سُوْرَةُ الْبَلَدِ

Surah Al-Balad (90) — Ayah 5

The City · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 594

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ ﴿5﴾
Does he think that none can overcome him?
أَيَحْسَبُ ayaḥsabu Does he think
أَن an that
لَّن lan not
يَقْدِرَ yaqdira has power
عَلَيْهِ ʿalayhi over him
أَحَدٌۭ aḥadun anyone

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(Ayah 5){ اَيَحْسَبُ اَنْ لَّنْ يَّقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ اَحَدٌ:} The hardships and difficulties in which a person lives demanded that he recognize his reality and develop humility and modesty within himself, but his condition is such that he displays arrogance and thinks, "Who can overpower me?" (Ashraf al-Hawashi)

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5. 1. That is, no one is able to seize him.

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5. Does he think that no one will ever have power over him? [4]

[4] Among the hardships in which man spends his life, most are those brought about by his own hands, due to the fulfillment of the desires of his own self, most of which are of a wrong and unlawful nature, for which he risks everything to achieve. He also commits various injustices against others and remains heedless and unconcerned that there is a Being who is watching him and can hold him accountable.