Quran 17:68 — Al-Israa, verse 68
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Can you be sure that God will not have you swallowed up into the earth when you are back on land, or that He will not send a sandstorm against you? Then you will find no one to protect you.
أَفَأَمِنْتُمْ أَنْ يَخْسِفَ بِكُمْ جَانِبَ الْبَرِّ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًا ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوا لَكُمْ وَكِيلًا
afa-amintum an yakhsifa bikum jāniba l-bari aw yur'sila ʿalaykum ḥāṣiban thumma lā tajidū lakum wakīlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Do you feel secure that He will not cause the shore to swallow you up, or loose against you a squall of pebbles, then you will find no guardian for you?
- Muhammad Asad
- Can you, then, ever feel sure that He will not cause a tract of dry land to swallow you up, or let loose upon you a deadly storm-wind, whereupon you would find none to be your protector?
- Sahih International
- Then do you feel secure that [instead] He will not cause a part of the land to swallow you or send against you a storm of stones? Then you would not find for yourselves an advocate.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَفَأَمِنتُمْafa-amintum | Do you then feel secure | أمن |
| 2 | أَنan | that (not) | — |
| 3 | يَخْسِفَyakhsifa | He will cause to swallow | خسف |
| 4 | بِكُمْbikum | you | — |
| 5 | جَانِبَjāniba | side | جنب |
| 6 | ٱلْبَرِّl-bari | (of) the land | برر |
| 7 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 8 | يُرْسِلَyur'sila | send | رسل |
| 9 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | against you | — |
| 10 | حَاصِبًۭاḥāṣiban | a storm of stones | حصب |
| 11 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 12 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 13 | تَجِدُوا۟tajidū | you will find | وجد |
| 14 | لَكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 15 | وَكِيلًاwakīlan | a guardian | وكل |