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Surah Al-Isra, Ayah 68 (17:68)

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أَفَأَمِنتُمْ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمْ جَانِبَ ٱلْبَرِّ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًا ثُمَّ لَا …

Quran 17:68 is ayah 68 of Surah Al-Isra (“The Night Journey”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 289 of the Madani Mushaf.

17:68
أَفَأَمِنتُمْأَنيَخْسِفَبِكُمْجَانِبَٱلْبَرِّأَوْيُرْسِلَعَلَيْكُمْحَاصِبًاثُمَّلَاتَجِدُوا۟لَكُمْوَكِيلًا٦٨
afa-amintum an yakhsifa bikum jāniba l-bari aw yur'sila ʿalaykum ḥāṣiban thumma lā tajidū lakum wakīlan

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.(68)

Word by word

  1. أَفَأَمِنتُمْafa-amintumDo you then feel secure
  2. أَنanthat (not)
  3. يَخْسِفَyakhsifaHe will cause to swallow
  4. بِكُمْbikumyou
  5. جَانِبَjānibaside
  6. ٱلْبَرِّl-bari(of) the land
  7. أَوْawor
  8. يُرْسِلَyur'silasend
  9. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumagainst you
  10. حَاصِبًاḥāṣibana storm of stones
  11. ثُمَّthummaThen
  12. لَاlānot
  13. تَجِدُوا۟tajidūyou will find
  14. لَكُمْlakumfor you
  15. وَكِيلًاwakīlana guardian

Tafsir (commentary) of 17:68

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English · EnglishTafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) — Hafiz Ibn Kathir

Does not the Punishment of Allah come on Land too

Allah says, do you think that by emerging onto dry land you will be safe from His vengeance and punishment, that a side of the land will not swallow you up or He will not send against you a Hasib - which is a kind of rain that carries stones This was the view of Mujahid and others. As Allah says:

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَـصِباً إِلاَّ آلَ لُوطٍ نَّجَّيْنَـهُم بِسَحَرٍ نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا

(Verily, We sent against them, except the family of Lut, them We saved in the last hour of the night, As a favor from Us.) (54:34-35) Elsewhere, Allah says:

وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ مَّنْضُودٍ

(and We rained on them stones of Sijjil, in a well-arranged manner one after another)

أَءَمِنتُمْ مَّن فِى السَّمَآءِ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمُ الاٌّرْضَ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَمُورُ - أَمْ أَمِنتُمْ مِّن فِى السَّمَآءِ أَن يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَـصِباً فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ كَيْفَ نَذِيرِ

(Do you feel secure that He, Who is over the heaven (Allah), will not cause the earth to sink with you, and then it should quake Or do you feel secure that He, Who is over the heaven (Allah), will not send against you a Hasib Then you shall know how (terrible) has been My warning) (67: 16-17)

ثُمَّ لاَ تَجِدُواْ لَكُمْ وَكِيلاً

(Then, you shall find no guardian.) no helper to turn the punishment away from you and save you.

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