Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:46

16:46

أَوْ يَأْخُذَهُمْ فِى تَقَلُّبِهِمْ فَمَا هُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ

aw yakhudhahum fī taqallubihim famā hum bimuʿ'jizīna

Or that He would not seize them during their [usual] activity, and they could not cause failure [i.e., escape from Him]?

— Saheeh International

that it will not catch them suddenly in the midst of their comings and goings- for they cannot frustrate God-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Or that He may catch them in the midst of their going to and fro (in their jobs), so that there be no escape for them (from Allâh’s punishment)?

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

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Word by Word

أَوْawOr
يَأْخُذَهُمْyakhudhahumthat He may seize them
فِىfīin
تَقَلُّبِهِمْtaqallubihimtheir going to and fro
فَمَاfamāthen not
هُمhumthey
بِمُعْجِزِينَbimuʿ'jizīnawill be able to escape