Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:45

16:45

أَفَأَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مَكَرُوا۟ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ أَن يَخْسِفَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

afa-amina alladhīna makarū l-sayiāti an yakhsifa l-lahu bihimu l-arḍa aw yatiyahumu l-ʿadhābu min ḥaythu lā yashʿurūna

Then, do those who have planned evil deeds feel secure that Allāh will not cause the earth to swallow them or that the punishment will not come upon them from where they do not perceive?

— Saheeh International

Are those who plan evil so sure that God will not make the earth swallow them up, that punishment will not come on them from some unimagined direction,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Do then those who devise evil plots feel secure that Allâh will not sink them into the earth, or that the torment will not seize them from directions they perceive not?

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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أَفَأَمِنَafa-aminaDo then feel secure
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
مَكَرُوا۟makarūplotted
ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِl-sayiātithe evil deeds
أَنanthat
يَخْسِفَyakhsifaAllah will cave
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah will cave
بِهِمُbihimuwith them
ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
أَوْawor
يَأْتِيَهُمُyatiyahumuwill come to them
ٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe punishment
مِنْminfrom
حَيْثُḥaythuwhere
لَاlānot
يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnathey perceive