ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء : ٤٤

  • بَلۡ Nay
  • مَتَّعۡنَا We gave provision
  • هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ (to) these
  • وَءَابَآءَهُمۡ and their fathers
  • حَتَّىٰ until
  • طَالَ grew long
  • عَلَيۡهِمُ for them
  • ٱلۡعُمُرُۗ the life
  • أَفَلَا Then do not
  • يَرَوۡنَ they see
  • أَنَّا that We
  • نَأۡتِي We come
  • ٱلۡأَرۡضَ (to) the land
  • نَنقُصُهَا We reduce it
  • مِنۡ from
  • أَطۡرَافِهَآۚ its borders
  • أَفَهُمُ So is (it) they
  • ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ (who will be) overcoming
But, [on the contrary], We have provided good things for these [disbelievers] and their fathers until life was prolonged for them. Then do they not see that We set upon the land, reducing it from its borders?1 Is it they who will overcome?
Footnotes
1 See footnote to 13:41.
Nay, but We provided [comforts] for these and their fathers, in the way of the graces which We bestowed on them, until life lasted long for them, so that they were deluded by such [longevity]. Do they not see how We visit the land, [how] We target their land, diminishing it at its edges?, by granting the Prophet victory [through conquest]. Are they the ones who will prevail? No, it is rather the Prophet and his Companions [who will do so].