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An-Nahl (The Bee)

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أَفَأَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مَكَرُوا۟ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ أَن يَخْسِفَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ﴿٤٥

Translation (Sahih International)

Then, do those who have planned evil deeds feel secure that Allah will not cause the earth to swallow them or that the punishment will not come upon them from where they do not perceive?

Word-by-word meaning

أَفَأَمِنَafa-aminaDo then feel secure
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
مَكَرُوا۟makarūplotted
ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِl-sayiātithe evil deeds
أَنanthat
يَخْسِفَyakhsifaAllah will cave
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah will cave
بِهِمُbihimuwith them
ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
أَوْawor
يَأْتِيَهُمُyatiyahumuwill come to them
ٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe punishment
مِنْminfrom
حَيْثُḥaythuwhere
لَاnot
يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnathey perceive

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

How the Guilty can feel SecureAllah informs us about His patience, and how He delays the punishment for the sinners who do evil things and call others to do likewise, plotting to call others to do evil - even though He is able to make the earth swallow them or to bring His wrath upon them.مِنْ حَيْثُ لاَ يَشْعُرُونَ(from where they do not perceive it), meaning in such a way that they do not know where it comes from.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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