيَلْعَبُونَ٩٨
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?(98)

Word by word

  1. أَوَأَمِنَawa-aminaOr felt secure
  2. أَهْلُahlu(the) people
  3. ٱلْقُرَىٰٓl-qurā(of) the cities
  4. أَنanthat
  5. يَأْتِيَهُمyatiyahumcomes to them
  6. بَأْسُنَاbasunāOur punishment
  7. ضُحًىḍuḥan(in) daylight
  8. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
  9. يَلْعَبُونَyalʿabūna(were) playing

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