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Surah al-A`raf (The Elevated Places) 7 : 99

أَفَأَمِنُوا۟ مَكْرَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ فَلَا يَأْمَنُ مَكْرَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلْخَٰسِرُونَ

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
Then, did they feel secure from the plan of Allāh? But no one feels secure from the plan of Allāh except the losing people.

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(7:99:1)
afa-aminū
Then did they feel secure
(7:99:2)
makra
(from the) plan
(7:99:3)
l-lahi
(of) Allah
(7:99:4)
(7:99:5)
yamanu
feel secure
(7:99:6)
makra
(from the) plan
(7:99:7)
l-lahi
(of) Allah
(7:99:8)
illā
except
(7:99:9)
l-qawmu
the people
(7:99:10)
l-khāsirūna
(who are) the losers

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Explanatory Note

Can they have any immunity against what God plans for human beings when He does not reveal those plans to them so that they can guard against them? If they feel so secure, then the fact is that “none feels secure from God’s designs except those who are losers.” (Verse 99)
 
Utter loss is indeed the result of an attitude that continues to overlook the facts of history and prefers a sense of false security. Those who adopt such an attitude earn such a loss. How can they feel secure, when they have inherited the earth from people that have been destroyed as a result of their erring ways, and who were punished for adopting the same attitude of disregarding those basic facts? The destiny of those nations should have taught them some good lessons.

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A study of its contents clearly shows that the period of its revelation is about the same as that of Surah 6: al-An’am (The Grazing Livestock), i.e. the last year of the Prophet's life at Makkah, but it cannot be asserted with certainty which of these two were sent down earlier. The manner of its admonition clearly indicates that it belongs to the same period. [Ref: Mawdudi]

It is considered the longest surah revealed during the Makkan period. Some consider this surah to have been revealed after Surah 38: Sad. [Ref: Tafsir al-Maudheei, Dr. Mustafah Muslim, vol. 3, p. 2]

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