Quran Quote  :  Surely your Lord is none other than Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six days, - 7:54

    • Quran-16:45 Surah An-nahl English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

    أَفَأَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مَكَرُواْ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ أَن يَخۡسِفَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ أَوۡ يَأۡتِيَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُ مِنۡ حَيۡثُ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ

    Transliteration:( Afa aminal lazeena makarus saiyi aati ai yakhsifal laahu bihimul arda aw yaaa tiyahumul 'azaabu min haisu laa yash'uroon )

    45. Do those who devise evil plans [95] not fear that Allah may cause the earth to swallow them [96] or that punishment may come to them from where they do not perceive? (Kanzul Imaan Translation)

    (45) 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? (Saheen International Translation)

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    Surah An-Nahl Ayat 45 Tafsir (Commentry)



    • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
    • Ibn Kathir
    • Ala-Madudi
    • Shaheen International

     

    95. This means those wretches are always secretly planning to persecute the Holy Prophet and his noble Companions.

    96. From this we learn that Divine punishment from unknown sources can descend upon certain specific people even today. In fact, it has come, and would always come. 

    However mass punishment has stopped since the coming of 

    our Holy Prophet ?. This discussion is regarding that punishment which descends contrary to Divine practices, like pouring of stones from the sky, faces being mutilated, etc. But evident punishment like defeat in the battle, would continue to come.

     

    Ibn-Kathir

    45. Do then those who devise evil plots feel secure that Allah will not cause them to sink into the earth, or that torment will not seize them from where they do not perceive it 46. Or that He may punish them in the midst of their going to and fro (in their livelihood), so that there be no escape for them (from Allah’s punishment) 47. Or that He may punish them where they fear it most Indeed, Your Lord is full of kindness, Most Merciful.

    How the Guilty can feel Secure

    Allah informs us about His patience, and how He delays the punishment for the sinners who do evil things and call others to do likewise, plotting to call others to do evil – even though He is able to make the earth swallow them or to bring His wrath upon them.

    ﴿مِنْ حَيْثُ لاَ يَشْعُرُونَ﴾

    (from where they do not perceive it), meaning in such a way that they do not know where it comes from. As Allah says:

    ﴿أَءَمِنتُمْ مَّن فِى السَّمَآءِ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمُ الاٌّرْضَ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَمُورُ – أَمْ أَمِنتُمْ مِّن فِى السَّمَآءِ أَن يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَـصِباً فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ كَيْفَ نَذِيرِ ﴾

    (Do you feel secure that He Who is over the heaven (Allah), will not cause you to sink into the earth, when it quakes Or do you feel secure that He Who is over the heaven (Allah), will not send a storm of stones upon you Then you shall know how My warning really is.) (67:16-17).

    ﴿أَوْ يَأْخُذَهُمْ فِى تَقَلُّبِهِمْ﴾

    (Or that He may punish them in the midst of their going to and fro) meaning, when they are busy with their daily business, travel, and other distracting activities. Qatadah and As-Suddi said:

    ﴿تَقَلُّبِهِمْ﴾

    (Their going to and fro) means their journeys.” As Allah says:

    ﴿أَفَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ الْقُرَى أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا بَيَـتاً وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ – أَوَ أَمِنَ أَهْلُ الْقُرَى أَن يَأْتِيَهُمْ بَأْسُنَا ضُحًى وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ ﴾

    (Did the people of the towns feel secure against the coming of Our punishment by night while they were asleep Or, did the people of the towns feel secure against the coming of Our punishment in the forenoon while they were playing) (7:97-98)

    ﴿فَمَا هُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ﴾

    (so that there be no escape for them (from Allah’s punishment)) meaning, it is not impossible for Allah, no matter what their situation.

    ﴿أَوْ يَأْخُذَهُمْ عَلَى تَخَوُّفٍ﴾

    (Or that He may punish them where they fear it most) meaning, or Allah will take from them what they most fear, which is even more frightening, because when the thing you most fear to happen does happen, this is even worse. Hence Al-`Awfi reported that Ibn `Abbas said that,

    ﴿أَوْ يَأْخُذَهُمْ عَلَى تَخَوُّفٍ﴾

    (Or that He may punish them where they fear it most) means that Allah is saying: If I wish, I can take him after the death of his companion and after he has become frightened of that.’ This was also reported from Mujahid, Ad-Dahhak, Qatadah and others. Then Allah says:

    ﴿فَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَؤُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ﴾

    (Indeed your Lord is full of kindness, Most Merciful.) meaning, because He does not hasten to punish, as was reported in the Two Sahihs:

    «لَا أَحَدَ أَصْبَرُ عَلَى أَذًى سَمِعَهُ مِنَ اللهِ، إِنَّهُمْ يَجْعَلُونَ لَهُ وَلَدًا وَهُوَ يَرْزُقُهُمْ وَيُعَافِيهِم»

    (No one is more patient in the case of hearing offensive speech than Allah, for they attribute to Him a son, while He ﴿alone﴾ is giving them provision and good health.) And it is also recorded in Two Sahihs,

    «إِنَّ اللهَ لَيُمْلِي لِلظَّالِمِ حَتَّى إِذَا أَخَذَهُ لَمْ يُفْلِتْه»

    (Allah will let the wrongdoer continue until, when He begins to punish him, He will never let him go.) Then the Messenger of Allah recited:

    ﴿وَكَذلِكَ أَخْذُ رَبِّكَ إِذَا أَخَذَ الْقُرَى وَهِىَ ظَـلِمَةٌ إِنَّ أَخْذَهُ أَلِيمٌ شَدِيدٌ ﴾

    (Such is the punishment of your Lord when He seizes the (population of) towns while they are doing wrong. Indeed, His punishment is painful, (and) severe) (11:102) And Allah says:

    ﴿وَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَمْلَيْتُ لَهَا وَهِىَ ظَـلِمَةٌ ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهَا وَإِلَىَّ الْمَصِيرُ ﴾

    (And many a township did I give respite while it was given to wrongdoing. Then I punished it. And to Me is the (final) return (of all).) (22:48)

    (16:45) Do those who have been devising evil plans (against the mission of the Messenger) feel secure that Allah will not cause the earth to swallow them up or that chastisement will not come upon them from a direction that they will not even be able to imagine;

    Ala-Maududi

    (16:45) Do those who have been devising evil plans (against the mission of the Messenger) feel secure that Allah will not cause the earth to swallow them up or that chastisement will not come upon them from a direction that they will not even be able to imagine;

    There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.

    (45) 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?

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