Surah 16. An-Nahl, Ayah 45
| أَفَأَمِنَ الَّذِينَ مَكَرُوا السَّيِّئَاتِ أَنْ يَخْسِفَ اللَّهُ بِهِمُ الْأَرْضَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ |
| Transliteration | : | 'a- fa- 'amina 'alladhena makaro as- sayyi'aat 'an yakhsif 'allaah bi- -him al- 'ard. 'aw ya'tiya -hum al- cadhaab min h.aythu laa yashcuron |
| Pickthall | : | Are they who plan ill deeds then secure that Allah will not cause the earth to swallow them, or that the doom will not come on them whence they know not? |
| Asad | : | Can, then, they who devise evil schemes49 ever feel sure that God will not cause the earth to swallow them,50 or that suffering will not befall them without their perceiving whence [it came]? - |
| Malik | : | Do those who plot evil deeds feel secure that Allah will not cave in the earth beneath them or that the scourge will not come to them from directions that they did not suspect? |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Do then those who devise evil (plots) feel secure that Allah will not cause the earth to swallow them up or that the Wrath will not seize them from directions they little perceive? 2071 |
Note - 49To my mind, by "evil schemes" are meant here systems of
God-denying philosophy and of perverted morality.
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Note - 50I.e., destroy them utterly.
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Note - 2071Cf. xvi. 26. The wicked plot against Prophets of Allah in
secret, forgetting that every hidden thought of theirs is
known to Allah, and that for every thought and action of
theirs they will have to account to Allah. And Allah's
punishment can seize them in various ways. Four are
enumerated here. (1) They may be swallowed up in the
earth like Qarun, whose story is told in xxviii. 76-81.
He was swallowed up in the earth while he was arrogantly
exulting on the score of his wealth. (2) It may be that,
like Haman, the prime minister of Pharaoh, they are
plotting against Allah, when they are themselves
overwhelmed by some dreadful calamity; xi. 36-38, xxix.
39-40. The case of Pharaoh is also in point. He was
drowned while he was arrogantly hoping to frustrate
Allah's plans for Israel; x. 90-92. For (3) and (4) see
the next two notes.
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Cf. xvi. 26. The wicked plot against Prophets of Allah in secret, forgetting that every hidden thought of theirs is known to Allah, and that for every thought and action of theirs they will have to account to Allah. And Allah's punishment can seize them in various ways. Four are enumerated here. (1) They may be swallowed up in the earth like Qarun, whose story is told in xxviii. 76-81. He was swallowed up in the earth while he was arrogantly exulting on the score of his wealth. (2) It may be that, like Haman, the prime minister of Pharaoh, they are plotting against Allah, when they are themselves overwhelmed by some dreadful calamity; xi. 36-38, xxix. 39-40. The case of Pharaoh is also in point. He was drowned while he was arrogantly hoping to frustrate Allah's plans for Israel; x. 90-92. For (3) and (4) see the next two notes. |
