← Surah 7

7:97

أَفَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا بَيَـٰتًا وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ

Word by word

أَفَأَمِنَ
Then did feel secure
Verb
Root: أمن
Grammar (i'rab)
أَNoun — interrogative، prefix
فَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
أَمِنَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
أَهْلُ
(the) people
Noun
Root: أهل
Grammar (i'rab)
أَهْلُNoun — masculine، nominative
ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ
(of) the cities
Noun
Root: قري
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
قُرَىٰٓNoun — preposition، genitive
أَن
that
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
أَنPreposition — subordinating
يَأْتِيَهُم
comes to them
Verb
Root: أتي
Grammar (i'rab)
يَأْتِيَVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. sing.
هُمNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
بَأْسُنَا
Our punishment
Noun
Root: بأس
Grammar (i'rab)
بَأْسُNoun — masculine، nominative
نَاNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
بَيَٰتًا
(at) night
Noun
Root: بيت
Grammar (i'rab)
بَيَٰتًاNoun — time adverb، masculine، indefinite، accusative
وَهُمْ
while they
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — circumstantial، prefix
هُمْNoun — pronoun، 3rd masc. plur.
نَآئِمُونَ
(were) asleep
Noun
Root: نوم
Grammar (i'rab)
نَآئِمُونَNoun — active participle، masc. plur.، nominative

Translation

EN

Did the people of the towns feel secure against the coming of Our wrath by night while they were asleep?

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

Do the people of these towns feel secure that Our punishment will not come upon them by night, while they are asleep?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

Are the people of the townships then secure from the coming of Our wrath upon them as a night-raid while they sleep?

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

Then, did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them at night while they were asleep?

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Kentlerin halkı, geceleyin uyurlarken azabımızın kendilerine gelmesinden güvende miydiler?

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Acaba o ülkelerin halkı, geceleyin uyurlarken kendilerine azabımızın gelmeyeceğinden emin mi idiler?

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

O şehirlerin halkı, uyurlarken geceleyin kendilerine azabımızın gelmesinden güvende miydi!

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

أيظن أهل القرى أنهم في منجاة ومأمن من عذاب الله، أن يأتيهم ليلا وهم نائمون؟

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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