فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمُ ٱلرِّجْزَ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ هُم بَٰلِغُوهُ إِذَا هُمْ يَنكُثُونَ
Falammaa kashafnaa 'anhumur rijza ilaaa ajalin hum baalighoohu izaa hum yankusoon
But when We removed the punishment from them until a term which they were to reach, then at once they broke their word.
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7:135Ayah 1206
88 ayahs in Al-A'raaf are strongly about lessons from past peoples. This is one of them.
← Previous on Lessons from past peoples7:134And when the punishment descended upon them, they said, "O Moses, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you.Next on Lessons from past peoples →7:136So We took retribution from them, and We drowned them in the sea because they denied Our signs and were heedless of them.
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But when We removed through the supplication of Moses the terror from them to a term which they should reach lo! they were already reneging breaking their covenant and persisting in their disbelief.
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