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Verse 9of 54

أَفَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ إِن نَّشَأْ نَخْسِفْ بِهِمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ أَوْ نُسْقِطْ عَلَيْهِمْ كِسَفًۭا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ لِّكُلِّ عَبْدٍۢ مُّنِيبٍۢ﴿٩

Translation (Sahih International)

Then, do they not look at what is before them and what is behind them of the heaven and earth? If We should will, We could cause the earth to swallow them or [could] let fall upon them fragments from the sky. Indeed in that is a sign for every servant turning back [to Allah].

Word-by-word meaning

أَفَلَمْafalamThen, do not
يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
إِلَىٰilātowards
مَاwhat
بَيْنَbayna(is) before them
أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhim(is) before them
وَمَاwamāand what
خَلْفَهُمkhalfahum(is) behind them
مِّنَminaof
ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heaven
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚwal-arḍiand the earth
إِنinIf
نَّشَأْnashaWe will
نَخْسِفْnakhsifWe (could) cause to swallow them
بِهِمُbihimuWe (could) cause to swallow them
ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
أَوْawor
نُسْقِطْnus'qiṭcause to fall
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon them
كِسَفًۭاkisafanfragments
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۚl-samāithe sky
إِنَّinnaIndeed
فِىin
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
لَـَٔايَةًۭlaāyatansurely, is a Sign
لِّكُلِّlikullifor every
عَبْدٍۢʿabdinslave
مُّنِيبٍۢmunībinwho turns (to Allah)

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Disbelievers' Denial of Life after Death, and the Refutation of Their ViewHere Allah tells us how the disbelievers and heretics denied that the Hour will come, and mocked the Messenger ﷺ for speaking of it.وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ هَلْ نَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى رَجُلٍ يُنَبِّئُكُمْ إِذَا مُزِّقْتُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ(Those who disbelieve say: "Shall we direct you to a man who will tell you (that) when you have become fully disintegrated into dust with full dispersion...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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