Or He may seize them by diminishing their portion. Yet your Lord is compassionate and kind.
Or that He may seize them whilst constantly ruining them? For indeed your Lord is Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.
Or that He will not seize them, little by little destroying them? Surely thy Lord is All-clement, All-compassionate.
or take them to task through slow decay? And yet, behold, your Sustainer is most compassionate, a dispenser of grace!
Or, that he will not take hold of them by giving them a fright? verily thy Lord is Kind, Merciful.
Or that He may catch them with gradual wasting (of their wealth and health). Truly! Your Lord is indeed full of Kindness, Most Merciful?
Or that He will not seize them while in dread? Your Lord is Gentle and Merciful.
or that He will not seize them when they are apprehensive of the impending calamity? Surely your Lord is Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.
Or that He may punish them where they fear it most Indeed, Your Lord is full of kindness, Most Merciful.
Or that He will not seize them with a gradual wasting? Lo! thy Lord is indeed Full of Pity, Merciful.
Or that He will not visit them with attrition? Indeed your Lord is most kind and merciful.
Or, that He will not seize them, a little at a time and destroy them? Indeed, your Lord is Clement, the Most Merciful.
Or that He would not seize them gradually [in a state of dread]? But indeed, your Lord is Kind and Merciful.
Are they confident that God will not slowly destroy them? Your Lord is Compassionate and All-merciful.
Or that He may not seize them by causing them to suffer gradual loss, for your Lord is most surely Compassionate, Merciful.
Aw yakhu<u>th</u>ahum AAal<u>a</u> takhawwufin fainna rabbakum laraoofun ra<u>h</u>eem<b>un</b>
Or that He will not punish them by giving them a fright? Indeed, your Lord is kind and merciful.
Or that He may not call them to account by a process of slow wastage - for thy Lord is indeed full of kindness and mercy.
أَوْ يَأْخُذَهُمْ عَلَىٰ تَخَوُّفٍ فَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Or do they feel secure that Allah’s punishment will not come to them while they are afraid of it? Allah is able to punish them in every condition. Your Lord is compassionate and merciful. He does not take retribution hastily for perhaps His servants will turn to Him in repentance.
Or do they feel secure that Allah’s punishment will not come to them while they are afraid of it? Allah is able to punish them in every condition. Your Lord is compassionate and merciful. He does not take retribution hastily for perhaps His servants will turn to Him in repentance.
<p>Even the Punishment of the World is Mercy in Disguise</p><p>In the verses cited above, after having mentioned various punishments which could seize disbelievers within this world, it was said in the end: فَإِنَّ رَ‌بَّكُمْ لَرَ‌ءُوفٌ رَّ‌حِيمٌ (So, indeed your Lord is Very Kind Very Merciful).</p><p>First of all, by using the word: رَبّ (Rabb: Lord) here, the hint given is that all these punishments which overtake human beings in this world are there to warn them as part of the dictates of Divine mercy. After that, by introducing the word: رَ‌ءُوفٌ(Ra uf: Kind) headed by the intensifying particle lam) that is, the lam of ta'kid), and thus by placing stress on the fact that Allah Ta’ ala was Very Kind and Very Merciful, the hint given was that warnings sent during the life of the world were, in reality, called for by His intrinsic Kindness and Mercy so that heedless men and women would learn from the warning and correct their deeds (before comes 'the last spasm of mass extinction' they themselves are talking about at the closing of the twentieth century, but are still not ready to learn, believe and correct).</p>
Even the Punishment of the World is Mercy in DisguiseIn the verses cited above, after having mentioned various punishments which could seize disbelievers within this world, it was said in the end: فَإِنَّ رَ‌بَّكُمْ لَرَ‌ءُوفٌ رَّ‌حِيمٌ (So, indeed your Lord is Very Kind Very Merciful).First of all, by using the word: رَبّ (Rabb: Lord) here, the hint given is that all these punishments which overtake human beings in this world are there to warn them as part of the dictates of Divine mercy. After that, by introducing the word: رَ‌ءُوفٌ(Ra uf: Kind) headed by the intensifying particle lam) that is, the lam of ta'kid), and thus by placing stress on the fact that Allah Ta’ ala was Very Kind and Very Merciful, the hint given was that warnings sent during the life of the world were, in reality, called for by His intrinsic Kindness and Mercy so that heedless men and women would learn from the warning and correct their deeds (before comes 'the last spasm of mass extinction' they themselves are talking about at the closing of the twentieth century, but are still not ready to learn, believe and correct).