وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا فِى قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّبِىٍّ إِلَّآ أَخَذْنَآ أَهْلَهَا بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَضَّرَّعُونَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And We sent to no city a prophet [who was denied] except that We seized its people with poverty and hardship that they might humble themselves [to Allāh].
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- நாம் நபிமார்களை அனுப்பி வைத்த ஒவ்வோர் ஊரிலுள்ள மக்களையும், (அம் மக்கள்) பணிந்து நடப்பதற்காக, நாம் அவர்களை வறுமையாலும், பிணியாலும் பிடிக்காமல் (சோதிக்காமல்) இருந்ததில்லை.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- කවර දේශයකට හෝ එහි වැසියන් අවනත විය හැකි වනු පිණිස අපි ඔවුන් දුෂ්කරතා හා පීඩාවන්ගෙන් ග්රහණය කළා මිස කිසිදු නබිවරයකු අප එව්වේ නැත.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اور ہم نے کسی بستی میں کوئی نبی نہیں بھیجا کہ وہاں کے رہنے والوں کو ہم نے سختی اور تکلیف میں نہ پکڑا ہو، تاکہ وه گڑ گڑائیں۔
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- われは一つの町に，預言者を遺わす度に謙虚になるように，何時も不幸と受難でそこの民を襲った。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 我-派遣一个先知到一个城市去，（而他被人否认），我总要以穷困和患难惩治其居民，以便他们谦逊。
Tafsir of 7:94
Afflictions that struck Earlier Nations Allah mentions the Ba'sa' and Darra' that struck the earlier nations to whom He sent Prophets. Ba'sa', refers to the physical sicknesses and ailments that they suffered, while Darra', refers to the poverty and humiliation that they experienced, لَعَلَّهُمْ يَضَّرَّعُونَ (so that they might humble themselves) supplicate, humble themselves and invoke Allah, that He might remove the afflictions that they suffered from. This Ayah indicates that Allah sent down severe afflictions to them so that they might invoke Him, but they did not do what He ordered them. Therefore, He changed the affliction into prosperity to test them, ثُمَّ بَدَّلْنَا مَكَانَ السَّيِّئَةِ الْحَسَنَةَ (Then We changed the evil for the good,) Therefore, Allah changed the hardship into prosperity, disease and sickness into health and well-being, and poverty into richness in provision, so that they might be thankful to Allah for this, but they did none of that. Allah's statement, حَتَّى عَفَواْ (until they `Afaw) refers to increase in numbers, wealth and offspring.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
