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Quran 67:16

Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 16

Juz 29 · Page 563 · Section 2 of 2 · Meccan

ءَأَمِنتُم مَّن فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَمُورُ

Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy. Play with 39 reciters, repeat and speed control.

Word by word

ءَأَمِنتُم a-amintum Do you feel secure مَّن man (from Him) Who فِى fī (is) in ٱلسَّمَآءِ l-samāi the heaven أَن an not يَخْسِفَ yakhsifa He will cause to swallow بِكُمُ bikumu you ٱلْأَرْضَ l-arḍa the earth فَإِذَا fa-idhā when هِىَ hiya it تَمُورُ tamūru sways

Transliteration

Aamintum man fee assama-i anyakhsifa bikumu al-arda fa-itha hiya tamoor

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Have ye taken security from Him Who is in the heaven that He will not cause the earth to swallow you when lo! it is convulsed?

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Do ye feel secure that He Who is in heaven will not cause you to be swallowed up by the earth when it shakes (as in an earthquake)?

Context · verses 15–18

The earth made easy — and the warning. Allah made the earth subservient so people can travel and seek provision, which does not contradict reliance on Him; yet He could cause it to swallow them, as earlier nations who denied were punished. Read the explanation.

تفسير ابن كثير — Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr (Arabic)

وهذا أيضا من لطفه ورحمته بخلقه أنه قادر على تعذيبهم ، بسبب كفر بعضهم به وعبادتهم معه غيره وهو مع هذا يحلم ويصفح ، ويؤجل ولا يعجل ، كما قال : ( ولو يؤاخذ الله الناس بما كسبوا ما ترك على ظهرها من دابة ولكن يؤخرهم إلى أجل مسمى فإذا جاء أجلهم فإن الله كان بعباده بصيرا ) [ فاطر : 45 ] .

وقال ها هنا : ( أأمنتم من في السماء أن يخسف بكم الأرض فإذا هي تمور ) أي : تذهب وتجيء وتضطرب

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr — public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation; linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.