An-Nahl 16:47
The Bee · ayah 47 of 128
أَوْ يَأْخُذَهُمْ عَلَىٰ تَخَوُّفٍۢ فَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌۭ رَّحِيمٌ
Aw ya/khuthahum AAalatakhawwufin fa-inna rabbakum laraoofun raheem
"Or that He would not seize them gradually [in a state of dread]? But indeed, your Lord is Kind and Merciful."
Saheeh International translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"or that it will not catch up with them gradually? Indeed your Lord is kind and merciful."
Pickthall (classic)+
"Or that He will not seize them with a gradual wasting? Lo! thy Lord is indeed Full of Pity, Merciful."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"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."