وَلَئِنْ أَرْسَلْنَا رِيحًۭا فَرَأَوْهُ مُصْفَرًّۭا لَّظَلُّوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ يَكْفُرُونَ
Wa la'in arsalnaa reehan fara awhu musfarral lazalloo mim ba'dihee yakfuroon
But if We should send a [bad] wind and they saw [their crops] turned yellow, they would remain thereafter disbelievers.
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30:51Ayah 160
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But if wa-la-in the lām is for oaths We unleash a different wind that damages vegetation and they see it turn yellow they would begin la-zallū is the response to the conditional oath after that that is after its turning yellow to disbelieve to deny the grace of having been given rain.
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"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'If Allah (SWT) were to withhold rain from His slaves for five years and then send it, some of the people would become disbelievers, saying: "We have been given rain by the star of Al-Mijdah."
Whenever a strong wind blew, anxiety appeared on the face of the Prophet (fearing that wind might be
a sign of Allah's wrath).
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