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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

Afalam yaraw il a m a bayna aydeehim wam a khalfahum mina a l ssam a i wa a lar d i in nasha nakhsif bihimu alar d a aw nusqi t AAalayhim kisafan mina a l ssam a i inna fee tha lika la a yatan likulli AAabdin muneeb in

Are they, then, not aware of how little of the sky and the earth lies open before them, and how much is hidden from them?⁶ - [or that,] if We so willed. We could cause the earth to swallow them,⁷ or cause fragments of the sky to fall down upon them?⁸ In all this, behold, there is a message indeed for every servant [of God] who is wont to turn unto Him [in repentance].⁹

- Mohammad Asad

Do they not see the sky and the earth that surrounds them from front and from behind? If We want, We can cave in the earth to swallow them up or let the fragments of the sky fall upon them. Surely there is a sign in this for every devotee that turns to Allah in repentance.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

Have they not then seen all that surrounds them of the heavens and the earth? If We willed, We could cause the earth to swallow them up, or cause 'deadly' pieces of the sky to fall upon them. Surely in this is a sign for every servant who turns 'to Allah'.

- Mustafa Khattab

Have they not observed what is before them and what is behind them of the sky and the earth? If We will, We can make the earth swallow them, or cause obliteration from the sky to fall on them. Lo ! herein surely is a portent for every slave who turneth (to Allah ) repentant.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

See they not what is before them and behind them of the sky and the earth? If We wished We could cause the earth to swallow them up or cause a piece of the sky to fall upon them. Verily in this is a Sign for every devotee that turns to Allah (in repentance). ³⁷⁹⁶ ³⁷⁹⁷ ³⁷⁹⁸

Surah 34. Saba, Ayah 9

- Mohammad Asad

Do they not see the sky and the earth that surrounds them from front and from behind? If We want, We can cave in the earth to swallow them up or let the fragments of the sky fall upon them. Surely there is a sign in this for every devotee that turns to Allah in repentance.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

Have they not then seen all that surrounds them of the heavens and the earth? If We willed, We could cause the earth to swallow them up, or cause 'deadly' pieces of the sky to fall upon them. Surely in this is a sign for every servant who turns 'to Allah'.

- Mustafa Khattab

Have they not observed what is before them and what is behind them of the sky and the earth? If We will, We can make the earth swallow them, or cause obliteration from the sky to fall on them. Lo ! herein surely is a portent for every slave who turneth (to Allah ) repentant.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

See they not what is before them and behind them of the sky and the earth? If We wished We could cause the earth to swallow them up or cause a piece of the sky to fall upon them. Verily in this is a Sign for every devotee that turns to Allah (in repentance). ³⁷⁹⁶ ³⁷⁹⁷ ³⁷⁹⁸

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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Surah 34. Saba, Ayah 9

- Mohammad Asad

Do they not see the sky and the earth that surrounds them from front and from behind? If We want, We can cave in the earth to swallow them up or let the fragments of the sky fall upon them. Surely there is a sign in this for every devotee that turns to Allah in repentance.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

Have they not then seen all that surrounds them of the heavens and the earth? If We willed, We could cause the earth to swallow them up, or cause 'deadly' pieces of the sky to fall upon them. Surely in this is a sign for every servant who turns 'to Allah'.

- Mustafa Khattab

Have they not observed what is before them and what is behind them of the sky and the earth? If We will, We can make the earth swallow them, or cause obliteration from the sky to fall on them. Lo ! herein surely is a portent for every slave who turneth (to Allah ) repentant.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

See they not what is before them and behind them of the sky and the earth? If We wished We could cause the earth to swallow them up or cause a piece of the sky to fall upon them. Verily in this is a Sign for every devotee that turns to Allah (in repentance). 3796 3797 3798

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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See they not what is before them and behind them of the sky and the earth? If We wished We could cause the earth to swallow them up or cause a piece of the sky to fall upon them. Verily in this is a Sign for every devotee that turns to Allah (in repentance). ³⁷⁹⁶ ³⁷⁹⁷ ³⁷⁹⁸