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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 133of 165

وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْغَنِىُّ ذُو ٱلرَّحْمَةِ ۚ إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ وَيَسْتَخْلِفْ مِنۢ بَعْدِكُم مَّا يَشَآءُ كَمَآ أَنشَأَكُم مِّن ذُرِّيَّةِ قَوْمٍ ءَاخَرِينَ﴿١٣٣

Translation (Sahih International)

And your Lord is the Free of need, the possessor of mercy. If He wills, he can do away with you and give succession after you to whomever He wills, just as He produced you from the descendants of another people.

Word-by-word meaning

وَرَبُّكَwarabbukaAnd your Lord
ٱلْغَنِىُّl-ghaniyu(is) the Self-Sufficient
ذُوdhū(the) Possessor
ٱلرَّحْمَةِ ۚl-raḥmati(of) mercy
إِنinIf
يَشَأْyashaHe wills
يُذْهِبْكُمْyudh'hib'kumHe can take you away
وَيَسْتَخْلِفْwayastakhlifand grant succession
مِنۢminfrom
بَعْدِكُمbaʿdikumafter you
مَّا(to) whom
يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
كَمَآkamāas
أَنشَأَكُمansha-akumHe raised you
مِّنminfrom
ذُرِّيَّةِdhurriyyatithe descendants
قَوْمٍqawmin(of) people
ءَاخَرِينَākharīnaother

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

If They Disobey, They Will PerishAllah said,وَرَبُّكَ(And your Lord...), O Muhammad,الْغَنِىُّ(is Al-Ghani) Rich, free from needing His creatures in any way or form, while they stand in need of Him in all situations,ذُو الرَّحْمَةِ(full of mercy;) towards creation. Allah said in another Ayah,إِنَّ اللَّهَ بِالنَّاسِ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ(Truly, Allah is full of kindness, the Most Merciful towards mankind.) 2:143إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ(if He wills, He can destroy you.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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