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ثُمَّ بَدَّلْنَا مَكَانَ السَّيِّئَةِ الْحَسَنَةَ حَتَّىٰ عَفَوْا وَقَالُوا قَدْ مَسَّ آبَاءَنَا الضَّرَّاءُ وَالسَّرَّاءُ فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
Thumma baddalna makana alssayyiati alhasanata hatta AAafaw waqaloo qad massa abaana alddarrao waalssarrao faakhathnahum baghtatan wahum la yashAAuroona (95)
ثم بدلنا مكان السيئة الحسنة ) يعني : مكان البأساء والضراء الحسنة ، يعني : النعمة والسعة والخصب والصحة ، ( حتى عفوا ) أي : كثروا وازدادوا ، وكثرت أموالهم ، يقال : عفا الشعر إذا كثر . قال مجاهد : كثرت أموالهم وأولادهم ( وقالوا ) من غرتهم وغفلتهم بعد ما صاروا إلى الرخاء ، ( قد مس آباءنا الضراء والسراء ) أي : هكذا كانت عادة الدهر قديما لنا ولآبائنا ، ولم يكن ما مسنا من الضراء عقوبة من الله ، فكونوا على ما أنتم عليه كما كان آباؤكم فإنهم لم يتركوا دينهم لما أصابهم من الضراء ، قال الله تعالى : ( فأخذناهم بغتة ) فجأة آمن ما كانوا ( وهم لا يشعرون ) بنزول العذاب .
After trying them with suffering and illness Allah improved their situation and turned their suffering into well-being and safety, until they became many and their wealth increased, and they said that the bad and good that they had experienced was a normal part of life and that the same thing had happened to their ancestors before them. They did not recognise that there was a lesson to be learned in the difficulties that occurred to them and that there was a test for them in the good that they were given. Then Allah overtook them suddenly with the punishment, while they were unaware of it and did not expect it.
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