Al-Anbiyá 21:44 بل متعنا هاولاء واباءهم حتى طال عليهم العمر افلا يرون انا ناتي الارض ننقصها من اطرافها افهم الغالبون ٤٤
بَلۡ
مَتَّعۡنَا
هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ
وَءَابَآءَهُمۡ
حَتَّىٰ
طَالَ
عَلَيۡهِمُ
ٱلۡعُمُرُۗ
أَفَلَا
يَرَوۡنَ
أَنَّا
نَأۡتِي
ٱلۡأَرۡضَ
نَنقُصُهَا
مِنۡ
أَطۡرَافِهَآۚ
أَفَهُمُ
ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ
٤٤
In fact, We have allowed enjoyment for these ˹Meccans˺ and their forefathers for such a long time ˹that they took it for granted˺. Do they not see that We gradually reduce ˹their˺ land from its borders? Is it they who will then prevail?
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
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?
— Saheeh International
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