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Al-Mulk 16

Ayah 16 of 30 · Meccan

ءَأَمِنتُم مَّن فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَن يَخۡسِفَ بِكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَمُورُ ١٦

Do you feel secure that He who is above1 would not cause the earth to swallow you and suddenly it would sway?2

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Literally, "in ascendancy" or "over the heaven."

2 In a circular motion, as in an earthquake.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ءَأَمِنتُمDo you feel securea-amintum
  2. مَّن(from Him) Whoman
  3. فِي(is) infī
  4. ٱلسَّمَآءِthe heavenl-samāi
  5. أَنnotan
  6. يَخۡسِفَHe will cause to swallowyakhsifa
  7. بِكُمُyoubikumu
  8. ٱلۡأَرۡضَthe earthl-arḍa
  9. فَإِذَاwhenfa-idhā
  10. هِيَithiya
  11. تَمُورُswaystamūru

Tafsir

Do you feel safe from the being in the heavens that He may cause the earth to split beneath you, just as He caused it to split beneath Korah, despite it having been soft and easy to live on? It could suddenly shake with you on it, after being firm and solid.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran