Surah An-Nahl 16:45 — translation and meaning

النحل · Verse 45 / 128 · Page 272

أَفَأَمِنَ الَّذِينَ مَكَرُوا السَّيِّئَاتِ أَن يَخْسِفَ اللَّهُ بِهِمُ الْأَرْضَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Word by Word

أَفَأَمِنَ
afa-amina
Do then feel secure
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
مَكَرُوا
makaru
plotted
السَّيِّئَاتِ
al-sayiati
the evil deeds
أَن
an
that
يَخْسِفَ
yakhsifa
Allah will cave
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah will cave
بِهِمُ
bihimu
with them
الْأَرْضَ
al-arda
the earth
أَوْ
aw
or
يَأْتِيَهُمُ
yatiyahumu
will come to them
الْعَذَابُ
al-'adhabu
the punishment
مِنْ
min
from
حَيْثُ
haythu
where
لَا
la
not
يَشْعُرُونَ
yash'uruna
they perceive

Transliteration

Afa aminal lazeena makarus saiyi aati ai yakhsifal laahu bihimul arda aw yaaa tiyahumul 'azaabu min haisu laa yash'uroon

Translation

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?

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Do those who make plots to prevent people from Allah’s path feel secure that Allah will not cause the earth to cave in with them as He caused it to cave in with Qarun, or that the punishment will not come to them from where they least expect.

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

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"Then, do those who have planned evil deeds feel secure that Alla…" — An-Nahl 16:45