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Al-'Ankabut 67

Ayah 67 of 69 · Meccan

أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ أَنَّا جَعَلۡنَا حَرَمًا ءَامِنٗا وَيُتَخَطَّفُ ٱلنَّاسُ مِنۡ حَوۡلِهِمۡۚ أَفَبِٱلۡبَٰطِلِ يُؤۡمِنُونَ وَبِنِعۡمَةِ ٱللَّهِ يَكۡفُرُونَ ٦٧

Have they not seen that We made [Makkah] a safe sanctuary, while people are being taken away1 all around them? Then in falsehood do they believe, and in the favor of Allāh they disbelieve?

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., killed and taken captive.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَوَلَمۡDo notawalam
  2. يَرَوۡاْthey seeyaraw
  3. أَنَّاthat Weannā
  4. جَعَلۡنَاhave madejaʿalnā
  5. حَرَمًاa Sanctuaryḥaraman
  6. ءَامِنٗاsecureāminan
  7. وَيُتَخَطَّفُwhile are being taken awaywayutakhaṭṭafu
  8. ٱلنَّاسُthe peoplel-nāsu
  9. مِنۡaround themmin
  10. حَوۡلِهِمۡۚaround themḥawlihim
  11. أَفَبِٱلۡبَٰطِلِThen do in (the) falsehoodafabil-bāṭili
  12. يُؤۡمِنُونَthey believeyu'minūna
  13. وَبِنِعۡمَةِand in (the) Favorwabiniʿ'mati
  14. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  15. يَكۡفُرُونَthey disbelieveyakfurūna

Tafsir

Do these people who reject the blessings of Allah upon them not see another blessing of His after He saves them from drowning, that He made a sanctuary for them in which their lives and wealth are secure? This is while those around them are raided, killed, looted, and taken captive together with their wives and children. Do they still believe in their false deities and reject the bounties of Allah, not showing Him gratitude for them?

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran