Ya-Sin 36:43
Ya Sin · Meccan · Juz 23 · Page 443
If We Willed, We Would Drown Them
وَإِن نَّشَأۡ نُغۡرِقۡهُمۡ فَلَا صَرِيخَ لَهُمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يُنقَذُونَ ٤٣
And if We will, We drown them, and there is no help for them, neither can they be saved.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
If We willed, We would drown them; then there would be no one to answer their cry, nor would they be saved.
Insight
Elmalılı reads this with the previous image: Allah could, if He willed, sink both the offspring in the womb and the passengers in the ship. He is the one who carries and protects them.
Reflect
As you set out on a journey today, remember the One who protects you.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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