Tafsir of Surah An-Nahl 16:112

﴿وَضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا قَرْيَةً كَانَتْ آمِنَةً مُّطْمَئِنَّةً يَأْتِيهَا رِزْقُهَا رَغَدًا مِّن كُلِّ مَكَانٍ فَكَفَرَتْ بِأَنْعُمِ اللَّهِ فَأَذَاقَهَا اللَّهُ لِبَاسَ الْجُوعِ وَالْخَوْفِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَصْنَعُونَ﴾

Translation of the meaning

And Allāh presents an example: a city [i.e., Makkah] which was safe and secure, its provision coming to it in abundance from every location, but it denied the favors of Allāh. So Allāh made it taste the envelopment of hunger and fear for what they had been doing.

English Translation - Noor International Center — v1.1.2 · QuranEnc.com

The words of the two imams are given in their original Arabic, verbatim, with references.

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah

ثم الجوع والخوف إذا لبس البدن كان أعظم في الألم؛ بخلاف القليل منه«مجموع الفتاوى» 20/473
فالذوق يكون للطعام ويكون لجنس العذاب«مجموع الفتاوى» 20/473
Open in the interactive tafsir (full texts)
Previous verse (16:110)Next verse (16:115)