Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 555
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES 555 when they rejected, We seized them with famine and epidemic so that they may show humility as a result of it. ثُمَّ بَدَّلْنَا مَكَانَ السَّيِّئَةِ الْحَسَنَةَ حَتَّى عَفَوا وَ قَالُوا قَدْ مَسَّ آبَاءَنَا الضَّرَّاءُ وَالسَّرَاءُ فَأَخَذْتُهُمْ بَغْتَةً Page 215, Sūrah al-A'raf Part - 1 وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ وَ لَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْقُرَى أَمَنُوا وَ اتَّقَوْا لَفَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ بَرَكَةٍ مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَلَكِنْ كَذَّبُوا فَأَخَذْ نَهُمُ بِمَا Page 215 al-A'raf -2 ا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ افَا مِنَ اهْلُ الْقُرَى أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ بَأْسُنَا بَيَاتًا وَهُمْ نَابِمُونَ أَوْ أَمِنَ أَهْلُ الْقُرَى أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا ضُحَى Page 2153 وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ يَأْمُرُهُم بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهُهُم وَ يَنْهُهُمْ . عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَيُحِلُّ لَهُمُ الطَّيِّبَتِ وَيُحَرِّمُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْخَبِيثَ وَيَضَعُ يَضَعُ : عَنْهُمْ اصْرَهُمْ وَالْأَغْلَلَ الَّتِي كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ فَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِهِ وَعَزَّرُوهُ وَنَصَرُوهُ وَاتَّبَعُوا النُّورَ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَ مَعَةً أُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ . Page 225, al-A'raf, Part 9 - ون This Prophet enjoins that which is not contrary to reason, and for- bids that which reason also forbids. And makes lawful the good things and declares the bad things to be unlawful, and removes the burden from the heads of nations under which they were buried and he deliv- ers them from the shackles around their necks due to which the necks 1. Then We changed their evil condition into good until they grew in affluence and number and said, 'Suffering and happiness betided our fathers also. Then We seized them suddenly, while they perceived not (Sūrah al-A'rāf, 7:96). [Publisher] 2. And if the people of those towns had believed and been righteous, We would have surely opened for them blessings from heaven and earth; but they dis- believed, so We seized them because of that which they used to earn. (Sūrah al-A'raf, 7:97). [Publisher] 3. Are the people of these towns secure from the coming of Our punishment upon them by night while they are asleep? Are the people of these towns secure from the coming of Our punishment upon them in the early part of the fore- noon while they are engaged in play? (Sūrah al-Aʻrāf, 7:98–99) [Publisher] 4. Surah al-A'rāf, 7:158 [Publisher]