34. Surah Saba

ذٰلِكَ جَزَیْنٰهُمْ بِمَا كَفَرُوْا١ؕ وَ هَلْ نُجٰزِیْۤ اِلَّا الْكَفُوْرَ ﴿١٧﴾Open ayah 34:17 in the Quran reader

Thus We punished them because of their ungratefulness. And We do not give (such a) punishment but to the ungrateful.

وَ جَعَلْنَا بَیْنَهُمْ وَ بَیْنَ الْقُرَى الَّتِیْ بٰرَكْنَا فِیْهَا قُرًى ظَاهِرَةً وَّ قَدَّرْنَا فِیْهَا السَّیْرَ١ؕ سِیْرُوْا فِیْهَا لَیَالِیَ وَ اَیَّامًا اٰمِنِیْنَ ﴿١٨﴾Open ayah 34:18 in the Quran reader

And We had made towns to be seen between them and between the towns in which We had placed Our blessings, and had measured the journey between them: " Travel along them at nights and days peacefully."

فَقَالُوْا رَبَّنَا بٰعِدْ بَیْنَ اَسْفَارِنَا وَ ظَلَمُوْۤا اَنْفُسَهُمْ فَجَعَلْنٰهُمْ اَحَادِیْثَ وَ مَزَّقْنٰهُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ١ؕ اِنَّ فِیْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰیٰتٍ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُوْرٍ ﴿١٩﴾Open ayah 34:19 in the Quran reader

Then they said, "Our Lord, make (the phases of) our journeys more distant." And they wronged themselves, therefore We turned them into stories and tore them into pieces. Surely in this, there are signs for everyone who is ever-patient, fully grateful.

وَ لَقَدْ صَدَّقَ عَلَیْهِمْ اِبْلِیْسُ ظَنَّهٗ فَاتَّبَعُوْهُ اِلَّا فَرِیْقًا مِّنَ الْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ ﴿٢٠﴾Open ayah 34:20 in the Quran reader

And Iblis has found his assessment true about them. So they followed him, except a group of the believers.

وَ مَا كَانَ لَهٗ عَلَیْهِمْ مِّنْ سُلْطٰنٍ اِلَّا لِنَعْلَمَ مَنْ یُّؤْمِنُ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ مِمَّنْ هُوَ مِنْهَا فِیْ شَكٍّ١ؕ وَ رَبُّكَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَیْءٍ حَفِیْظٌ۠ ﴿٢١﴾Open ayah 34:21 in the Quran reader

And he did not have any power over them, but for the reason that We should know the one who believes in the Hereafter as distinct from the one who is in doubt about it. And your Lord is Watchful over everything. And he did not have any power over them, but for the reason that We should know the one who believes in the Hereafter as distinct from the one who is in doubt about it. And your Lord is Watchful over everything.

قُلِ ادْعُوا الَّذِیْنَ زَعَمْتُمْ مِّنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ١ۚ لَا یَمْلِكُوْنَ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ لَا فِی الْاَرْضِ وَ مَا لَهُمْ فِیْهِمَا مِنْ شِرْكٍ وَّ مَا لَهٗ مِنْهُمْ مِّنْ ظَهِیْرٍ ﴿٢٢﴾Open ayah 34:22 in the Quran reader

Say." Call upon those whom you claim (to be your gods) beside Allah. They do not possess (anything) even to the measure of a particle, neither in the heavens nor in the earth. They have no contribution at all in either of the two, and He (Allah) has no helper from among them.

وَ لَا تَنْفَعُ الشَّفَاعَةُ عِنْدَهٗۤ اِلَّا لِمَنْ اَذِنَ لَهٗ١ؕ حَتّٰۤى اِذَا فُزِّعَ عَنْ قُلُوْبِهِمْ قَالُوْا مَا ذَا١ۙ قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ١ؕ قَالُوا الْحَقَّ١ۚ وَ هُوَ الْعَلِیُّ الْكَبِیْرُ ﴿٢٣﴾Open ayah 34:23 in the Quran reader

And intercession before Him is of no benefit, but for the one whom He has permitted. (And those who will ask for intercession will remain fearful) Until when fear is removed from their hearts, they will say (to each other), " What did your Lord say?" They say, "the Truth". And He is the High, the Great.

قُلْ مَنْ یَّرْزُقُكُمْ مِّنَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الْاَرْضِ١ؕ قُلِ اللّٰهُ١ۙ وَ اِنَّاۤ اَوْ اِیَّاكُمْ لَعَلٰى هُدًى اَوْ فِیْ ضَلٰلٍ مُّبِیْنٍ ﴿٢٤﴾Open ayah 34:24 in the Quran reader

Say, 'o gives you sustenance from the heavens and the earth?" Say, " Allah. And We or you are either on the right path or in open error."

قُلْ لَّا تُسْئَلُوْنَ عَمَّاۤ اَجْرَمْنَا وَ لَا نُسْئَلُ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُوْنَ ﴿٢٥﴾Open ayah 34:25 in the Quran reader

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

قُلْ یَجْمَعُ بَیْنَنَا رَبُّنَا ثُمَّ یَفْتَحُ بَیْنَنَا بِالْحَقِّ١ؕ وَ هُوَ الْفَتَّاحُ الْعَلِیْمُ ﴿٢٦﴾Open ayah 34:26 in the Quran reader

Say, “ Our Lord will assemble us together, then will judge between us with truth. And He is the best Judge, the All-Knowing.

قُلْ اَرُوْنِیَ الَّذِیْنَ اَلْحَقْتُمْ بِهٖ شُرَكَآءَ كَلَّا١ؕ بَلْ هُوَ اللّٰهُ الْعَزِیْزُ الْحَكِیْمُ ﴿٢٧﴾Open ayah 34:27 in the Quran reader

Say, "Show me the ones whom you have associated with Him as partners. Never! He is but Allah, the Mighty, the Wise."

وَ مَاۤ اَرْسَلْنٰكَ اِلَّا كَآفَّةً لِّلنَّاسِ بَشِیْرًا وَّ نَذِیْرًا وَّ لٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا یَعْلَمُوْنَ ﴿٢٨﴾Open ayah 34:28 in the Quran reader

And We did not send you (0 prophet,) but to the entire mankind, as a bearer of good news and as a warner, but most people do not know. [ 28]

وَ یَقُوْلُوْنَ مَتٰى هٰذَا الْوَعْدُ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِیْنَ ﴿٢٩﴾Open ayah 34:29 in the Quran reader

And they say, “ When will this promise (of the Day of Judgment) be fulfilled, if you are truthful?"

قُلْ لَّكُمْ مِّیْعَادُ یَوْمٍ لَّا تَسْتَاْخِرُوْنَ عَنْهُ سَاعَةً وَّ لَا تَسْتَقْدِمُوْنَ۠ ﴿٣٠﴾Open ayah 34:30 in the Quran reader

Say," You have the promise of a day from which you can neither be late for a while, nor can you be ahead of it.

وَ قَالَ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا لَنْ نُّؤْمِنَ بِهٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ وَ لَا بِالَّذِیْ بَیْنَ یَدَیْهِ١ؕ وَ لَوْ تَرٰۤى اِذِ الظّٰلِمُوْنَ مَوْقُوْفُوْنَ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ١ۖۚ یَرْجِعُ بَعْضُهُمْ اِلٰى بَعْضِ اِ۟لْقَوْلَ١ۚ یَقُوْلُ الَّذِیْنَ اسْتُضْعِفُوْا لِلَّذِیْنَ اسْتَكْبَرُوْا لَوْ لَاۤ اَنْتُمْ لَكُنَّا مُؤْمِنِیْنَ ﴿٣١﴾Open ayah 34:31 in the Quran reader

And those who disbelieve say," We will never believe in this Qur'an, nor in that which was before it." But if you could see when the wrongdoers will be made to stand before their Lord, repulsing words (of blame) to one another! Those who were held as weak will say to the overbearing," Had you not been there, we would have been believers."

قَالَ الَّذِیْنَ اسْتَكْبَرُوْا لِلَّذِیْنَ اسْتُضْعِفُوْۤا اَنَحْنُ صَدَدْنٰكُمْ عَنِ الْهُدٰى بَعْدَ اِذْ جَآءَكُمْ بَلْ كُنْتُمْ مُّجْرِمِیْنَ ﴿٣٢﴾Open ayah 34:32 in the Quran reader

Those who were overbearing will say to those weak; Was it we who stopped you from (accepting) guidance after it came to you? Rather, you were guilty.

وَ قَالَ الَّذِیْنَ اسْتُضْعِفُوْا لِلَّذِیْنَ اسْتَكْبَرُوْا بَلْ مَكْرُ الَّیْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ اِذْ تَاْمُرُوْنَنَاۤ اَنْ نَّكْفُرَ بِاللّٰهِ وَ نَجْعَلَ لَهٗۤ اَنْدَادًا١ؕ وَ اَسَرُّوا النَّدَامَةَ لَمَّا رَاَوُا الْعَذَابَ١ؕ وَ جَعَلْنَا الْاَغْلٰلَ فِیْۤ اَعْنَاقِ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا١ؕ هَلْ یُجْزَوْنَ اِلَّا مَا كَانُوْا یَعْمَلُوْنَ ﴿٣٣﴾Open ayah 34:33 in the Quran reader

And those weak will say to those overbearing, "But (it was your) intriguing day and night (that stopped us from accepting guidance), when you were directing us to disbelieve in Allah and to set up rivals to Him." And all of them will conceal (their) penitence when they will see the punishment.1 And We will place iron-collars around the necks of those who disbelieved. They will not be recompensed except for what they used to do. (1. They will conceal their penitence from each other, so that they may not face embarrassment before others.)

وَ مَاۤ اَرْسَلْنَا فِیْ قَرْیَةٍ مِّنْ نَّذِیْرٍ اِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوْهَاۤ١ۙ اِنَّا بِمَاۤ اُرْسِلْتُمْ بِهٖ كٰفِرُوْنَ ﴿٣٤﴾Open ayah 34:34 in the Quran reader

And We did not send a warner to a township, but said those who lived a luxurious life therein," We reject what you have been sent with."

وَ قَالُوْا نَحْنُ اَكْثَرُ اَمْوَالًا وَّ اَوْلَادًا١ۙ وَّ مَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِیْنَ ﴿٣٥﴾Open ayah 34:35 in the Quran reader

And they said, “ We are superior in riches and children, and we are not going to be punished".

قُلْ اِنَّ رَبِّیْ یَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ یَّشَآءُ وَ یَقْدِرُ وَ لٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا یَعْلَمُوْنَ۠ ﴿٣٦﴾Open ayah 34:36 in the Quran reader

Say, "In fact, my Lord extends provision to whom He wills, and straitens (it for whom He wills), but most of the people do not know".

وَ مَاۤ اَمْوَالُكُمْ وَ لَاۤ اَوْلَادُكُمْ بِالَّتِیْ تُقَرِّبُكُمْ عِنْدَنَا زُلْفٰۤى اِلَّا مَنْ اٰمَنَ وَ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا١٘ فَاُولٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ جَزَآءُ الضِّعْفِ بِمَا عَمِلُوْا وَ هُمْ فِی الْغُرُفٰتِ اٰمِنُوْنَ ﴿٣٧﴾Open ayah 34:37 in the Quran reader

And neither your riches nor your children are the things that bring you near Us closely; however, the one who believes and acts righteously (is close to Us). Therefore, such people will have the double reward for what they did, and they will be at peace in the upper chambers (of Paradise).

وَ الَّذِیْنَ یَسْعَوْنَ فِیْۤ اٰیٰتِنَا مُعٰجِزِیْنَ اُولٰٓئِكَ فِی الْعَذَابِ مُحْضَرُوْنَ ﴿٣٨﴾Open ayah 34:38 in the Quran reader

As for those who strive against our signs trying to frustrate (them), they will be arraigned into the torment.

قُلْ اِنَّ رَبِّیْ یَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ یَّشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهٖ وَ یَقْدِرُ لَهٗ١ؕ وَ مَاۤ اَنْفَقْتُمْ مِّنْ شَیْءٍ فَهُوَ یُخْلِفُهٗ١ۚ وَ هُوَ خَیْرُ الرّٰزِقِیْنَ ﴿٣٩﴾Open ayah 34:39 in the Quran reader

Say, "Surely, my Lord extends provision for whomsoever He wills out of His servants, and straitens (it) for him. And whatever thing you spend, He replaces it. And He is the best of the sustainers.