Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:68

17:68

أَفَأَمِنتُمْ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمْ جَانِبَ ٱلْبَرِّ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًا ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوا۟ لَكُمْ وَكِيلًا

afa-amintum an yakhsifa bikum jāniba l-bari aw yur'sila ʿalaykum ḥāṣiban thumma lā tajidū lakum wakīlan

Then do you feel secure that [instead] He will not cause a part of the land to swallow you or send against you a storm of stones? Then you would not find for yourselves an advocate.

— Saheeh International

Can you be sure that God will not have you swallowed up into the earth when you are back on land, or that He will not send a sandstorm against you? Then you will find no one to protect you.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Do you then feel secure that He will not cause a side of the land to swallow you up, or that He will not send against you a violent sand-storm? Then, you shall find no Wakîl (guardian - one to guard you from the torment).

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

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Word by Word

أَفَأَمِنتُمْafa-amintumDo you then feel secure
أَنanthat (not)
يَخْسِفَyakhsifaHe will cause to swallow
بِكُمْbikumyou
جَانِبَjānibaside
ٱلْبَرِّl-bari(of) the land
أَوْawor
يُرْسِلَyur'silasend
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumagainst you
حَاصِبًۭاḥāṣibana storm of stones
ثُمَّthummaThen
لَاlānot
تَجِدُوا۟tajidūyou will find
لَكُمْlakumfor you
وَكِيلًاwakīlana guardian