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fa-ʾidhā jāʾathumu l-ḥasanatu qālū lanā hādhihī wa-ʾin tuṣibhum sayyiʾatun yaṭṭayyarū bi-mūsā wa-man maʿahū ʾa-lā ʾinnamā ṭāʾiruhum ʿinda llāhi wa-lākinna ʾaktharahum lā yaʿlamūna
But whenever any good came to them, they would say, ‘This is our due.’ And if any ill visited them, they took it for ill omens attending Moses and those who were with him. (Look! Indeed the cause of their ill omens is from Allah, but most of them do not know.)
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah al-‘Araf – Verse 131
131 . “So, when any good came to them, they said: ‘This is our due’; and if any evil afflicted them, they took it bad omens due to Moses and those with him. Be it known! Surely the cause of their bad omens is with Allah,but most of them do not know.”
Whenever they obtained abundance of good, they said that it was for their own due that there had continuously been bounties in their cities, and, therefore, they did not thank Allah. The verse says:
But when they afflicted famine and starvation, they took Moses and his followers bad omens and said that it was due to them. In this regard, the verse says:
Their real misfortune was as a result of their own sins and evil deeds. Such things cause the punishment of Allah for them both in this world and the Hereafter. The verse says:
But most of them do not know it, and do not contemplate to know this fact. The verse ends as follows: