سُوْرَةُ سَبَاٍ
Surah Saba (34) — Ayah 9
أَفَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ إِن نَّشَأْ نَخْسِفْ بِهِمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ أَوْ نُسْقِطْ عَلَيْهِمْ كِسَفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِيبٍ ﴿9﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
See they not what is before them and what is behind them, of the heaven and the earth? If We will, We shall sink the earth with them, or cause a piece of the heaven to fall upon them. Verily, in this is a sign for every slave who turns to Allâh in repentance (i.e. the one who believes in the Oneness of Allâh and performs deeds of His obedience and always begs His Pardon).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَفَلَمْ
afalam
Then, do not
يَرَوْا۟
yaraw
they see
إِلَىٰ
ilā
towards
مَا
mā
what
بَيْنَ
bayna
(is) before them
أَيْدِيهِمْ
aydīhim
(is) before them
وَمَا
wamā
and what
خَلْفَهُم
khalfahum
(is) behind them
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
l-samāi
the heaven
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ
wal-arḍi
and the earth
إِن
in
If
نَّشَأْ
nasha
We will
نَخْسِفْ
nakhsif
We (could) cause to swallow them
بِهِمُ
bihimu
We (could) cause to swallow them
ٱلْأَرْضَ
l-arḍa
the earth
أَوْ
aw
or
نُسْقِطْ
nus'qiṭ
cause to fall
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
upon them
كِسَفًۭا
kisafan
fragments
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۚ
l-samāi
the sky
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
فِى
fī
in
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
that
لَـَٔايَةًۭ
laāyatan
surely, is a Sign
لِّكُلِّ
likulli
for every
عَبْدٍۢ
ʿabdin
slave
مُّنِيبٍۢ
munībin
who turns (to Allah)
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
9. 1 That is, do they not reflect upon it? Allah, rebuking and reprimanding them, is saying that this denial of the Hereafter is the result of not pondering over the creation of the heavens and the earth. Otherwise, the Being who can create something like the sky, whose height and vastness are beyond description, and something like the earth, whose length and breadth are also incomprehensible, how can it be impossible for Him to recreate His own creation and bring it back to the same state in which it was before?
9. 1 That is, this verse consists of two points: first, the description of Allah's perfect power, which has just been mentioned; second, a warning and threat to the disbelievers that the Allah who is so capable of creating the heavens and the earth, and who has control and dominance over them and everything between them, can, whenever He wills, send His punishment upon them and destroy them—by sinking them into the earth, as He did with Qarun, or by dropping pieces of the sky, as the people of the thicket (Ashab al-Aykah) were destroyed.
9. 1 That is, this verse consists of two points: first, the description of Allah's perfect power, which has just been mentioned; second, a warning and threat to the disbelievers that the Allah who is so capable of creating the heavens and the earth, and who has control and dominance over them and everything between them, can, whenever He wills, send His punishment upon them and destroy them—by sinking them into the earth, as He did with Qarun, or by dropping pieces of the sky, as the people of the thicket (Ashab al-Aykah) were destroyed.
