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Sura 27
Aya 47
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قالُوا اطَّيَّرنا بِكَ وَبِمَن مَعَكَ ۚ قالَ طائِرُكُم عِندَ اللَّهِ ۖ بَل أَنتُم قَومٌ تُفتَنونَ

Muhammad Asad

They answered: "We augur evil from thee and those that follow thee!"1 Said he: "Your destiny, good or evil, rests with God:2 yea, you are people undergoing a test!"
  • See surah 7, note 95.
  • Sc., "who has tied every human being's destiny (ta'ir) to his neck": see 17:13 and the corresponding note 17.