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Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 47 (16:47)

ٱلنَّحْل

أَوْ يَأْخُذَهُمْ عَلَىٰ تَخَوُّفٍ فَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Quran 16:47 is ayah 47 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 272 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:47
أَوْيَأْخُذَهُمْعَلَىٰتَخَوُّفٍفَإِنَّرَبَّكُمْلَرَءُوفٌرَّحِيمٌ٤٧
aw yakhudhahum ʿalā takhawwufin fa-inna rabbakum laraūfun raḥīmun

Or that He would not seize them gradually [in a state of dread]? But indeed, your Lord is Kind and Merciful.(47)

Word by word

  1. أَوْawOr
  2. يَأْخُذَهُمْyakhudhahumthat He may seize them
  3. عَلَىٰʿalāwith
  4. تَخَوُّفٍtakhawwufina gradual wasting
  5. فَإِنَّfa-innaBut indeed
  6. رَبَّكُمْrabbakumyour Lord
  7. لَرَءُوفٌlaraūfun(is) surely Full of Kindness
  8. رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMost Merciful

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