Surah 67 · Juz 29

Al-Mulk · 67:16

أَأَمِنْتُمْ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاءِ أَنْ يَخْسِفَ بِكُمُ الْأَرْضَ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَمُورُ

(16) Do you feel secure that He who is above[1718] would not cause the earth to swallow you and suddenly it would sway?[1719]
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[1718]- Literally, "in ascendancy" or "over the heaven."
[1719]- In a circular motion, as in an earthquake.

Tafsir

16. Do you feel safe from the being in the heavens that He may cause the earth to split beneath you, just as He caused it to split beneath Korah, despite it having been soft and easy to live on? It could suddenly shake with you on it, after being firm and solid.

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