فَإِذَا
جَآءَتۡهُمُ
ٱلۡحَسَنَةُ
قَالُواْ
لَنَا
هَٰذِهِۦۖ
وَإِن
تُصِبۡهُمۡ
سَيِّئَةٞ
يَطَّيَّرُواْ
بِمُوسَىٰ
وَمَن
مَّعَهُۥٓۗ
أَلَآ
إِنَّمَا
طَٰٓئِرُهُمۡ
عِندَ
ٱللَّهِ
وَلَٰكِنَّ
أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ
لَا
يَعۡلَمُونَ
١٣١
But whenever good befell them, they said: This is ours; and whenever evil smote them they ascribed it to the evil auspices of Moses and those with him. Surely their evil auspice was only with Allah. But most of them knew not.
— M. Pickthall
But when good [i.e., provision] came to them, they said, "This is ours [by right]." And if a bad [condition] struck them, they saw an evil omen in Moses and those with him. Unquestionably, their fortune is with Allāh, but most of them do not know.
— Saheeh International
But when good (times) came, they said, "This is due to us;" When gripped by calamity, they ascribed it to evil omens connected with Moses and those with him! Behold! in truth the omens of evil are theirs in Allah's sight, but most of them do not understand!
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Fir`awn and His People suffer Years of Drought
Allah said,
وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَآ ءالَ فِرْعَوْنَ
(And indeed We punished the people of Fir`awn) We tested and tried them,
بِالسِّنِينَ
(with years of drought) of famine due to little produce,
وَنَقْصٍ مِّن الثَّمَرَاتِ
(and lack of fruits), which is less seve
…Fir`awn and His People suffer Years of Drought
Allah said,
وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَآ ءالَ فِرْعَوْنَ
(And indeed We punished the people of Fir`awn) We tested a
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