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Qur’an 67:16 Al-Mulk, verse 16

ءَأَمِنتُم مَّن فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَمُورُ

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?

Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.

Surah
Al-Mulk (67)
Verse
16 of 30
Revealed
Makki
Juz
29
Mushaf page
563

Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaningRoot
ءَأَمِنتُمa-amintumDo you feel secureأ م ن
مَّنman(from Him) Who
فِىfī(is) in
ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heavenس م و
أَنannot
يَخْسِفَyakhsifaHe will cause to swallowخ س ف
بِكُمُbikumuyou
ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earthأ ر ض
فَإِذَاfa-idhāwhen
هِىَhiyait
تَمُورُtamūruswaysم و ر

Tap a root to see every word built from it. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources.

In context

The verses around 67:16 in Al-Mulk.

  • 67:14أَلَا يَعْلَمُ مَنْ خَلَقَ وَهُوَ ٱللَّطِيفُ ٱلْخَبِيرُDoes He who created not know, while He is the Subtle, the Acquainted?
  • 67:15هُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ ذَلُولًۭا فَٱمْشُوا۟ فِى مَنَاكِبِهَا وَكُلُوا۟ مِن رِّزْقِهِۦ ۖ وَإِلَيْهِ ٱلنُّشُورُIt is He who made the earth tame for you - so walk among its slopes and eat of His provision - and to Him is the resurrection.
  • 67:17أَمْ أَمِنتُم مَّن فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَن يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًۭا ۖ فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ كَيْفَ نَذِيرِOr do you feel secure that He who [holds authority] in the heaven would not send against you a storm of stones? Then you would know how [severe] was My warning.
  • 67:18وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِAnd already had those before them denied, and how [terrible] was My reproach.

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