The Holy Quran 46:32 — Surah Al-Ahqaf

Arabic text

وَمَن لَّا يُجِبْ دَاعِىَ ٱللَّهِ فَلَيْسَ بِمُعْجِزٍ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَيْسَ لَهُۥ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءُ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

Translation

"Whoever does not respond to (accepts) Allaah's caller cannot escape (Allaah's punishment) on earth and has no protecting friend besides Allaah. Such people are in clear error."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, neither can he himself escape the blow of Allah by running away, nor can anyone else save him. Shah [Abd al-Qadir] ﵀ writes on the restriction “in the earth”: “(The devils) are struck from above by the angels, so they flee only towards the earth.”

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