Question

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.''[383] So We seized them suddenly while they did not perceive.[384] ثُمَّ بَدَّلْنَا مَكَانَ ٱلسَّيِّئَةِ ٱلْحَسَنَةَ حَتَّىٰ عَفَوا۟ وَّقَالُوا۟ قَدْ مَسَّ ءَابَآءَنَا ٱلضَّرَّآءُ وَٱلسَّرَّآءُ فَأَخَذْنَٰهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ 95

Accepted Answer

[383] Instead of being grateful to Allāh for His blessings, they merely attributed them to the changing fortunes of time.[384] That they had been tried and tested. al-A`raf Part 09

Translation	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.''[383] So We seized them suddenly while they did not perceive.[384]
Footnote	[383] Instead of being grateful to Allāh for His blessings, they merely attributed them to the changing fortunes of time. [384] That they had been tried and tested.
Ayah	ثُمَّ بَدَّلْنَا مَكَانَ ٱلسَّيِّئَةِ ٱلْحَسَنَةَ حَتَّىٰ عَفَوا۟ وَّقَالُوا۟ قَدْ مَسَّ ءَابَآءَنَا ٱلضَّرَّآءُ وَٱلسَّرَّآءُ فَأَخَذْنَٰهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
Sorh	al-A`raf
AyahN	95
Part	Part 09

Exchanged Place Bad Condition Good Increased Prospered Fathers