Surah Al-A'raf (7:131)

فَاِذَا جَآءَتۡهُمُ الۡحَسَنَةُ قَالُوۡا لَـنَا هٰذِهٖ ۚ وَاِنۡ تُصِبۡهُمۡ سَيِّئَةٌ يَّطَّيَّرُوۡا بِمُوۡسٰى وَمَنۡ مَّعَهٗ ؕ اَلَاۤ اِنَّمَا طٰٓٮِٕرُهُمۡ عِنۡدَ اللّٰهِ وَلٰـكِنَّ اَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُوۡنَ‏ ۝

Fa-itha jaat-humu alhasanatuqaloo lana hathihi wa-in tusibhumsayyi-atun yattayyaroo bimoosa waman maAAahu alainnama ta-iruhum AAinda Allahi walakinnaaktharahum la yaAAlamoon

But when good i.e., provision came to them, they said, "This is ours by right." And if a bad condition struck them, they saw an evil omen in Moses and those with him. Unquestionably, their fortune is with Allāh, but most of them do not know.

Tadabbur (Reflection)

Theme of the Ayat

The Ingratitude of Prosperity: Attributing ease to fortune and blaming Musa for hardship.

The Insight

When ease came, they attributed it to their own fortune, and when hardship came, they blamed Musa and his followers. **Reject superstitious blame.** Do not attribute good fortune to chance and blame others for misfortune. This is a sign of ingratitude and spiritual sickness.