Surah Al A'raf Tafseer

Fir`awn and His People suffer Years of Drought

Allah said,

وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَا الَ فِرْعَونَ

And indeed We punished the people of Fir`awn,

We tested and tried them,

بِالسِّنِينَ

with years of drought,

of famine due to little produce,

وَنَقْصٍ مِّن الثَّمَرَاتِ

and lack of fruits,

According to Mujahid,

which is less severe.

Abu Ishaq narrated that Raja' bin Haywah said,

"The date tree used to produce only one date!"

لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ