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Al-Mulk (The Sovereignty)

Verse 19of 30

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلطَّيْرِ فَوْقَهُمْ صَٰٓفَّٰتٍۢ وَيَقْبِضْنَ ۚ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍۭ بَصِيرٌ﴿١٩

Translation (Sahih International)

Do they not see the birds above them with wings outspread and [sometimes] folded in? None holds them [aloft] except the Most Merciful. Indeed He is, of all things, Seeing.

Word-by-word meaning

أَوَلَمْawalamDo not
يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
إِلَىilā[to]
ٱلطَّيْرِl-ṭayrithe birds
فَوْقَهُمْfawqahumabove them
صَـٰٓفَّـٰتٍۢṣāffātinspreading (their wings)
وَيَقْبِضْنَ ۚwayaqbiḍ'naand folding
مَاNot
يُمْسِكُهُنَّyum'sikuhunnaholds them
إِلَّاillāexcept
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ ۚl-raḥmānuthe Most Gracious
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
بِكُلِّbikulli(is) of every
شَىْءٍۭshayinthing
بَصِيرٌbaṣīrunAll-Seer

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

How can You feel Secure against the Punishment of Allah while He is Able to seize You however He wilThis is another indication of His gentleness and His mercy with His creatures. He is able to punish them because some of them disbelieve in Him and worship others besides Him, yet He is forbearing, He pardons, and He gives respite for an appointed time without hastening.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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