Al-Aaraf 7:96 ولو ان اهل القرى امنوا واتقوا لفتحنا عليهم بركات من السماء والارض ولاكن كذبوا فاخذناهم بما كانوا يكسبون ٩٦
وَلَوۡ
أَنَّ
أَهۡلَ
ٱلۡقُرَىٰٓ
ءَامَنُواْ
وَٱتَّقَوۡاْ
لَفَتَحۡنَا
عَلَيۡهِم
بَرَكَٰتٖ
مِّنَ
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ
وَلَٰكِن
كَذَّبُواْ
فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُم
بِمَا
كَانُواْ
يَكۡسِبُونَ
٩٦
If the people of the towns had but believed and feared Allah, We should indeed have opened out to them (All kinds of) blessings from heaven and earth; but they rejected (the truth), and We brought them to book for their misdeeds.
Soma Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Blessings come with Faith, while Kufr brings Torment
Allah mentions here the little faith of the people of the towns to whom He sent Messengers. In another instance, Allah said,
فَلَوْلاَ كَانَتْ قَرْيَةٌ ءَامَنَتْ فَنَفَعَهَآ إِيمَانُهَا إِلاَّ قَوْمَ يُونُسَ لَمَّآ ءَامَنُواْ كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمْ عَذ
…Blessings come with Faith, while Kufr brings Torment
Allah mentions here the little faith of the people of the towns to whom He sent Messengers. In ano
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