Al-Ma'idah 5:102

<p>قُلْ</p><p>(Say,) O Muhammad ,</p><p>لاَّ يَسْتَوِى الْخَبِيثُ وَالطَّيِّبُ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكَ</p><p>(Not equal are the bad things and the good things, even though they may please you) O human,</p><p>كَثْرَةُ الْخَبِيثِ</p><p>(the abundance of bad.) This Ayah means, the little permissible is better than the abundant evil.</p><p>فَاتَّقُواْ اللَّهَ يأُوْلِى الأَلْبَـبِ</p><p>(have Taqwa of Allah, O men of understanding...) who have sound minds, avoid and abandon the impermissible, and let the permissible be sufficient for you,</p><p>لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ</p><p>(in order that you may be successful.) in this life and the Hereafter. " So have Taqwa of Allah, O men of understanding in order that you may be successful.) (101. O you who believe! Ask not about things which, if made plain to you, may cause you trouble. But if you ask about them while the Qur'an is being revealed, they will be made plain to you. Allah has forgiven that, and Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Forbearing.) (102. Before you, a community asked such questions, then on that account they became disbelievers.) Allah says to His Messenger ,</p><p>قُلْ</p><p>(Say,) O Muhammad ,</p><p>لاَّ يَسْتَوِى الْخَبِيثُ وَالطَّيِّبُ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكَ</p><p>(Not equal are the bad things and the good things, even though they may please you) O human,</p><p>كَثْرَةُ الْخَبِيثِ</p><p>(the abundance of bad.) This Ayah means, …

A folk before you asked (for such disclosures) and then disbelieved therein.

Some people before you did ask such questions, and on that account lost their faith.

Before you, a community asked such questions, then on that account they became disbelievers.

A people before you asked about them, but then came to reject them.