Quran 16:45 — An-Nahl, verse 45
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Are those who plan evil so sure that God will not make the earth swallow them up, that punishment will not come on them from some unimagined direction,
أَفَأَمِنَ الَّذِينَ مَكَرُوا السَّيِّئَاتِ أَنْ يَخْسِفَ اللَّهُ بِهِمُ الْأَرْضَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
afa-amina alladhīna makarū l-sayiāti an yakhsifa l-lahu bihimu l-arḍa aw yatiyahumu l-ʿadhābu min ḥaythu lā yashʿurūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Do they feel secure, those who devise evil things, that God will not cause the earth to swallow them, or that the chastisement will not come upon them, from whence they are not aware?
- Muhammad Asad
- Can, then, they who devise evil schemes ever feel sure that God will not cause the earth to swallow them, or that suffering will not befall them without their perceiving whence [it came]? -
- Sahih International
- Then, do those who have planned evil deeds feel secure that Allāh will not cause the earth to swallow them or that the punishment will not come upon them from where they do not perceive?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَفَأَمِنَafa-amina | Do then feel secure | أمن |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 3 | مَكَرُوا۟makarū | plotted | مكر |
| 4 | ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِl-sayiāti | the evil deeds | سوأ |
| 5 | أَنan | that | — |
| 6 | يَخْسِفَyakhsifa | Allah will cave | خسف |
| 7 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah will cave | أله |
| 8 | بِهِمُbihimu | with them | — |
| 9 | ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍa | the earth | أرض |
| 10 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 11 | يَأْتِيَهُمُyatiyahumu | will come to them | أتي |
| 12 | ٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābu | the punishment | عذب |
| 13 | مِنْmin | from | — |
| 14 | حَيْثُḥaythu | where | حيث |
| 15 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 16 | يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūna | they perceive | شعر |