Surah 17:68

"Do you feel secure that He will not cause the shore to swallow you, or send a sandstorm against you? Then you will find no guardian for yourselves."

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Does not the Punishment of Allah come on Land too? Verses 17:68

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Verse 68

أَفَأَمِنتُمۡ أَن يَخۡسِفَ بِكُمۡ جَانِبَ ٱلۡبَرِّ أَوۡ يُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ حَاصِبٗا ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُواْ لَكُمۡ وَكِيلًا

Do you feel secure that He will not cause the shore to swallow you, or send a sandstorm against you? Then you will find no guardian for yourselves.

68. Do you then feel secure that He will not cause a side of the land to swallow you up, or that He will not send against you a Hasib? Then, you shall find no guardian.

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.

— from Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Vol. 6, Page 50)

About this Source & Scholarly Authority (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Universal Sunni Consensus: Tafsir al-Qur'an al-Azim by Hafiz Ibn Kathir (701–774 AH / 1301–1373 AD) is universally regarded across all major schools of Sunni Islam (traditional, Salafi, Ash'ari) as the most authoritative classical exegesis. It is prized because it relies on Tafsir bil-Ma'thur—interpreting the Quran using the Quran itself, authentic Hadiths of Prophet Muhammad, and recorded statements of the early Companions (Sahabah).

Standard English Edition: This text is from the standard 10-volume English abridgment published by Dar-us-Salam Publications (supervised by Shaykh Safiur-Rahman Al-Mubarakpuri), which is the official, most widely distributed English Quranic commentary in mosques and Islamic libraries worldwide today.

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