Surah Al-Mulk 67:16 — translation and meaning
الملك · Verse 16 / 30 · Page 563
أَأَمِنتُم مَّن فِي السَّمَاءِ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمُ الْأَرْضَ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَمُورُ
Word by Word
أَأَمِنتُم
a-amintum
Do you feel secure
مَّن
man
(from Him) Who
فِي
fi
(is) in
السَّمَاءِ
al-samai
the heaven
أَن
an
not
يَخْسِفَ
yakhsifa
He will cause to swallow
بِكُمُ
bikumu
you
الْأَرْضَ
al-arda
the earth
فَإِذَا
fa-idha
when
هِيَ
hiya
it
تَمُورُ
tamuru
sways
Transliteration
'A-amintum man fissamaaa'i aiyakhsifa bi kumul arda fa izaa hiya tamoor
Translation
Do you feel secure that He who [holds authority] in the heaven would not cause the earth to swallow you and suddenly it would sway?
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Do you feel safe from the being in the heavens that He may cause the earth to split beneath you, just as He caused it to split beneath Korah, despite it having been soft and easy to live on? It could suddenly shake with you on it, after being firm and solid.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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