Surah An-Nahl

وَضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا قَرْيَةً كَانَتْ ءَامِنَةً مُّطْمَئِنَّةً يَأْتِيهَا رِزْقُهَا رَغَدًا مِّن كُلِّ مَكَانٍ فَكَفَرَتْ بِأَنْعُمِ ٱللَّهِ فَأَذَٰقَهَا ٱللَّهُ لِبَاسَ ٱلْجُوعِ وَٱلْخَوْفِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَصْنَعُونَ

Wa ḍaraballāhu maṡalan qaryatan kānat āminatam muṭma'innatay ya'tīhā rizquhā ragadam min kulli makānin fa kafarat bi'an‘umillāhi fa ażāqahallāhu libāsal-jū‘i wal-khaufi bimā kānū yaṣna‘ūn(a).

And Allah presents an example: a city which was safe and secure, its provision coming to it in abundance from every location, but it denied the favors of Allah. So Allah made it taste the envelopment of hunger and fear for what they had been doing.

📝 Footnotes
422) The hunger and fear encompassed them just as clothing covers their bodies.

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