Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Mulk Verse 16

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Have you become fearless of Him who is in the sky if He makes you sink into the earth, and it starts trembling at once?

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Do you feel secure that the One Who is in heaven will not cause the earth to swallow you up as it quakes violently?

Ruwwad Translation Center

Do you feel secure that He Who is in the heaven will not cause the earth to sink with you, then suddenly convulse?

A. J. Arberry

Do you feel secure that He who is in heaven will not cause the earth to swallow you, the while it rocks?

Abdul Haleem

Are you sure that He who is in Heaven will not make the earth swallow you up with a violent shudder?

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Are ye secure that He who is in the heaven will not sink the earth with you and then it should quake?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Do ye feel secure that He Who is in heaven will not cause you to be swallowed up by the earth when it shakes (as in an earthquake)?

Abul Ala Maududi

Do you feel secure that He Who is in the heaven will not cause the earth to cave in with you, and then suddenly it will begin to rock violently?

Ahmed Ali

Are you so unafraid that He who is in Heaven will not open up the earth to swallow you, when it will begin to tremble?

Ahmed Raza Khan

Have you become unafraid of the One Who controls the heavens, that He will not cause you to sink into the earth when it trembles?

Ali Quli Qarai

Are you secure that He who is in the sky will not make the earth swallow you while it quakes?

Ali Ünal

And yet, are you secure that He Who is above everything will not cause the earth to swallow you up then, when it is in a state of commotion?

Amatul Rahman Omar

Do you feel secure from Him Who is overhead (to you all, thinking) that He may leave you downtrodden in the earth and may cause it to sink with you when all of a sudden it begins to shake?

English Literal

Did you become safe/secure (trust) whom (are) in the sky/space that (E) He sinks down with you the earth/Planet Earth, so then it agitates/sways ?

Faridul Haque

Have you become unafraid of the One Who controls the heavens, that He will not cause you to sink into the earth when it trembles?

Hamid S. Aziz

Have you taken security from Him Who is in heaven that He will not make the earth swallow you when it is shaken (convulsed)?

Hilali & Khan

Do you feel secure that He, Who is over the heaven (Allah), will not cause the earth to sink with you, then behold it shakes (as in an earthquake)?

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Or do you feel secure that He Who is in the Heaven will not send on you a violent wind? Then shall you know how (truthful) was My warning!

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Are you secure of those in the heaven that He should not make the earth to swallow you up? Then lo! it shall be in a state of commotion.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Have ye taken security from Him Who is in the heaven that He will not cause the earth to swallow you when lo! it is convulsed?

Muhammad Sarwar

Do you feel secure that the One in the heavens will not cause you to sink into the earth when it is violently shaking?

Qaribullah & Darwish

Do you feel secure that He who is in the heaven will not cause the earth to swallow you up while it shakes?

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

Do you feel secure that He, Who is over the heaven, will not cause the earth to sink with you, and then it should quake

Wahiduddin Khan

Do you feel secure that He who is in heaven will not cause the earth to sink beneath you and then begin to quake?

Talal Itani

Are you confident that the One in heaven will not cause the earth to collapse beneath you as it spins?

Tafsir jalalayn

Are you secure (read a-amintum pronouncing both hamzas fully, or by not pronouncing the second one, inserting an alif between it and the other one, or without [the insertion] but replacing it with an alif instead) [in thinking] that He Who is in the heaven, [that He] Whose authority and power [is in the heaven], will not cause the earth to swallow you (an yakhsifa substitutes for man, `He Who') while it quakes?, [while] it moves underneath you and rises above you?

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

How can You feel Secure against the Punishment of Allah while He is Able to seize You however He wills

This is another indication of His gentleness and His mercy with His creatures. He is able to punish them because some of them disbelieve in Him and worship others besides Him, yet He is forbearing, He pardons, and He gives respite for an appointed time without hastening. This is as He says,

وَلَوْ يُوَاخِذُ اللَّهُ النَّاسَ بِمَا كَسَبُواْ مَا تَرَكَ عَلَى ظَهْرِهَا مِن دَابَّةٍ وَلَـكِن يُوَخِّرُهُمْ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى فَإِذَا جَأءَ أَجَلُهُمْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِ بَصِيراً

And if Allah were to punish men for that which they earned, He would not leave a moving creature on the surface of the earth; but He gives them respite to an appointed term;and when their term comes, then verily, Allah is Ever All-Seer of His servants. (35;45)

Here Allah says,

أَأَمِنتُم مَّن فِي السَّمَاء أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمُ الَارْضَ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَمُورُ




Do you feel secure that He, Who is over the heaven, will not cause the earth to sink with you, and then it should quake?

meaning, that it would move back and forth, and be disrupted