Surah Al-Muminoon
Chapter 23 · Verse 80 · Revealed in Makkah
“And it is He who gives life and causes death, and His is the alternation of the night and the day. Then will you not reason?”
Translation: Saheeh International
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Mishary Rashid Alafasy
Reflection — Ibn Kathir
وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَـهُمْ بِالْعَذَابِ
(And indeed We seized them with punishment,) means, `We tried and tested them with difficulties and calamities.' His saying:
فَمَا اسْتَكَانُواْ لِرَبِّهِمْ وَمَا يَتَضَرَّعُونَ
Reflection — Maarif ul Quran
وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَاهُم بِالْعَذَابِ فَمَا اسْتَكَانُوا لِرَبِّهِمْ وَمَا يَتَضَرَّعُونَ
And We have already seized them with punishment, but they did not turn humble to their Lord, nor do they supplicate in humility. (23:76)
What does this verse bring up for you today?