17. [al-Israa, Mecca 50]

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

أَفَأَمِنتُمْ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمْ جَانِبَ الْبَرِّ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًا...   

17: 68.  Do ye then feel secure that He will not cause you to be swallowed up beneath the earth when ye are on land, or that He will not send against you a violent tornado (with showers of stones)

C2263. Man is safe neither on land nor at sea except by the grace and mercy of Allah.

How forcibly this is brought home to us by the Quetta earthquake of 31st May 1935, when tens of thousands of men, women, and children, perished in a few moments, by night, buried in debris!

The stories of violent destructive tornadoes in such areas as the southern United States are equally impressive.

The destruction is so sudden that the victims have no time to arrange anything. They are simply wiped out.

...ثُمَّ لاَ تَجِدُواْ لَكُمْ وَكِيلاً ﴿٦٨﴾

so that ye shall find no one to carry out your affairs for you?

Pickthall’s Version:

17: 68

Pickthall Feel ye then secure that He will not cause a slope of the land to engulf you, or send a sandstorm, upon you, and then ye will find that ye have no protector?

Transliteration Am amintum ay yu'idakum fihi ta_ratan ukhra_ fayursila 'alaikum qa_sifam minar rihi fayugriqakum bima_ kafartum, summa la_ tajidu lakum'alaina_ bihi tabi'a_(n).