Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:47

16:47

أَوْ يَأْخُذَهُمْ عَلَىٰ تَخَوُّفٍ فَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ

aw yakhudhahum ʿalā takhawwufin fa-inna rabbakum laraūfun raḥīmun

Or that He would not seize them gradually [in a state of dread]? But indeed, your Lord is Kind and Merciful.

— Saheeh International

or that it will not catch up with them gradually? Indeed your Lord is kind and merciful.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Or that He may catch them with gradual wasting (of their wealth and health). Truly! Your Lord is indeed full of Kindness, Most Merciful?

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

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Word by Word

أَوْawOr
يَأْخُذَهُمْyakhudhahumthat He may seize them
عَلَىٰʿalāwith
تَخَوُّفٍۢtakhawwufina gradual wasting
فَإِنَّfa-innaBut indeed
رَبَّكُمْrabbakumyour Lord
لَرَءُوفٌۭlaraūfun(is) surely Full of Kindness
رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMost Merciful