Surah Al-Isra 17:68 — translation and meaning

الإسراء · Verse 68 / 111 · Page 289

أَفَأَمِنتُمْ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمْ جَانِبَ الْبَرِّ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًا ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوا لَكُمْ وَكِيلًا

Word by Word

أَفَأَمِنتُمْ
afa-amintum
Do you then feel secure
أَن
an
that (not)
يَخْسِفَ
yakhsifa
He will cause to swallow
بِكُمْ
bikum
you
جَانِبَ
janiba
side
الْبَرِّ
al-bari
(of) the land
أَوْ
aw
or
يُرْسِلَ
yur'sila
send
عَلَيْكُمْ
alaykum
against you
حَاصِبًا
hasiban
a storm of stones
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
لَا
la
not
تَجِدُوا
tajidu
you will find
لَكُمْ
lakum
for you
وَكِيلًا
wakilan
a guardian

Transliteration

Afa amintum any yakhsifa bikum jaanibal barri aw yursil 'alaikum haasiban summa laa tajidoo lakum wakeelaa

Translation

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.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

So do you feel secure - O idolaters - when Allah has delivered you safely to land that He will not make it collapse with you? Or do you feel secure that He will not make stones rain down on you as He did with the people of Lot, then you will not find any protector to protect you nor any helper to save you from being destroyed?

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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