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Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 16

سورة الملك، الآية ١٦

67:16 Juz 29 Hizb 57 Page 563 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 67:16

ءَأَمِنتُم مَّن فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَمُورُ ۝١٦

Transliteration

a-amintum man fī l-samāi an yakhsifa bikumu l-arḍa fa-idhā hiya tamūru

Translation

Do you feel secure that He who is above1718 would not cause the earth to swallow you and suddenly it would sway?1719

Notes

[1718] Literally, "in ascendancy" or "over the heaven."
[1719] In a circular motion, as in an earthquake.

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Verse 16 of Surah Al-Mulk (67:16), a Meccan surah, is in juz 29, on page 563 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 16

Al-Mukhtasar

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.

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Other translations of verse 16

Do you feel secure that He Who is above heaven will not cause the earth to sink with you, and then suddenly convulse6?

Notes

[6] In a circular motion.

Do you feel secure that He, Who is over the heaven (Allâh), will not cause the earth to sink with you, and then it should quake?

Have ye taken security from Him Who is in the heaven that He will not cause the earth to swallow you when lo! it is convulsed?

Do ye feel secure that He Who is in heaven will not cause you to be swallowed up by the earth when it shakes (as in an earthquake)?

Are you secure of those in the heaven that He should not make the earth to swallow you up? Then lo! it shall be in a state of commotion.

Do you (feel) secure that He Who is in the heaven will not cause the earth to cave in on you? (For) then, only then, it will be whirling!

Verse 16 word by word

  1. ءَأَمِنتُم a-amintum Do you feel secure أ م ن
  2. مَّن man (from Him) Who
  3. فِى fī (is) in
  4. ٱلسَّمَآءِ l-samāi the heaven س م و
  5. أَن an not
  6. يَخْسِفَ yakhsifa He will cause to swallow خ س ف
  7. بِكُمُ bikumu you
  8. ٱلْأَرْضَ l-arḍa the earth أ ر ض
  9. فَإِذَا fa-idhā when
  10. هِىَ hiya it
  11. تَمُورُ tamūru sways م و ر

Verses related to verse 16

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Fatir 35:45

    وَلَوْ يُؤَاخِذُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلنَّاسَ بِمَا كَسَبُوا۟ مَا تَرَكَ عَلَىٰ ظَهْرِهَا مِن دَآبَّةٍ وَلَٰكِن يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ بَصِيرًۢا

    And if Allāh were to impose blame on the people for what they have earned, He would not leave upon it [i.e., the earth] any creature. But He defers them for a specified term. And when their time comes, then indeed Allāh has ever been, of His servants, Seeing.

  • Al-Isra 17:68

    أَفَأَمِنتُمْ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمْ جَانِبَ ٱلْبَرِّ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًا ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوا۟ لَكُمْ وَكِيلًا

    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.

  • An-Nahl 16:79

    أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلطَّيْرِ مُسَخَّرَٰتٍ فِى جَوِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

    Do they not see the birds controlled in the atmosphere of the sky? None holds them up except Allāh. Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.

Verses with similar wording

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  • Al-Mulk 67:17

    أَمْ أَمِنتُم مَّن فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَن يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًا فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ كَيْفَ نَذِيرِ

    Or do you feel secure that He who is above would not send against you a storm of stones? Then you would know how [severe] was My warning.

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