أَوۡ يَأۡخُذَهُمۡ فِي تَقَلُّبِهِمۡ فَمَا هُم بِمُعۡجِزِينَ ٤٦
Or that He would not seize them during their [usual] activity, and they could not cause failure [i.e., escape from Him]?
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- أَوۡOraw
- يَأۡخُذَهُمۡthat He may seize themyakhudhahum
- فِيinfī
- تَقَلُّبِهِمۡtheir going to and frotaqallubihim
- فَمَاthen notfamā
- هُمtheyhum
- بِمُعۡجِزِينَwill be able to escapebimuʿ'jizīna
Tafsir
Or that the punishment will not afflict them whilst they are going about on their journeys and in their quest for earnings. They will not escape nor protect themselves from it.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran