Al-A'raf 7:86 ولا تقعدوا بكل صراط توعدون وتصدون عن سبيل الله من امن به وتبغونها عوجا واذكروا اذ كنتم قليلا فكثركم وانظروا كيف كان عاقبة المفسدين ٨٦
وَلَا
تَقۡعُدُواْ
بِكُلِّ
صِرَٰطٖ
تُوعِدُونَ
وَتَصُدُّونَ
عَن
سَبِيلِ
ٱللَّهِ
مَنۡ
ءَامَنَ
بِهِۦ
وَتَبۡغُونَهَا
عِوَجٗاۚ
وَٱذۡكُرُوٓاْ
إِذۡ
كُنتُمۡ
قَلِيلٗا
فَكَثَّرَكُمۡۖ
وَٱنظُرُواْ
كَيۡفَ
كَانَ
عَٰقِبَةُ
ٱلۡمُفۡسِدِينَ
٨٦
"And squat not on every road, breathing threats, hindering from the path of Allah those who believe in Him, and seeking in it something crooked; But remember how ye were little, and He gave you increase. And hold in your mind's eye what was the end of those who did mischief.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Prophet Shu`ayb forbade his people from setting up blockades on the roads, saying,
وَلاَ تَقْعُدُواْ بِكُلِّ صِرَطٍ تُوعِدُونَ
("And sit not on every road, threatening,") threatening people with death if they do not give up their money, as they were bandits, according to As-Suddi. Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid
…Prophet Shu`ayb forbade his people from setting up blockades on the roads, saying,
وَلاَ تَقْعُدُواْ بِكُلِّ صِرَطٍ تُوعِدُونَ
("And sit not on every ro
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