Surah Saba, ayah 9
أَفَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ إِن نَّشَأْ نَخْسِفْ بِهِمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ أَوْ نُسْقِطْ عَلَيْهِمْ كِسَفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِيبٍ
Then, do they not look at what is before them and what is behind them of the heaven and earth? If We should will, We could cause the earth to swallow them or [could] let fall upon them fragments from the sky. Indeed in that is a sign for every servant turning back [to Allāh].
Saba · 34:9
Word by word
- أَفَلَمْafalamThen, do not
- يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
- إِلَىٰilātowards
- مَاmāwhat
- بَيْنَbayna(is) before them
- أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhim(is) before them
- وَمَاwamāand what
- خَلْفَهُمkhalfahum(is) behind them
- مِّنَminaof
- ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heaven
- وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚwal-arḍiand the earth
- إِنinIf
- نَّشَأْnashaWe will
- نَخْسِفْnakhsifWe (could) cause to swallow them
- بِهِمُbihimuWe (could) cause to swallow them
- ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
- أَوْawor
- نُسْقِطْnus'qiṭcause to fall
- عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon them
- كِسَفًۭاkisafanfragments
- مِّنَminafrom
- ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۚl-samāithe sky
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- فِىfīin
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
- لَـَٔايَةًۭlaāyatansurely, is a Sign
- لِّكُلِّlikullifor every
- عَبْدٍۢʿabdinslave
- مُّنِيبٍۢmunībinwho turns (to Allah)
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