Tafseer of The Heights · Al-A'raaf · 7:96
And if only the people of the cities had believed and feared Allah, We would have opened upon them blessings from the heaven and the earth; but they denied [the messengers], so We seized them for what they were earning."
وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْقُرَى آمَنُوا وَاتَّقَوْا لَفَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ بَرَكَاتٍ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ وَلَكِنْ كَذَّبُوا فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ (7:96) (En indien de bewoners van de steden geloofd hadden en godvrezend waren geweest, dan zouden Wij voor hen zegeningen uit de hemel en de aarde geopend hebben, maar zij loochenden, dus grepen Wij hen vanwege hetgeen zij plachten te verwerven.)
