Surah Ibrahim 14:19 — translation and meaning

إبراهيم · Verse 19 / 52 · Page 258

ۚ أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ بِالْحَقِّ إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ وَيَأْتِ بِخَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ

Word by Word

ۚ
أَلَمْ
alam
Do not
تَرَ
tara
you see
أَنَّ
anna
that
اللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
خَلَقَ
khalaqa
created
السَّمَاوَاتِ
al-samawati
the heavens
وَالْأَرْضَ
wal-arda
and the earth
بِالْحَقِّ
bil-haqi
in truth
إِن
in
If
يَشَأْ
yasha
He wills
يُذْهِبْكُمْ
yudh'hib'kum
He can remove you
وَيَأْتِ
wayati
and bring
بِخَلْقٍ
bikhalqin
a creation
جَدِيدٍ
jadidin
new

Transliteration

Alam tara annal laaha khalaqas samaawaati wal arda bilhaqq; iny yashaa yuzhibkum wa yaati bikhalqin jadeed

Translation

Have you not seen that Allah created the heavens and the earth in truth? If He wills, He can do away with you and produce a new creation.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Do you not know—and this language is directed to anyone it suits—that Allah created the heavens and the earth with truth, and He did not create them in vain? If He wishes to remove you, O people, and replace you with a different creation that will worship and obey Him in your place, He would have done so and produced a different creation that would worship and obey Him. It would be an easy matter for Him.

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

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