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Saba 9

Ayah 9 of 54 · Meccan

أَفَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ إِلَىٰ مَا بَيۡنَ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَمَا خَلۡفَهُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ إِن نَّشَأۡ نَخۡسِفۡ بِهِمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ أَوۡ نُسۡقِطۡ عَلَيۡهِمۡ كِسَفٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّكُلِّ عَبۡدٖ مُّنِيبٖ ٩

Then, do they not look at what is before them and what is behind them of the heaven and earth? If We should will, We could cause the earth to swallow them or [could] let fall upon them fragments from the sky. Indeed in that is a sign for every servant turning back [to Allāh].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَفَلَمۡThen, do notafalam
  2. يَرَوۡاْthey seeyaraw
  3. إِلَىٰtowardsilā
  4. مَاwhatmā
  5. بَيۡنَ(is) before thembayna
  6. أَيۡدِيهِمۡ(is) before themaydīhim
  7. وَمَاand whatwamā
  8. خَلۡفَهُم(is) behind themkhalfahum
  9. مِّنَofmina
  10. ٱلسَّمَآءِthe heavenl-samāi
  11. وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚand the earthwal-arḍi
  12. إِنIfin
  13. نَّشَأۡWe willnasha
  14. نَخۡسِفۡWe (could) cause to swallow themnakhsif
  15. بِهِمُWe (could) cause to swallow thembihimu
  16. ٱلۡأَرۡضَthe earthl-arḍa
  17. أَوۡoraw
  18. نُسۡقِطۡcause to fallnus'qiṭ
  19. عَلَيۡهِمۡupon themʿalayhim
  20. كِسَفٗاfragmentskisafan
  21. مِّنَfrommina
  22. ٱلسَّمَآءِۚthe skyl-samāi
  23. إِنَّIndeedinna
  24. فِيinfī
  25. ذَٰلِكَthatdhālika
  26. لَأٓيَةٗsurely, is a Signlaāyatan
  27. لِّكُلِّfor everylikulli
  28. عَبۡدٖslaveʿabdin
  29. مُّنِيبٖwho turns (to Allah)munībin

Tafsir

Do these rejectors of resurrection not see the earth that is in front of them and the sky that is above them? If I wished the earth beneath their feet to swallow them up, I would have caused it to happen; and if I wished to send down portions/pieces of the punishment from the heavens, I would have done so. Indeed, there is a clear sign in that for every repentant servant through which he witnesses the power of Allah. The One capable of doing that, is also capable of resurrecting you after your death and the decomposition of your bodies.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran