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أَوْ يَأْخُذَهُمْ فِى تَقَلُّبِهِمْ فَمَا هُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ﴿٤٦

Translation (Sahih International)

Or that He would not seize them during their [usual] activity, and they could not cause failure?

Word-by-word meaning

أَوْawOr
يَأْخُذَهُمْyakhudhahumthat He may seize them
فِىin
تَقَلُّبِهِمْtaqallubihimtheir going to and fro
فَمَاfamāthen not
هُمhumthey
بِمُعْجِزِينَbimuʿ'jizīnawill be able to escape

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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