16:47 aw ya'khudhahum 'Alaa takhaw-wufin fain-na rab-bakum la rauufur raHiym

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
Or that He may seize them whilst constantly ruining them? For indeed your Lord is Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.

Yusuf Ali:
Or that He may not call them to account by a process of slow wastage - for thy Lord is indeed full of kindness and mercy.

Pickthal:
Or that He will not seize them with a gradual wasting? Lo! thy Lord is indeed Full of Pity, Merciful.