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Surah al-Anbiya' (The Prophets ) 21 : 42

قُلْ مَن يَكْلَؤُكُم بِٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ مِنَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ۗ بَلْ هُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّهِم مُّعْرِضُونَ

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
Say, "Who can protect you at night or by day from the Most Merciful?" But they are, from the remembrance of their Lord, turning away.

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(21:42:1)
qul
Say
(21:42:2)
(21:42:3)
yakla-ukum
(can) protect you
(21:42:4)
bi-al-layli
in the night
(21:42:5)
wal-nahāri
and the day
(21:42:6)
(21:42:7)
l-raḥmāni
the Most Gracious
(21:42:8)
(21:42:9)
(21:42:10)
(21:42:11)
dhik'ri
(the) remembrance
(21:42:12)
rabbihim
(of) their Lord
(21:42:13)
muʿ'riḍūna
turn away

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Explanatory Note

Or is it that they have someone other than God who protects them by night and day, ensuring that they will suffer no punishment either in this life or in the life to come? It is God who watches over every soul by night and day. He is the Most Merciful. Indeed, infinite mercy is His great attribute. Other than Him there is no one to watch over or protect anyone. Do the unbelievers know anyone else who can protect them? It is a rhetorical question, one which rebukes them for their turning away from God when it is He who watches over them at all times: “Yet, from the remembrance of their Lord do they stubbornly turn away.”

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According to  Ibn Attiyah and Qurtubi there is consensus on this Surah being a Makki Surah -

"Both the subject matter and the style of the Surah indicate that it was sent down in the third stage of the life of the Prophet at Makkah" [Ref: Mawdudi]

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