فَإِذَا
جَآءَتۡهُمُ
ٱلۡحَسَنَةُ
قَالُواْ
لَنَا
هَٰذِهِۦۖ
وَإِن
تُصِبۡهُمۡ
سَيِّئَةٞ
يَطَّيَّرُواْ
بِمُوسَىٰ
وَمَن
مَّعَهُۥٓۗ
أَلَآ
إِنَّمَا
طَٰٓئِرُهُمۡ
عِندَ
ٱللَّهِ
وَلَٰكِنَّ
أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ
لَا
يَعۡلَمُونَ
١٣١

In times of prosperity, they said, “This is what we deserve,” but in adversity, they blamed it on Moses and those with him.¹ Surely all is destined by Allah. Yet most of them did not know.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

7:132

وَقَالُواْ

مَهۡمَا

تَأۡتِنَا

بِهِۦ

مِنۡ

ءَايَةٖ

لِّتَسۡحَرَنَا

بِهَا

فَمَا

نَحۡنُ

لَكَ

بِمُؤۡمِنِينَ

١٣٢

They said, “No matter what sign you may bring to deceive us, we will never believe in you.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

7:133

فَأَرۡسَلۡنَا

عَلَيۡهِمُ

ٱلطُّوفَانَ

وَٱلۡجَرَادَ

وَٱلۡقُمَّلَ

وَٱلضَّفَادِعَ

وَٱلدَّمَ

ءَايَٰتٖ

مُّفَصَّلَٰتٖ

فَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ

وَكَانُواْ

قَوۡمٗا

مُّجۡرِمِينَ

١٣٣

So We plagued them with floods, locusts, lice, frogs, and blood—all as clear signs, but they persisted in arrogance and were a wicked people.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

7:134

وَلَمَّا

وَقَعَ

عَلَيۡهِمُ

ٱلرِّجۡزُ

قَالُواْ

يَٰمُوسَى

ٱدۡعُ

لَنَا

رَبَّكَ

بِمَا

عَهِدَ

عِندَكَۖ

لَئِن

كَشَفۡتَ

عَنَّا

ٱلرِّجۡزَ

لَنُؤۡمِنَنَّ

لَكَ

وَلَنُرۡسِلَنَّ

مَعَكَ

بَنِيٓ

إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ

١٣٤

When tormented, they pleaded, “O Moses! Pray to your Lord on our behalf, by virtue of the covenant He made with you. If you help remove this torment from us, we will certainly believe in you and let the Children of Israel go with you.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

7:135

فَلَمَّا

كَشَفۡنَا

عَنۡهُمُ

ٱلرِّجۡزَ

إِلَىٰٓ

أَجَلٍ

هُم

بَٰلِغُوهُ

إِذَا

هُمۡ

يَنكُثُونَ

١٣٥

But as soon as We removed the torment from them—until they met their inevitable fate¹—they broke their promise.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

7:136

فَٱنتَقَمۡنَا

مِنۡهُمۡ

فَأَغۡرَقۡنَٰهُمۡ

فِي

ٱلۡيَمِّ

بِأَنَّهُمۡ

كَذَّبُواْ

بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا

وَكَانُواْ

عَنۡهَا

غَٰفِلِينَ

١٣٦

So We inflicted punishment upon them, drowning them in the sea for denying Our signs and being heedless of them.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

7:137

وَأَوۡرَثۡنَا

ٱلۡقَوۡمَ

ٱلَّذِينَ

كَانُواْ

يُسۡتَضۡعَفُونَ

مَشَٰرِقَ

ٱلۡأَرۡضِ

وَمَغَٰرِبَهَا

ٱلَّتِي

بَٰرَكۡنَا

فِيهَاۖ

وَتَمَّتۡ

كَلِمَتُ

رَبِّكَ

ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ

عَلَىٰ

بَنِيٓ

إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ

بِمَا

صَبَرُواْۖ

وَدَمَّرۡنَا

مَا

كَانَ

يَصۡنَعُ

فِرۡعَوۡنُ

وَقَوۡمُهُۥ

وَمَا

كَانُواْ

يَعۡرِشُونَ

١٣٧

And ˹so˺ We made the oppressed people successors of the eastern and western lands, which We had showered with blessings. ˹In this way˺ the noble Word of your Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel for what they had endured. And We destroyed what Pharaoh and his people constructed and what they established.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

7:138

وَجَٰوَزۡنَا

بِبَنِيٓ

إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ

ٱلۡبَحۡرَ

فَأَتَوۡاْ

عَلَىٰ

قَوۡمٖ

يَعۡكُفُونَ

عَلَىٰٓ

أَصۡنَامٖ

لَّهُمۡۚ

قَالُواْ

يَٰمُوسَى

ٱجۡعَل

لَّنَآ

إِلَٰهٗا

كَمَا

لَهُمۡ

ءَالِهَةٞۚ

قَالَ

إِنَّكُمۡ

قَوۡمٞ

تَجۡهَلُونَ

١٣٨

We brought the Children of Israel across the sea and they came upon a people devoted to idols. They demanded, “O Moses! Make for us a god like their gods.” He replied, “Indeed, you are a people acting ignorantly!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

7:139