21:44

Surah Al-Anbiya (The Prophets)

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Dynamic translation

(21:44) It was Us who gave luxury to these and their fathers, until they grew old with age. Do they not see that We come to the land and make it shrink from its edges? Will they be able to win?

Arabic text

(21:44) بَلْ مَتَّعْنَا هَؤُلَاء وَآبَاءهُمْ حَتَّى طَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعُمُرُ أَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّا نَأْتِي الْأَرْضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَا أَفَهُمُ الْغَالِبُونَ

Connected ideas

(13:41) Do they not see that We come to the land and reduce it from its borders? Allah gives judgment and there is none to override His judgment. He is quick reckoning.

(16:70) Allah created you, then He will take you. Some of you will continue to the most miserable age so that he will not know anything after knowledge. Allah is Omniscient, Omnipotent.

(36:68) For whomever We grant a long life, We weaken him in body. Do they not understand?