Then We exchanged in place of the bad [condition], good, until they increased [and prospered] and said, "Our fathers [also] were touched with hardship and ease." So We seized them suddenly while they did not perceive.
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{ ثم بدَّلنا } أعطيناهم { مكان السيئة } العذاب { الحسنة } الغنى والصحة { حتى عفوا } كثروا { وقالوا } كفرا للنعمة { قد مس آباءنا الضرَّاء والسرَّاء } كما مسنا وهذه عادة الدهر وليست بعقوبة من الله فكونوا على ما أنتم عليه قال تعالى: { فأخذناهم } بالعذاب { بغتة } فجأة { وهم لا يشعرون } بوقت مجيئه قبله .
Then turned things around gave them place bad torment good wealth and health even pardoned multiplied and said disbelief of grace has touched our fathers woe and weal As we have seen, and this is usually a lifetime and not the death of God Be with what you it he says: torment seized them suddenly suddenly they do not feel well in coming before him.
