Quran Universe
17:69

أَمۡ أَمِنتُمۡ أَن يُعِيدَكُمۡ فِيهِ تَارَةً أُخۡرَىٰ فَيُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ قَاصِفٗا مِّنَ ٱلرِّيحِ فَيُغۡرِقَكُم بِمَا كَفَرۡتُمۡ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُواْ لَكُمۡ عَلَيۡنَا بِهِۦ تَبِيعٗا

Am amintum an yuAAeedakum feehi taratan okhra fayursila AAalaykum qasifan mina alrreehi fayughriqakum bima kafartum thumma la tajidoo lakum AAalayna bihi tabeeAAan

Or do you feel secure that He will not send you back into the sea another time and send upon you a hurricane of wind and drown you for what you denied? Then you would not find for yourselves against Us an avenger.

Word by word
  1. أَمۡOr
  2. أَمِنتُمۡdo you feel secure
  3. أَنthat (not)
  4. يُعِيدَكُمۡHe will send you back
  5. فِيهِinto it
  6. تَارَةًanother time
  7. أُخۡرَىٰanother time
  8. فَيُرۡسِلَand send
  9. عَلَيۡكُمۡupon you
  10. قَاصِفٗاa hurricane
  11. مِّنَof
  12. ٱلرِّيحِthe wind
  13. فَيُغۡرِقَكُمand drown you
  14. بِمَاbecause
  15. كَفَرۡتُمۡyou disbelieved
  16. ثُمَّThen
  17. لَاnot
  18. تَجِدُواْyou will find
  19. لَكُمۡfor you
  20. عَلَيۡنَاagainst Us
  21. بِهِۦtherein
  22. تَبِيعٗاan avenger
Al-Isra · 17:69Makkah

Or He could send you back to sea a second time.

The storm you survived can return

Round two
rescued oncethen turned away
back to
the seaa ship-breaking wind
no avengerno one to take your side
The rescue was
the end of the test
a chance to change

Ibn Kathir explains this is addressed to those who turn away after acknowledging Allah's Oneness at sea. Ibn 'Abbas said the Qasif is the sea wind that breaks vessels. And no one will come to avenge them against Allah.

You got through the layoff, the illness, the family crisis. Life can bring the same storm back. The rescue was not a pass. It was a chance to come back to Him for good, while the weather is calm.

I already went through my hard times, so I am done with that.

Being rescued is a second chance, and the wise use it before the next storm.

Try this

Write down one way you changed after a hard time. Check that you are still doing it.

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Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Or do you feel secure that He will not send you back a second time to sea and send against you a Qasif and drown you because of your disbelief? Then you will not find any avenger therein against Us (69)

Perhaps He will send You back to the Sea

Allah says,

أَمْ أَمِنتُمْ

(Or do you feel secure), 'you who turn away from Us after acknowledging Our Oneness at sea once you are back upon dry land,'

أَن يُعِيدَكُمْ

(that He will not send you back) to sea a second time

فَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ قَاصِفًا مِّنَ الرِّيحِ

(and send against you a Qasif) which will destroy your masts and sink your vessels. Ibn 'Abbas and others said, "Al-Qasif is the wind of the sea which destroys vessels and sinks them."

فَيُغْرِقَكُم بِمَا كَفَرْتُمْ

(and drown you because of your disbelief) means because of your rejection and turning away from Allah.

ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوا لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا بِهِ تَبِيعًا

(Then you will not find any avenger therein against Us.) Ibn 'Abbas said that this means a helper. Mujahid said, "A helper who will avenge you," i.e., take revenge on your behalf. Qatadah said it means, "We are not afraid that anyone will pursue Us with anything of that nature (i.e., vengeance)."