Surah Al-Israa: Verse 68 - أفأمنتم أن يخسف بكم جانب... - English
Tafsir of Verse 68, Surah Al-Israa
English Translation
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.English Transliteration
Afaamintum an yakhsifa bikum janiba albarri aw yursila AAalaykum hasiban thumma la tajidoo lakum wakeelanTafsir of Verse 68
Does not the Punishment of Allah come on Land too
Allah says, do you think that by emerging onto dry land you will be safe from His vengeance and punishment, that a side of the land will not swallow you up or He will not send against you a Hasib - which is a kind of rain that carries stones This was the view of Mujahid and others. As Allah says:
(Verily, We sent against them, except the family of Lut, them We saved in the last hour of the night, As a favor from Us.) (54:34-35) Elsewhere, Allah says:
(and We rained on them stones of Sijjil, in a well-arranged manner one after another)
(Do you feel secure that He, Who is over the heaven (Allah), will not cause the earth to sink with you, and then it should quake Or do you feel secure that He, Who is over the heaven (Allah), will not send against you a Hasib Then you shall know how (terrible) has been My warning) (67: 16-17)
(Then, you shall find no guardian.) no helper to turn the punishment away from you and save you.
