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Al-Isra (The Night Journey)

Verse 68of 111

أَفَأَمِنتُمْ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمْ جَانِبَ ٱلْبَرِّ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًۭا ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوا۟ لَكُمْ وَكِيلًا﴿٦٨

Translation (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.

Word-by-word meaning

أَفَأَمِنتُمْafa-amintumDo you then feel secure
أَنanthat (not)
يَخْسِفَyakhsifaHe will cause to swallow
بِكُمْbikumyou
جَانِبَjānibaside
ٱلْبَرِّl-bari(of) the land
أَوْawor
يُرْسِلَyur'silasend
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumagainst you
حَاصِبًۭاḥāṣibana storm of stones
ثُمَّthummaThen
لَاnot
تَجِدُوا۟tajidūyou will find
لَكُمْlakumfor you
وَكِيلًاwakīlana guardian

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Does not the Punishment of Allah come on Land tooAllah says, do you think that by emerging onto dry land you will be safe from His vengeance and punishment, that a side of the land will not swallow you up or He will not send against you a Hasib - which is a kind of rain that carries stones This was the view of Mujahid and others.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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