Surah Saba in Arabic and English

1. 1 Saba 34:1

   اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذٖي لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْاَرْضِ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ فِي الْاٰخِرَةِؕ وَهُوَ الْحَكٖيمُ الْخَبٖيرُ

   Transliteration

   Alḥamdu lillāhi allathee lahu mā fee alssamāwāti wamā fee alarḏi walahu alḥamdu fee alākhirati wahuwa alḥakeemu alkhabeeru

   Translation

   [All] praise is [due] to Allah, to whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, and to Him belongs [all] praise in the Hereafter. And He is the Wise, the Acquainted.

2. 2 Saba 34:2

   يَعْلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا وَمَا يَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ وَمَا يَعْرُجُ فٖيهَاؕ وَهُوَ الرَّحٖيمُ الْغَفُورُ

   Transliteration

   Yaʿlamu mā yaliju fee alarḏi wamā yakhruju minhā wamā yanzilu mina alssamāi wamā yaʿruju feehā wahuwa alrraḥeemu alghafooru

   Translation

   He knows what penetrates into the earth and what emerges from it and what descends from the heaven and what ascends therein. And He is the Merciful, the Forgiving.

3. 3 Saba 34:3

   وَقَالَ الَّذٖينَ كَفَرُوا لَا تَأْتٖينَا السَّاعَةُؕ قُلْ بَلٰى وَرَبّٖي لَتَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ عَالِمِ الْغَيْبِۚ لَا يَعْزُبُ عَنْهُ مِثْقَالُ ذَرَّةٍ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَلَا فِي الْاَرْضِ وَلَٓا اَصْغَرُ مِنْ ذٰلِكَ وَلَٓا اَكْبَرُ اِلَّا فٖي كِتَابٍ مُبٖينٍۙ

   Transliteration

   Waqāla allatheena kafaroo lā tateenā alssāʿatu qul balā warabbee latatiyannakum ʿālimi alghaybi lā yaʿzubu ʿanhu mithqālu tharratin fee alssamāwāti walā fee alarḏi walā aṣgharu min thālika walā akbaru illā fee kitābin mubeenin

   Translation

   But those who disbelieve say, "The Hour will not come to us." Say, "Yes, by my Lord, it will surely come to you. [Allah is] the Knower of the unseen." Not absent from Him is an atom's weight within the heavens or within the earth or [what is] smaller than that or greater, except that it is in a clear register -

4. 4 Saba 34:4

   لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذٖينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِؕ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ مَغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرٖيمٌ

   Transliteration

   Liyajziya allatheena āmanoo waʿamiloo alṣṣāliḥāti olāika lahum maghfiratun warizqun kareemun

   Translation

   That He may reward those who believe and do righteous deeds. Those will have forgiveness and noble provision.

5. 5 Saba 34:5

   وَالَّذٖينَ سَعَوْ فٖٓي اٰيَاتِنَا مُعَاجِزٖينَ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مِنْ رِجْزٍ اَلٖيمٌࣗ

   Transliteration

   Waallatheena saʿaw fee āyātinā muʿājizeena olāika lahum ʿathābun min rijzin aleemin

   Translation

   But those who strive against Our verses [seeking] to cause failure - for them will be a painful punishment of foul nature.

6. 6 Saba 34:6

   وَيَرَى الَّذٖينَ اُو۫تُوا الْعِلْمَ الَّـذٖٓي اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ هُوَ الْحَقَّۙ وَيَهْدٖٓي اِلٰى صِرَاطِ الْعَزٖيزِ الْحَمٖيدِ

   Transliteration

   Wayarā allatheena ootoo alʿilma allathee onzila ilayka min rabbika huwa alḥaqqa wayahdee ilā ṣirāṭi alʿazeezi alḥameedi

   Translation

   And those who have been given knowledge see that what is revealed to you from your Lord is the truth, and it guides to the path of the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy.

7. 7 Saba 34:7

   وَقَالَ الَّذٖينَ كَفَرُوا هَلْ نَدُلُّكُمْ عَلٰى رَجُلٍ يُنَبِّئُكُمْ اِذَا مُزِّقْتُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍۙ اِنَّكُمْ لَفٖي خَلْقٍ جَدٖيدٍۚ

   Transliteration

   Waqāla allatheena kafaroo hal nadullukum ʿalā rajulin yunabbiokum ithā muzziqtum kulla mumazzaqin innakum lafee khalqin jadeedin

   Translation

   But those who disbelieve say, "Shall we direct you to a man who will inform you [that] when you have disintegrated in complete disintegration, you will [then] be [recreated] in a new creation?

8. 8 Saba 34:8

   اَفْتَرٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِباً اَمْ بِهٖ جِنَّةٌؕ بَلِ الَّذٖينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ فِي الْعَذَابِ وَالضَّلَالِ الْبَعٖيدِ

   Transliteration

   Aftarā ʿalā Allāhi kathiban am bihi jinnatun bali allatheena lā yuminoona bialākhirati fee alʿathābi waalḏḏalāli albaʿeedi

   Translation

   Has he invented about Allah a lie or is there in him madness?" Rather, they who do not believe in the Hereafter will be in the punishment and [are in] extreme error.

9. 9 Saba 34:9

   اَفَلَمْ يَرَوْا اِلٰى مَا بَيْنَ اَيْدٖيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ وَالْاَرْضِؕ اِنْ نَشَأْ نَخْسِفْ بِهِمُ الْاَرْضَ اَوْ نُسْقِطْ عَلَيْهِمْ كِسَفاً مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِؕ اِنَّ فٖي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُنٖيبٍࣖ

   Transliteration

   Afalam yaraw ilā mā bayna aydeehim wamā khalfahum mina alssamāi waalarḏi in nasha nakhsif bihimu alarḏa aw nusqiṭ ʿalayhim kisafan mina alssamāi inna fee thālika laāyatan likulli ʿabdin muneebin

   Translation

   Then, do they not look at what is before them and what is behind them of the heaven and earth? If We should will, We could cause the earth to swallow them or [could] let fall upon them fragments from the sky. Indeed in that is a sign for every servant turning back [to Allah].

10. 10 Saba 34:10

    وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَا دَاوُ۫دَ مِنَّا فَضْلاًؕ يَا جِبَالُ اَوِّبٖي مَعَهُ وَالطَّيْرَۚ وَاَلَنَّا لَهُ الْحَدٖيدَۙ

    Transliteration

    Walaqad ātaynā dāwooda minnā faḏlan yā jibālu awwibee maʿahu waalṭṭayra waalannā lahu alḥadeeda

    Translation

    And We certainly gave David from Us bounty. [We said], "O mountains, repeat [Our] praises with him, and the birds [as well]." And We made pliable for him iron,

11. 11 Saba 34:11

    اَنِ اعْمَلْ سَابِغَاتٍ وَقَدِّرْ فِي السَّرْدِ وَاعْمَلُوا صَالِحاًؕ اِنّٖي بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصٖيرٌ

    Transliteration

    Ani iʿmal sābighātin waqaddir fee alssardi waiʿmaloo ṣāliḥan innee bimā taʿmaloona baṣeerun

    Translation

    [Commanding him], "Make full coats of mail and calculate [precisely] the links, and work [all of you] righteousness. Indeed I, of what you do, am Seeing."

12. 12 Saba 34:12

    وَلِسُلَيْمٰنَ الرّٖيحَ غُدُوُّهَا شَهْرٌ وَرَوَاحُهَا شَهْرٌۚ وَاَسَلْنَا لَهُ عَيْنَ الْقِطْرِؕ وَمِنَ الْجِنِّ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ بِاِذْنِ رَبِّهٖؕ وَمَنْ يَزِغْ مِنْهُمْ عَنْ اَمْرِنَا نُذِقْهُ مِنْ عَذَابِ السَّعٖيرِ

    Transliteration

    Walisulaymāna alrreeḥa ghuduwwuhā shahrun warawāḥuhā shahrun waasalnā lahu ʿayna alqiṭri wamina aljinni man yaʿmalu bayna yadayhi biithni rabbihi waman yazigh minhum ʿan amrinā nuthiqhu min ʿathābi alssaʿeeri

    Translation

    And to Solomon [We subjected] the wind - its morning [journey was that of] a month - and its afternoon [journey was that of] a month, and We made flow for him a spring of [liquid] copper. And among the jinn were those who worked for him by the permission of his Lord. And whoever deviated among them from Our command - We will make him taste of the punishment of the Blaze.

13. 13 Saba 34:13

    يَعْمَلُونَ لَهُ مَا يَشَٓاءُ مِنْ مَحَارٖيبَ وَتَمَاثٖيلَ وَجِفَانٍ كَالْجَوَابِ وَقُدُورٍ رَاسِيَاتٍؕ اِعْمَلُٓوا اٰلَ دَاوُ۫دَ شُكْراًؕ وَقَلٖيلٌ مِنْ عِبَادِيَ الشَّكُورُ

    Transliteration

    Yaʿmaloona lahu mā yashāo min maḥāreeba watamātheela wajifānin kaaljawābi waqudoorin rāsiyātin iʿmaloo āla dāwooda shukran waqaleelun min ʿibādiya alshshakooru

    Translation

    They made for him what he willed of elevated chambers, statues, bowls like reservoirs, and stationary kettles. [We said], "Work, O family of David, in gratitude." And few of My servants are grateful.

14. 14 Saba 34:14

    فَلَمَّا قَضَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ الْمَوْتَ مَا دَلَّهُمْ عَلٰى مَوْتِهٖٓ اِلَّا دَٓابَّةُ الْاَرْضِ تَأْكُلُ مِنْسَاَتَهُۚ فَلَمَّا خَرَّ تَبَيَّنَتِ الْجِنُّ اَنْ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ الْغَيْبَ مَا لَبِثُوا فِي الْعَذَابِ الْمُهٖينِ

    Transliteration

    Falammā qaḏaynā ʿalayhi almawta mā dallahum ʿalā mawtihi illā dābbatu alarḏi takulu minsaatahu falammā kharra tabayyanati aljinnu an law kānoo yaʿlamoona alghayba mā labithoo fee alʿathābi almuheeni

    Translation

    And when We decreed for Solomon death, nothing indicated to the jinn his death except a creature of the earth eating his staff. But when he fell, it became clear to the jinn that if they had known the unseen, they would not have remained in humiliating punishment.

15. 15 Saba 34:15

    لَقَدْ كَانَ لِسَبَأٍ فٖي مَسْكَنِهِمْ اٰيَةٌۚ جَنَّتَانِ عَنْ يَمٖينٍ وَشِمَالٍؕ كُلُوا مِنْ رِزْقِ رَبِّكُمْ وَاشْكُرُوا لَهُؕ بَلْدَةٌ طَيِّبَةٌ وَرَبٌّ غَفُورٌ

    Transliteration

    Laqad kāna lisabain fee maskanihim āyatun jannatāni ʿan yameenin washimālin kuloo min rizqi rabbikum waoshkuroo lahu baldatun ṭayyibatun warabbun ghafoorun

    Translation

    There was for [the tribe of] Saba' in their dwelling place a sign: two [fields of] gardens on the right and on the left. [They were told], "Eat from the provisions of your Lord and be grateful to Him. A good land [have you], and a forgiving Lord."

16. 16 Saba 34:16

    فَاَعْرَضُوا فَاَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَيْلَ الْعَرِمِ وَبَدَّلْنَاهُمْ بِجَنَّتَيْهِمْ جَنَّتَيْنِ ذَوَاتَيْ اُكُلٍ خَمْطٍ وَاَثْلٍ وَشَيْءٍ مِنْ سِدْرٍ قَلٖيلٍ

    Transliteration

    Faaʿraḏoo faarsalnā ʿalayhim sayla alʿarimi wabaddalnāhum bijannatayhim jannatayni thawātay okulin khamṭin waathlin washayin min sidrin qaleelin

    Translation

    But they turned away [refusing], so We sent upon them the flood of the dam, and We replaced their two [fields of] gardens with gardens of bitter fruit, tamarisks and something of sparse lote trees.

17. 17 Saba 34:17

    ذٰلِكَ جَزَيْنَاهُمْ بِمَا كَفَرُواؕ وَهَلْ نُجَازٖٓي اِلَّا الْكَفُورَ

    Transliteration

    Thālika jazaynāhum bimā kafaroo wahal nujāzee illā alkafoora

    Translation

    [By] that We repaid them because they disbelieved. And do We [thus] repay except the ungrateful?

18. 18 Saba 34:18

    وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ الْقُرَى الَّتٖي بَارَكْنَا فٖيهَا قُرًى ظَاهِرَةً وَقَدَّرْنَا فٖيهَا السَّيْرَؕ سٖيرُوا فٖيهَا لَيَالِيَ وَاَيَّاماً اٰمِنٖينَ

    Transliteration

    Wajaʿalnā baynahum wabayna alqurā allatee bāraknā feehā quran thāhiratan waqaddarnā feehā alssayra seeroo feehā layāliya waayyāman āmineena

    Translation

    And We placed between them and the cities which We had blessed [many] visible cities. And We determined between them the [distances of] journey, [saying], "Travel between them by night or day in safety."

19. 19 Saba 34:19

    فَقَالُوا رَبَّـنَا بَاعِدْ بَيْنَ اَسْفَارِنَا وَظَلَمُٓوا اَنْفُسَهُمْ فَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ اَحَادٖيثَ وَمَزَّقْنَاهُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍؕ اِنَّ فٖي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُورٍ

    Transliteration

    Faqāloo rabbanā bāʿid bayna asfārinā wathalamoo anfusahum fajaʿalnāhum aḥādeetha wamazzaqnāhum kulla mumazzaqin inna fee thālika laāyātin likulli ṣabbārin shakoorin

    Translation

    But [insolently] they said, "Our Lord, lengthen the distance between our journeys," and wronged themselves, so We made them narrations and dispersed them in total dispersion. Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.

20. 20 Saba 34:20

    وَلَقَدْ صَدَّقَ عَلَيْهِمْ اِبْلٖيسُ ظَنَّهُ فَاتَّبَعُوهُ اِلَّا فَرٖيقاً مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنٖينَ

    Transliteration

    Walaqad ṣaddaqa ʿalayhim ibleesu thannahu faittabaʿoohu illā fareeqan mina almumineena

    Translation

    And Iblees had already confirmed through them his assumption, so they followed him, except for a party of believers.

21. 21 Saba 34:21

    وَمَا كَانَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ سُلْطَانٍ اِلَّا لِنَعْلَمَ مَنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ مِمَّنْ هُوَ مِنْهَا فٖي شَكٍّؕ وَرَبُّكَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ حَفٖيظٌࣖ

    Transliteration

    Wamā kāna lahu ʿalayhim min sulṭānin illā linaʿlama man yuminu bialākhirati mimman huwa minhā fee shakkin warabbuka ʿalā kulli shayin ḥafeethun

    Translation

    And he had over them no authority except [it was decreed] that We might make evident who believes in the Hereafter from who is thereof in doubt. And your Lord, over all things, is Guardian.

22. 22 Saba 34:22

    قُلِ ادْعُوا الَّذٖينَ زَعَمْتُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِۚ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَلَا فِي الْاَرْضِ وَمَا لَهُمْ فٖيهِمَا مِنْ شِرْكٍ وَمَا لَهُ مِنْهُمْ مِنْ ظَهٖيرٍ

    Transliteration

    Quli odʿoo allatheena zaʿamtum min dooni Allāhi lā yamlikoona mithqāla tharratin fee alssamāwāti walā fee alarḏi wamā lahum feehimā min shirkin wamā lahu minhum min thaheerin

    Translation

    Say, [O Muhammad], "Invoke those you claim [as deities] besides Allah." They do not possess an atom's weight [of ability] in the heavens or on the earth, and they do not have therein any partnership [with Him], nor is there for Him from among them any assistant.

23. 23 Saba 34:23

    وَلَا تَنْفَعُ الشَّفَاعَةُ عِنْدَهُٓ اِلَّا لِمَنْ اَذِنَ لَهُؕ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا فُزِّعَ عَنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ قَالُوا مَاذَاۙ قَالَ رَبُّكُمْؕ قَالُوا الْحَقَّۚ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْكَبٖيرُ

    Transliteration

    Walā tanfaʿu alshshafāʿatu ʿindahu illā liman athina lahu ḥattā ithā fuzziʿa ʿan quloobihim qāloo māthā qāla rabbukum qāloo alḥaqqa wahuwa alʿaliyyu alkabeeru

    Translation

    And intercession does not benefit with Him except for one whom He permits. [And those wait] until, when terror is removed from their hearts, they will say [to one another], "What has your Lord said?" They will say, "The truth." And He is the Most High, the Grand.

24. 24 Saba 34:24

    قُلْ مَنْ يَرْزُقُكُمْ مِنَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِؕ قُلِ اللّٰهُۙ وَاِنَّٓا اَوْ اِيَّاكُمْ لَعَلٰى هُدًى اَوْ فٖي ضَلَالٍ مُبٖينٍ

    Transliteration

    Qul man yarzuqukum mina alssamāwāti waalarḏi quli Allāhu wainnā aw iyyākum laʿalā hudan aw fee ḏalālin mubeenin

    Translation

    Say, "Who provides for you from the heavens and the earth?" Say, "Allah. And indeed, we or you are either upon guidance or in clear error."

25. 25 Saba 34:25

    قُلْ لَا تُسْـَٔلُونَ عَمَّٓا اَجْرَمْنَا وَلَا نُسْـَٔلُ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

    Transliteration

    Qul lā tusaloona ʿammā ajramnā walā nusalu ʿammā taʿmaloona

    Translation

    Say, "You will not be asked about what we committed, and we will not be asked about what you do."

26. 26 Saba 34:26

    قُلْ يَجْمَعُ بَيْنَنَا رَبُّنَا ثُمَّ يَفْتَحُ بَيْنَنَا بِالْحَقِّؕ وَهُوَ الْفَتَّاحُ الْعَلٖيمُ

    Transliteration

    Qul yajmaʿu baynanā rabbunā thumma yaftaḥu baynanā bialḥaqqi wahuwa alfattāḥu alʿaleemu

    Translation

    Say, "Our Lord will bring us together; then He will judge between us in truth. And He is the Knowing Judge."

27. 27 Saba 34:27

    قُلْ اَرُونِيَ الَّذٖينَ اَلْحَقْتُمْ بِهٖ شُرَكَٓاءَ كَلَّاؕ بَلْ هُوَ اللّٰهُ الْعَزٖيزُ الْحَكٖيمُ

    Transliteration

    Qul arooniya allatheena alḥaqtum bihi shurakāa kallā bal huwa Allāhu alʿazeezu alḥakeemu

    Translation

    Say, "Show me those whom you have attached to Him as partners. No! Rather, He [alone] is Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Wise."

28. 28 Saba 34:28

    وَمَٓا اَرْسَلْنَاكَ اِلَّا كَٓافَّةً لِلنَّاسِ بَشٖيراً وَنَذٖيراً وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    Transliteration

    Wamā arsalnāka illā kāffatan lilnnāsi basheeran wanatheeran walākinna akthara alnnāsi lā yaʿlamoona

    Translation

    And We have not sent you except comprehensively to mankind as a bringer of good tidings and a warner. But most of the people do not know.

29. 29 Saba 34:29

    وَيَقُولُونَ مَتٰى هٰذَا الْوَعْدُ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقٖينَ

    Transliteration

    Wayaqooloona matā hāthā alwaʿdu in kuntum ṣādiqeena

    Translation

    And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"

30. 30 Saba 34:30

    قُلْ لَكُمْ مٖيعَادُ يَوْمٍ لَا تَسْتَأْخِرُونَ عَنْهُ سَاعَةً وَلَا تَسْتَقْدِمُونَࣖ

    Transliteration

    Qul lakum meeʿādu yawmin lā tastakhiroona ʿanhu sāʿatan walā tastaqdimoona

    Translation

    Say, "For you is the appointment of a Day [when] you will not remain thereafter an hour, nor will you precede [it]."

31. 31 Saba 34:31

    وَقَالَ الَّذٖينَ كَفَرُوا لَنْ نُؤْمِنَ بِهٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ وَلَا بِالَّذٖي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِؕ وَلَوْ تَرٰٓى اِذِ الظَّالِمُونَ مَوْقُوفُونَ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْۚ يَرْجِعُ بَعْضُهُمْ اِلٰى بَعْضٍۨ الْقَوْلَۚ يَقُولُ الَّذٖينَ اسْتُضْعِفُوا لِلَّذٖينَ اسْتَكْبَرُوا لَوْلَٓا اَنْتُمْ لَكُنَّا مُؤْمِنٖينَ

    Transliteration

    Waqāla allatheena kafaroo lan numina bihāthā alqurāni walā biallathee bayna yadayhi walaw tarā ithi alththālimoona mawqoofoona ʿinda rabbihim yarjiʿu baʿḏuhum ilā baʿḏin alqawla yaqoolu allatheena istuḏʿifoo lillatheena istakbaroo lawlā antum lakunnā mumineena

    Translation

    And those who disbelieve say, "We will never believe in this Qur'an nor in that before it." But if you could see when the wrongdoers are made to stand before their Lord, refuting each other's words... Those who were oppressed will say to those who were arrogant, "If not for you, we would have been believers."

32. 32 Saba 34:32

    قَالَ الَّذٖينَ اسْتَكْبَرُوا لِلَّذٖينَ اسْتُضْعِفُٓوا اَنَحْنُ صَدَدْنَاكُمْ عَنِ الْهُدٰى بَعْدَ اِذْ جَٓاءَكُمْ بَلْ كُنْتُمْ مُجْرِمٖينَ

    Transliteration

    Qāla allatheena istakbaroo lillatheena istuḏʿifoo anaḥnu ṣadadnākum ʿani alhudā baʿda ith jāakum bal kuntum mujrimeena

    Translation

    Those who were arrogant will say to those who were oppressed, "Did we avert you from guidance after it had come to you? Rather, you were criminals."

33. 33 Saba 34:33

    وَقَالَ الَّذٖينَ اسْتُضْعِفُوا لِلَّذٖينَ اسْتَكْبَرُوا بَلْ مَكْرُ الَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ اِذْ تَأْمُرُونَـنَٓا اَنْ نَكْفُرَ بِاللّٰهِ وَنَجْعَلَ لَهُٓ اَنْدَاداًؕ وَاَسَرُّوا النَّدَامَةَ لَمَّا رَاَوُا الْعَذَابَؕ وَجَعَلْنَا الْاَغْلَالَ فٖٓي اَعْنَاقِ الَّذٖينَ كَفَرُواؕ هَلْ يُجْزَوْنَ اِلَّا مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

    Transliteration

    Waqāla allatheena istuḏʿifoo lillatheena istakbaroo bal makru allayli waalnnahāri ith tamuroonanā an nakfura biAllāhi wanajʿala lahu andādan waasarroo alnnadāmata lammā raawoo alʿathāba wajaʿalnā alaghlāla fee aʿnāqi allatheena kafaroo hal yujzawna illā mā kānoo yaʿmaloona

    Translation

    Those who were oppressed will say to those who were arrogant, "Rather, [it was your] conspiracy of night and day when you were ordering us to disbelieve in Allah and attribute to Him equals." But they will [all] confide regret when they see the punishment; and We will put shackles on the necks of those who disbelieved. Will they be recompensed except for what they used to do?

34. 34 Saba 34:34

    وَمَٓا اَرْسَلْنَا فٖي قَرْيَةٍ مِنْ نَذٖيرٍ اِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَٓاۙ اِنَّا بِمَٓا اُرْسِلْتُمْ بِهٖ كَافِرُونَ

    Transliteration

    Wamā arsalnā fee qaryatin min natheerin illā qāla mutrafoohā innā bimā orsiltum bihi kāfiroona

    Translation

    And We did not send into a city any warner except that its affluent said, "Indeed we, in that with which you were sent, are disbelievers."

35. 35 Saba 34:35

    وَقَالُوا نَحْنُ اَكْثَرُ اَمْوَالاً وَاَوْلَاداًۙ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبٖينَ

    Transliteration

    Waqāloo naḥnu aktharu amwālan waawlādan wamā naḥnu bimuʿaththabeena

    Translation

    And they said, "We are more [than the believers] in wealth and children, and we are not to be punished."

36. 36 Saba 34:36

    قُلْ اِنَّ رَبّٖي يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ يَشَٓاءُ وَيَقْدِرُ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَࣖ

    Transliteration

    Qul inna rabbee yabsuṭu alrrizqa liman yashāo wayaqdiru walākinna akthara alnnāsi lā yaʿlamoona

    Translation

    Say, "Indeed, my Lord extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it], but most of the people do not know."

37. 37 Saba 34:37

    وَمَٓا اَمْوَالُكُمْ وَلَٓا اَوْلَادُكُمْ بِالَّتٖي تُقَرِّبُكُمْ عِنْدَنَا زُلْفٰٓى اِلَّا مَنْ اٰمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحاًؗ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ جَزَٓاءُ الضِّعْفِ بِمَا عَمِلُوا وَهُمْ فِي الْغُرُفَاتِ اٰمِنُونَ

    Transliteration

    Wamā amwālukum walā awlādukum biallatee tuqarribukum ʿindanā zulfā illā man āmana waʿamila ṣāliḥan faolāika lahum jazāo alḏḏiʿfi bimā ʿamiloo wahum fee alghurufāti āminoona

    Translation

    And it is not your wealth or your children that bring you nearer to Us in position, but it is [by being] one who has believed and done righteousness. For them there will be the double reward for what they did, and they will be in the upper chambers [of Paradise], safe [and secure].

38. 38 Saba 34:38

    وَالَّذٖينَ يَسْعَوْنَ فٖٓي اٰيَاتِنَا مُعَاجِزٖينَ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ فِي الْعَذَابِ مُحْضَرُونَ

    Transliteration

    Waallatheena yasʿawna fee āyātinā muʿājizeena olāika fee alʿathābi muḥḏaroona

    Translation

    And the ones who strive against Our verses to cause [them] failure - those will be brought into the punishment [to remain].

39. 39 Saba 34:39

    قُلْ اِنَّ رَبّٖي يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ يَشَٓاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهٖ وَيَقْدِرُ لَهُؕ وَمَٓا اَنْفَقْتُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَهُوَ يُخْلِفُهُۚ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ الرَّازِقٖينَ

    Transliteration

    Qul inna rabbee yabsuṭu alrrizqa liman yashāo min ʿibādihi wayaqdiru lahu wamā anfaqtum min shayin fahuwa yukhlifuhu wahuwa khayru alrrāziqeena

    Translation

    Say, "Indeed, my Lord extends provision for whom He wills of His servants and restricts [it] for him. But whatever thing you spend [in His cause] - He will compensate it; and He is the best of providers."

40. 40 Saba 34:40

    وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمٖيعاً ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لِلْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ اَهٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ اِيَّاكُمْ كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَ

    Transliteration

    Wayawma yaḥshuruhum jameeʿan thumma yaqoolu lilmalāikati ahāolāi iyyākum kānoo yaʿbudoona

    Translation

    And [mention] the Day when He will gather them all and then say to the angels, "Did these [people] used to worship you?"

41. 41 Saba 34:41

    قَالُوا سُبْحَانَكَ اَنْتَ وَلِيُّنَا مِنْ دُونِهِمْۚ بَلْ كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَ الْجِنَّۚ اَكْثَرُهُمْ بِهِمْ مُؤْمِنُونَ

    Transliteration

    Qāloo subḥānaka anta waliyyunā min doonihim bal kānoo yaʿbudoona aljinna aktharuhum bihim muminoona

    Translation

    They will say, "Exalted are You! You, [O Allah], are our benefactor not them. Rather, they used to worship the jinn; most of them were believers in them."

42. 42 Saba 34:42

    فَالْيَوْمَ لَا يَمْلِكُ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ نَفْعاً وَلَا ضَراًّؕ وَنَقُولُ لِلَّذٖينَ ظَلَمُوا ذُوقُوا عَذَابَ النَّارِ الَّتٖي كُنْتُمْ بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ

    Transliteration

    Faalyawma lā yamliku baʿḏukum libaʿḏin nafʿan walā ḏarran wanaqoolu lillatheena thalamoo thooqoo ʿathāba alnnāri allatee kuntum bihā tukaththiboona

    Translation

    But today you do not hold for one another [the power of] benefit or harm, and We will say to those who wronged, "Taste the punishment of the Fire, which you used to deny."

43. 43 Saba 34:43

    وَاِذَا تُتْلٰى عَلَيْهِمْ اٰيَاتُنَا بَيِّنَاتٍ قَالُوا مَا هٰذَٓا اِلَّا رَجُلٌ يُرٖيدُ اَنْ يَصُدَّكُمْ عَمَّا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ اٰبَٓاؤُ۬كُمْۚ وَقَالُوا مَا هٰذَٓا اِلَّٓا اِفْكٌ مُفْتَرًىؕ وَقَالَ الَّذٖينَ كَفَرُوا لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَٓاءَهُمْۙ اِنْ هٰذَٓا اِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُبٖينٌ

    Transliteration

    Waithā tutlā ʿalayhim āyātunā bayyinātin qāloo mā hāthā illā rajulun yureedu an yaṣuddakum ʿammā kāna yaʿbudu ābāokum waqāloo mā hāthā illā ifkun muftaran waqāla allatheena kafaroo lilḥaqqi lammā jāahum in hāthā illā siḥrun mubeenun

    Translation

    And when our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, they say, "This is not but a man who wishes to avert you from that which your fathers were worshipping." And they say, "This is not except a lie invented." And those who disbelieve say of the truth when it has come to them, "This is not but obvious magic."

44. 44 Saba 34:44

    وَمَٓا اٰتَيْنَاهُمْ مِنْ كُتُبٍ يَدْرُسُونَهَا وَمَٓا اَرْسَلْـنَٓا اِلَيْهِمْ قَبْلَكَ مِنْ نَذٖيرٍؕ

    Transliteration

    Wamā ātaynāhum min kutubin yadrusoonahā wamā arsalnā ilayhim qablaka min natheerin

    Translation

    And We had not given them any scriptures which they could study, and We had not sent to them before you, [O Muhammad], any warner.

45. 45 Saba 34:45

    وَكَذَّبَ الَّذٖينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْۙ وَمَا بَلَغُوا مِعْشَارَ مَٓا اٰتَيْنَاهُمْ فَكَذَّبُوا رُسُلٖيࣞ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكٖيرِࣖ

    Transliteration

    Wakaththaba allatheena min qablihim wamā balaghoo miʿshāra mā ātaynāhum fakaththaboo rusulee fakayfa kāna nakeeri

    Translation

    And those before them denied, and the people of Makkah have not attained a tenth of what We had given them. But the former peoples denied My messengers, so how [terrible] was My reproach.

46. 46 Saba 34:46

    قُلْ اِنَّـمَٓا اَعِظُكُمْ بِوَاحِدَةٍۚ اَنْ تَقُومُوا لِلّٰهِ مَثْنٰى وَفُرَادٰى ثُمَّ تَتَفَكَّرُواࣞ مَا بِصَاحِبِكُمْ مِنْ جِنَّةٍؕ اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا نَذٖيرٌ لَكُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ عَذَابٍ شَدٖيدٍ

    Transliteration

    Qul innamā aʿithukum biwāḥidatin an taqoomoo lillāhi mathnā wafurādā thumma tatafakkaroo mā biṣāḥibikum min jinnatin in huwa illā natheerun lakum bayna yaday ʿathābin shadeedin

    Translation

    Say, "I only advise you of one [thing] - that you stand for Allah, [seeking truth] in pairs and individually, and then give thought." There is not in your companion any madness. He is only a warner to you before a severe punishment.

47. 47 Saba 34:47

    قُلْ مَا سَاَلْتُكُمْ مِنْ اَجْرٍ فَهُوَ لَكُمْؕ اِنْ اَجْرِيَ اِلَّا عَلَى اللّٰهِۚ وَهُوَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهٖيدٌ

    Transliteration

    Qul mā saaltukum min ajrin fahuwa lakum in ajriya illā ʿalā Allāhi wahuwa ʿalā kulli shayin shaheedun

    Translation

    Say, "Whatever payment I might have asked of you - it is yours. My payment is only from Allah, and He is, over all things, Witness."

48. 48 Saba 34:48

    قُلْ اِنَّ رَبّٖي يَقْذِفُ بِالْحَقِّۚ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ

    Transliteration

    Qul inna rabbee yaqthifu bialḥaqqi ʿallāmu alghuyoobi

    Translation

    Say, "Indeed, my Lord projects the truth. Knower of the unseen."

49. 49 Saba 34:49

    قُلْ جَٓاءَ الْحَقُّ وَمَا يُبْدِئُ الْبَاطِلُ وَمَا يُعٖيدُ

    Transliteration

    Qul jāa alḥaqqu wamā yubdio albāṭilu wamā yuʿeedu

    Translation

    Say, "The truth has come, and falsehood can neither begin [anything] nor repeat [it]."

50. 50 Saba 34:50

    قُلْ اِنْ ضَلَلْتُ فَاِنَّـمَٓا اَضِلُّ عَلٰى نَفْسٖيۚ وَاِنِ اهْتَدَيْتُ فَبِمَا يُوحٖٓي اِلَيَّ رَبّٖيؕ اِنَّهُ سَمٖيعٌ قَرٖيبٌ

    Transliteration

    Qul in ḏalaltu fainnamā aḏillu ʿalā nafsee waini ihtadaytu fabimā yooḥee ilayya rabbee innahu sameeʿun qareebun

    Translation

    Say, "If I should err, I would only err against myself. But if I am guided, it is by what my Lord reveals to me. Indeed, He is Hearing and near."

51. 51 Saba 34:51

    وَلَوْ تَرٰٓى اِذْ فَزِعُوا فَلَا فَوْتَ وَاُخِذُوا مِنْ مَكَانٍ قَرٖيبٍۙ

    Transliteration

    Walaw tarā ith faziʿoo falā fawta waokhithoo min makānin qareebin

    Translation

    And if you could see when they are terrified but there is no escape, and they will be seized from a place nearby.

52. 52 Saba 34:52

    وَقَالُٓوا اٰمَنَّا بِهٖۚ وَاَنّٰى لَهُمُ التَّنَاوُشُ مِنْ مَكَانٍ بَعٖيدٍۚ

    Transliteration

    Waqāloo āmannā bihi waannā lahumu alttanāwushu min makānin baʿeedin

    Translation

    And they will [then] say, "We believe in it!" But how for them will be the taking [of faith] from a place far away?

53. 53 Saba 34:53

    وَقَدْ كَفَرُوا بِهٖ مِنْ قَبْلُۚ وَيَقْذِفُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ مِنْ مَكَانٍ بَعٖيدٍ

    Transliteration

    Waqad kafaroo bihi min qablu wayaqthifoona bialghaybi min makānin baʿeedin

    Translation

    And they had already disbelieved in it before and would assault the unseen from a place far away.

54. 54 Saba 34:54

    وَحٖيلَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ مَا يَشْتَهُونَ كَمَا فُعِلَ بِاَشْيَاعِهِمْ مِنْ قَبْلُؕ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا فٖي شَكٍّ مُرٖيبٍ

    Transliteration

    Waḥeela baynahum wabayna mā yashtahoona kamā fuʿila biashyāʿihim min qablu innahum kānoo fee shakkin mureebin

    Translation

    And prevention will be placed between them and what they desire, as was done with their kind before. Indeed, they were in disquieting denial.

Translation: Saheeh International. Arabic text: Mushaf of the Presidency of Religious Affairs of Türkiye (Diyanet), 605 pages; kuran.diyanet.gov.tr. Transliteration: Açık Kuran (acikkuran.com).