Sura 16 Al-Nahl (The Bee), ayah 47

1. أَوْ يَأْخُذَهُمْ عَلَىٰ تَخَوُّفٍ فَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ

   Translation by words

   أَوْ

   Or

   يَأْخُذَهُمْ

   that He may seize them

   عَلَىٰ

   with

   تَخَوُّفٍ

   a gradual wasting

   فَإِنَّ

   But indeed,

   رَبَّكُمْ

   your Lord

   لَرَءُوفٌ

   (is) surely Full of Kindness,

   رَّحِيمٌ

   Most Merciful.

   Or that He would not seize them gradually (in a state of dread)? But indeed, your Lord is Kind and Merciful.

   16:47

Translation: Saheeh International