Sura 34: Saba’ (Sheba) - Quran Inspector

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِbis'miٱللَّهِl-lahiٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmi

[34:1] Praise be to GOD - to whom belongs everything in the heavens and the earth; all praise is also due to Him in the Hereafter. He is the Most Wise, the Cognizant.

ٱلْحَمْدُal-ḥamduلِلَّهِlillahiٱلَّذِىalladhīلَهُۥlahuمَاmāفِىfīٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiوَمَاwamāفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiوَلَهُwalahuٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamduفِىfīٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratiوَهُوَwahuwaٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuٱلْخَبِيرُl-khabīru ﴿١﴾

[34:2] He knows everything that goes into the earth, and everything that comes out of it, and everything that comes down from the sky, and everything that climbs into it. He is the Most Merciful, the Forgiving.

يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuمَاmāيَلِجُyalijuفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiوَمَاwamāيَخْرُجُyakhrujuمِنْهَاmin'hāوَمَاwamāيَنزِلُyanziluمِنَminaٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāiوَمَاwamāيَعْرُجُyaʿrujuفِيهَاfīhāوَهُوَwahuwaٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmuٱلْغَفُورُl-ghafūru ﴿٢﴾

[34:3] Those who disbelieve have said, "The Hour will never come to pass!" Say, "Absolutely - by my Lord - it will most certainly come to you. He is the Knower of the future. Not even the equivalent of an atom's weight is hidden from Him, be it in the heavens or the earth. Not even smaller than that, or larger (is hidden). All are in a profound record."

وَقَالَwaqālaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaكَفَرُوا۟kafarūلَاlāتَأْتِينَاtatīnāٱلسَّاعَةُl-sāʿatuقُلْqulبَلَىٰbalāوَرَبِّىwarabbīلَتَأْتِيَنَّكُمْlatatiyannakumعَـٰلِمِʿālimiٱلْغَيْبِl-ghaybiلَاlāيَعْزُبُyaʿzubuعَنْهُʿanhuمِثْقَالُmith'qāluذَرَّةٍdharratinفِىfīٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiوَلَاwalāفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiوَلَآwalāأَصْغَرُaṣgharuمِنminذَٰلِكَdhālikaوَلَآwalāأَكْبَرُakbaruإِلَّاillāفِىfīكِتَـٰبٍkitābinمُّبِينٍmubīnin ﴿٣﴾

[34:4] Most certainly, He will reward those who believe and lead a righteous life. These have deserved forgiveness and a generous provision.

لِّيَجْزِىَliyajziyaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaءَامَنُوا۟āmanūوَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātiأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaلَهُمlahumمَّغْفِرَةٌmaghfiratunوَرِزْقٌwariz'qunكَرِيمٌkarīmun ﴿٤﴾

[34:5] As for those who constantly challenge our revelations, they have incurred a retribution of painful humiliation.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaسَعَوْsaʿawفِىٓfīءَايَـٰتِنَاāyātināمُعَـٰجِزِينَmuʿājizīnaأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaلَهُمْlahumعَذَابٌʿadhābunمِّنminرِّجْزٍrij'zinأَلِيمٌalīmun ﴿٥﴾

[34:6] It is evident to those who are blessed with knowledge that this revelation from your Lord to you is the truth, and that it guides to the path of the Almighty, the Most Praiseworthy.

وَيَرَىwayarāٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaأُوتُوا۟ūtūٱلْعِلْمَl-ʿil'maٱلَّذِىٓalladhīأُنزِلَunzilaإِلَيْكَilaykaمِنminرَّبِّكَrabbikaهُوَhuwaٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqaوَيَهْدِىٓwayahdīإِلَىٰilāصِرَٰطِṣirāṭiٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīziٱلْحَمِيدِl-ḥamīdi ﴿٦﴾

[34:7] Those who disbelieve have said, "Let us show you a man who tells you that after you are torn apart you will be created anew.

وَقَالَwaqālaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaكَفَرُوا۟kafarūهَلْhalنَدُلُّكُمْnadullukumعَلَىٰʿalāرَجُلٍrajulinيُنَبِّئُكُمْyunabbi-ukumإِذَاidhāمُزِّقْتُمْmuzziq'tumكُلَّkullaمُمَزَّقٍmumazzaqinإِنَّكُمْinnakumلَفِىlafīخَلْقٍkhalqinجَدِيدٍjadīdin ﴿٧﴾

[34:8] "Either he fabricated lies about GOD, or he is crazy." Indeed, those who disbelieve in the Hereafter have incurred the worst retribution; they have gone far astray.

أَفْتَرَىٰaftarāعَلَىʿalāٱللَّهِl-lahiكَذِبًاkadhibanأَمamبِهِۦbihiجِنَّةٌۢjinnatunبَلِbaliٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaلَاlāيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnaبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiفِىfīٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābiوَٱلضَّلَـٰلِwal-ḍalāliٱلْبَعِيدِl-baʿīdi ﴿٨﴾

[34:9] Have they not seen all the things in front of them and behind them, in the heaven and the earth? If we willed, we could have caused the earth to swallow them, or caused masses to fall on them from the sky. This should be a sufficient proof for every obedient servant.

أَفَلَمْafalamيَرَوْا۟yarawإِلَىٰilāمَاmāبَيْنَbayna أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimوَمَاwamāخَلْفَهُمkhalfahumمِّنَminaٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāiوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiإِنinنَّشَأْnashaنَخْسِفْnakhsifبِهِمُbihimuٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍaأَوْawنُسْقِطْnus'qiṭعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimكِسَفًاkisafanمِّنَminaٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāiإِنَّinnaفِىfīذَٰلِكَdhālikaلَـَٔايَةًlaāyatanلِّكُلِّlikulliعَبْدٍʿabdinمُّنِيبٍmunībin ﴿٩﴾

[34:10] We endowed David with blessings from us: "O mountains, submit with him, and you too, O birds." We softened the iron for him.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadءَاتَيْنَاātaynāدَاوُۥدَdāwūdaمِنَّاminnāفَضْلًاfaḍlanيَـٰجِبَالُyājibāluأَوِّبِىawwibīمَعَهُۥmaʿahuوَٱلطَّيْرَwal-ṭayraوَأَلَنَّاwa-alannāلَهُlahuٱلْحَدِيدَl-ḥadīda ﴿١٠﴾

[34:11] "You may make shields that fit perfectly, and work righteousness. Whatever you do, I am Seer thereof."

أَنِaniٱعْمَلْiʿ'malسَـٰبِغَـٰتٍsābighātinوَقَدِّرْwaqaddirفِىfīٱلسَّرْدِl-sardiوَٱعْمَلُوا۟wa-iʿ'malūصَـٰلِحًاṣāliḥanإِنِّىinnīبِمَاbimāتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnaبَصِيرٌbaṣīrun ﴿١١﴾

[34:12] To Solomon we committed the wind at his disposal, traveling one month coming and one month going. And we caused a spring of oil to gush out for him. Also, the jinns worked for him, by his Lord's leave. Any one of them who disregarded our commands, we subjected him to a severe retribution.

وَلِسُلَيْمَـٰنَwalisulaymānaٱلرِّيحَl-rīḥaغُدُوُّهَاghuduwwuhāشَهْرٌshahrunوَرَوَاحُهَاwarawāḥuhāشَهْرٌshahrunوَأَسَلْنَاwa-asalnāلَهُۥlahuعَيْنَʿaynaٱلْقِطْرِl-qiṭ'riوَمِنَwaminaٱلْجِنِّl-jiniمَنmanيَعْمَلُyaʿmaluبَيْنَbayna يَدَيْهِyadayhiبِإِذْنِbi-idh'niرَبِّهِۦrabbihiوَمَنwamanيَزِغْyazighمِنْهُمْmin'humعَنْʿanأَمْرِنَاamrināنُذِقْهُnudhiq'huمِنْminعَذَابِʿadhābiٱلسَّعِيرِl-saʿīri ﴿١٢﴾

[34:13] They made for him anything he wanted - niches, statues, deep pools, and heavy cooking pots. O family of David, work (righteousness) to show your appreciation. Only a few of My servants are appreciative.

يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnaلَهُۥlahuمَاmāيَشَآءُyashāuمِنminمَّحَـٰرِيبَmaḥārībaوَتَمَـٰثِيلَwatamāthīlaوَجِفَانٍwajifāninكَٱلْجَوَابِkal-jawābiوَقُدُورٍwaqudūrinرَّاسِيَـٰتٍrāsiyātinٱعْمَلُوٓا۟iʿ'malūءَالَālaدَاوُۥدَdāwūdaشُكْرًاshuk'ranوَقَلِيلٌwaqalīlunمِّنْminعِبَادِىَʿibādiyaٱلشَّكُورُl-shakūru ﴿١٣﴾

[34:14] When the appointed time for his death came, they had no clue that he had died. Not until one of the animals tried to eat his staff, and he fell down, that the jinns realized that he was dead. They thus realized that if they really knew the unseen, they would have stopped working so hard as soon as he died.

فَلَمَّاfalammāقَضَيْنَاqaḍaynāعَلَيْهِʿalayhiٱلْمَوْتَl-mawtaمَاmāدَلَّهُمْdallahumعَلَىٰʿalāمَوْتِهِۦٓmawtihiإِلَّاillāدَآبَّةُdābbatuٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiتَأْكُلُtakuluمِنسَأَتَهُۥminsa-atahuفَلَمَّاfalammāخَرَّkharraتَبَيَّنَتِtabayyanatiٱلْجِنُّl-jinuأَنanلَّوْlawكَانُوا۟kānūيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaٱلْغَيْبَl-ghaybaمَاmāلَبِثُوا۟labithūفِىfīٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābiٱلْمُهِينِl-muhīni ﴿١٤﴾

[34:15] Sheba's homeland used to be a marvel, with two gardens on the right and the left. Eat from your Lord's provisions, and be appreciative of Him - good land, and a forgiving Lord.

لَقَدْlaqadكَانَkānaلِسَبَإٍlisaba-inفِىfīمَسْكَنِهِمْmaskanihimءَايَةٌāyatunجَنَّتَانِjannatāniعَنʿanيَمِينٍyamīninوَشِمَالٍwashimālinكُلُوا۟kulūمِنminرِّزْقِriz'qiرَبِّكُمْrabbikumوَٱشْكُرُوا۟wa-ush'kurūلَهُۥlahuبَلْدَةٌbaldatunطَيِّبَةٌṭayyibatunوَرَبٌّwarabbunغَفُورٌghafūrun ﴿١٥﴾

[34:16] They turned away and, consequently, we poured upon them a disastrous flood, and we substituted their two gardens into two gardens of bad tasting fruits, thorny plants, and a skimpy harvest.

فَأَعْرَضُوا۟fa-aʿraḍūفَأَرْسَلْنَاfa-arsalnāعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimسَيْلَsaylaٱلْعَرِمِl-ʿarimiوَبَدَّلْنَـٰهُمwabaddalnāhumبِجَنَّتَيْهِمْbijannatayhimجَنَّتَيْنِjannatayniذَوَاتَىْdhawātayأُكُلٍukulinخَمْطٍkhamṭinوَأَثْلٍwa-athlinوَشَىْءٍwashayinمِّنminسِدْرٍsid'rinقَلِيلٍqalīlin ﴿١٦﴾

[34:17] We thus requited them for their disbelief. Do we not requite only the disbelievers?

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaجَزَيْنَـٰهُمjazaynāhumبِمَاbimāكَفَرُوا۟kafarūوَهَلْwahalنُجَـٰزِىٓnujāzīإِلَّاillāٱلْكَفُورَl-kafūra ﴿١٧﴾

[34:18] We placed between them and the communities that we blessed other oases, and we secured the journey between them: "Travel therein days and nights in complete security."

وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāبَيْنَهُمْbaynahumوَبَيْنَwabaynaٱلْقُرَىl-qurāٱلَّتِىallatīبَـٰرَكْنَاbāraknāفِيهَاfīhāقُرًىquranظَـٰهِرَةًẓāhiratanوَقَدَّرْنَاwaqaddarnāفِيهَاfīhāٱلسَّيْرَl-sayraسِيرُوا۟sīrūفِيهَاfīhāلَيَالِىَlayāliyaوَأَيَّامًاwa-ayyāmanءَامِنِينَāminīna ﴿١٨﴾

[34:19] But they (turned unappreciative and) challenged: "Our Lord, we do not care if You increase the distance of our journeys (without any stations)." They thus wronged their own souls. Consequently, we made them history, and scattered them into small communities throughout the land. This should provide lessons for those who are steadfast, appreciative.

فَقَالُوا۟faqālūرَبَّنَاrabbanāبَـٰعِدْbāʿidبَيْنَbaynaأَسْفَارِنَاasfārināوَظَلَمُوٓا۟waẓalamūأَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumفَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْfajaʿalnāhumأَحَادِيثَaḥādīthaوَمَزَّقْنَـٰهُمْwamazzaqnāhumكُلَّkullaمُمَزَّقٍmumazzaqinإِنَّinnaفِىfīذَٰلِكَdhālikaلَـَٔايَـٰتٍlaāyātinلِّكُلِّlikulliصَبَّارٍṣabbārinشَكُورٍshakūrin ﴿١٩﴾

[34:20] Satan found them readily fulfilling his expectations. They followed him, except a few believers.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadصَدَّقَṣaddaqaعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimإِبْلِيسُib'līsuظَنَّهُۥẓannahuفَٱتَّبَعُوهُfa-ittabaʿūhuإِلَّاillāفَرِيقًاfarīqanمِّنَminaٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna ﴿٢٠﴾

[34:21] He never had any power over them. But we thus distinguish those who believe in the Hereafter from those who are doubtful about it.* Your Lord is in full control of all things.

وَمَاwamāكَانَkānaلَهُۥlahuعَلَيْهِمʿalayhimمِّنminسُلْطَـٰنٍsul'ṭāninإِلَّاillāلِنَعْلَمَlinaʿlamaمَنmanيُؤْمِنُyu'minuبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiمِمَّنْmimmanهُوَhuwaمِنْهَاmin'hāفِىfīشَكٍّshakkinوَرَبُّكَwarabbukaعَلَىٰʿalāكُلِّkulliشَىْءٍshayinحَفِيظٌḥafīẓun ﴿٢١﴾

*34:21 The criteria that inform us whether we believe in the Hereafter or not are in 6:113, 17:45, & 39:45. These three criteria bring out our true convictions, regardless of our oral statements.

[34:22] Say, "Implore the idols you have set up beside GOD. They do not possess as much as a single atom in the heavens, or the earth. They possess no partnership therein, nor does He permit them to be His assistants."

قُلِquliٱدْعُوا۟id'ʿūٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaزَعَمْتُمzaʿamtumمِّنminدُونِdūniٱللَّهِl-lahiلَاlāيَمْلِكُونَyamlikūnaمِثْقَالَmith'qālaذَرَّةٍdharratinفِىfīٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiوَلَاwalāفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiوَمَاwamāلَهُمْlahumفِيهِمَاfīhimāمِنminشِرْكٍshir'kinوَمَاwamāلَهُۥlahuمِنْهُمmin'humمِّنminظَهِيرٍẓahīrin ﴿٢٢﴾

[34:23] Intercession with Him will be in vain, unless it coincides with His will. When their minds are finally settled down, and they ask, "What did your Lord say," they will say, "The truth." He is the Most High, the Most Great.

وَلَاwalāتَنفَعُtanfaʿuٱلشَّفَـٰعَةُl-shafāʿatuعِندَهُۥٓʿindahuإِلَّاillāلِمَنْlimanأَذِنَadhinaلَهُۥlahuحَتَّىٰٓḥattāإِذَاidhāفُزِّعَfuzziʿaعَنʿanقُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimقَالُوا۟qālūمَاذَاmādhāقَالَqālaرَبُّكُمْrabbukumقَالُوا۟qālūٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqaوَهُوَwahuwaٱلْعَلِىُّl-ʿaliyuٱلْكَبِيرُl-kabīru ﴿٢٣﴾

[34:24] Say, "Who provides for you, from the heavens and the earth?" Say, "GOD," and "Either we or you are guided, or have gone far astray."

قُلْqulمَنmanيَرْزُقُكُمyarzuqukumمِّنَminaٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiقُلِquliٱللَّهُl-lahuوَإِنَّآwa-innāأَوْawإِيَّاكُمْiyyākumلَعَلَىٰlaʿalāهُدًىhudanأَوْawفِىfīضَلَـٰلٍḍalālinمُّبِينٍmubīnin ﴿٢٤﴾

[34:25] Say, "You are not responsible for our crimes, nor are we responsible for what you do."

قُلqulلَّاlāتُسْـَٔلُونَtus'alūnaعَمَّآʿammāأَجْرَمْنَاajramnāوَلَاwalāنُسْـَٔلُnus'aluعَمَّاʿammāتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna ﴿٢٥﴾

[34:26] Say, "Our Lord will gather us all together before Him, then He will judge between us equitably. He is the Judge, the Omniscient."

قُلْqulيَجْمَعُyajmaʿuبَيْنَنَاbaynanāرَبُّنَاrabbunāثُمَّthummaيَفْتَحُyaftaḥuبَيْنَنَاbaynanāبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiوَهُوَwahuwaٱلْفَتَّاحُl-fatāḥuٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmu ﴿٢٦﴾

[34:27] Say, "Show me the idols you have set up as partners with Him!" Say, "No; He is the one GOD, the Almighty, Most Wise."

قُلْqulأَرُونِىَarūniyaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaأَلْحَقْتُمalḥaqtumبِهِۦbihiشُرَكَآءَshurakāaكَلَّاkallāبَلْbalهُوَhuwaٱللَّهُl-lahuٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmu ﴿٢٧﴾

[34:28] We have sent you (O Rashad)* to all the people, a bearer of good news, as well as a warner, but most people do not know.

وَمَآwamāأَرْسَلْنَـٰكَarsalnākaإِلَّاillāكَآفَّةًkāffatanلِّلنَّاسِlilnnāsiبَشِيرًاbashīranوَنَذِيرًاwanadhīranوَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnaأَكْثَرَaktharaٱلنَّاسِl-nāsiلَاlāيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna ﴿٢٨﴾

*34:28 As detailed in Appendix 2, the name of this messenger is mathematically coded into the Quran as "Rashad Khalifa." By adding the numerical value of the name "Rashad" (505), plus the numerical value of the name "Khalifa" (725), plus the number of the sura (34), plus the number of the verse (28), we obtain a total that conforms with the Quran's 19-based mathematical miracle, which was unveiled through Rashad Khalifa. (505+725+34+28=1292=19x68). More information is given in 5:19 and its footnote.

[34:29] They challenge, "When will this promise come to pass, if you are truthful?"

وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaمَتَىٰmatāهَـٰذَاhādhāٱلْوَعْدُl-waʿduإِنinكُنتُمْkuntumصَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīna ﴿٢٩﴾

[34:30] Say, "You have a specific time, on a specific day, that you cannot delay by one hour, nor advance."

قُلqulلَّكُمlakumمِّيعَادُmīʿāduيَوْمٍyawminلَّاlāتَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَtastakhirūnaعَنْهُʿanhuسَاعَةًsāʿatanوَلَاwalāتَسْتَقْدِمُونَtastaqdimūna ﴿٣٠﴾

[34:31] Those who disbelieve have said, "We will not believe in this Quran, nor in the previous scriptures." If you could only envision these transgressors when they stand before their Lord! They will argue with one another back and forth. The followers will tell their leaders, "If it were not for you, we would have been believers."

وَقَالَwaqālaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaكَفَرُوا۟kafarūلَنlanنُّؤْمِنَnu'minaبِهَـٰذَاbihādhāٱلْقُرْءَانِl-qur'āniوَلَاwalāبِٱلَّذِىbi-alladhīبَيْنَbayna يَدَيْهِyadayhiوَلَوْwalawتَرَىٰٓtarāإِذِidhiٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnaمَوْقُوفُونَmawqūfūnaعِندَʿindaرَبِّهِمْrabbihimيَرْجِعُyarjiʿuبَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumإِلَىٰilāبَعْضٍbaʿḍinٱلْقَوْلَl-qawlaيَقُولُyaqūluٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟us'tuḍ'ʿifūلِلَّذِينَlilladhīnaٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟is'takbarūلَوْلَآlawlāأَنتُمْantumلَكُنَّاlakunnāمُؤْمِنِينَmu'minīna ﴿٣١﴾

[34:32] The leaders will say to those who followed them, "Are we the ones who diverted you from the guidance after it came to you? No; it is you who were wicked."

قَالَqālaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟is'takbarūلِلَّذِينَlilladhīnaٱسْتُضْعِفُوٓا۟us'tuḍ'ʿifūأَنَحْنُanaḥnuصَدَدْنَـٰكُمْṣadadnākumعَنِʿaniٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudāبَعْدَbaʿdaإِذْidhجَآءَكُمjāakumبَلْbalكُنتُمkuntumمُّجْرِمِينَmuj'rimīna ﴿٣٢﴾

[34:33] The followers will say to their leaders, "It was you who schemed night and day, then commanded us to be unappreciative of GOD, and to set up idols to rank with Him." They will be ridden with remorse, when they see the retribution, for we will place shackles around the necks of those who disbelieved. Are they not justly requited for what they did?

وَقَالَwaqālaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟us'tuḍ'ʿifūلِلَّذِينَlilladhīnaٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟is'takbarūبَلْbalمَكْرُmakruٱلَّيْلِal-layliوَٱلنَّهَارِwal-nahāriإِذْidhتَأْمُرُونَنَآtamurūnanāأَنanنَّكْفُرَnakfuraبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiوَنَجْعَلَwanajʿalaلَهُۥٓlahuأَندَادًاandādanوَأَسَرُّوا۟wa-asarrūٱلنَّدَامَةَl-nadāmataلَمَّاlammāرَأَوُا۟ra-awūٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābaوَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāٱلْأَغْلَـٰلَl-aghlālaفِىٓfīأَعْنَاقِaʿnāqiٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaكَفَرُوا۟kafarūهَلْhalيُجْزَوْنَyuj'zawnaإِلَّاillāمَاmāكَانُوا۟kānūيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna ﴿٣٣﴾

[34:34] Every time we sent a warner to a community, the leaders of that community said, "We reject the message you are sent with."

وَمَآwamāأَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāفِىfīقَرْيَةٍqaryatinمِّنminنَّذِيرٍnadhīrinإِلَّاillāقَالَqālaمُتْرَفُوهَآmut'rafūhāإِنَّاinnāبِمَآbimāأُرْسِلْتُمur'sil'tumبِهِۦbihiكَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūna ﴿٣٤﴾

[34:35] They also said, "We are more powerful, with more money and children, and we will not be punished."

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūنَحْنُnaḥnuأَكْثَرُaktharuأَمْوَٰلًاamwālanوَأَوْلَـٰدًاwa-awlādanوَمَاwamāنَحْنُnaḥnuبِمُعَذَّبِينَbimuʿadhabīna ﴿٣٥﴾

[34:36] Say, "My Lord is the One who controls all provisions; He grants the provisions to whomever He wills, or reduces them, but most people do not know."

قُلْqulإِنَّinnaرَبِّىrabbīيَبْسُطُyabsuṭuٱلرِّزْقَl-riz'qaلِمَنlimanيَشَآءُyashāuوَيَقْدِرُwayaqdiruوَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnaأَكْثَرَaktharaٱلنَّاسِl-nāsiلَاlāيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna ﴿٣٦﴾

[34:37] It is not your money or your children that bring you closer to us. Only those who believe and lead a righteous life will receive the reward for their works, multiplied manifold. In the abode of Paradise they will live in perfect peace.

وَمَآwamāأَمْوَٰلُكُمْamwālukumوَلَآwalāأَوْلَـٰدُكُمawlādukumبِٱلَّتِىbi-allatīتُقَرِّبُكُمْtuqarribukumعِندَنَاʿindanāزُلْفَىٰٓzul'fāإِلَّاillāمَنْmanءَامَنَāmanaوَعَمِلَwaʿamilaصَـٰلِحًاṣāliḥanفَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikaلَهُمْlahumجَزَآءُjazāuٱلضِّعْفِl-ḍiʿ'fiبِمَاbimāعَمِلُوا۟ʿamilūوَهُمْwahumفِىfīٱلْغُرُفَـٰتِl-ghurufātiءَامِنُونَāminūna ﴿٣٧﴾

[34:38] As for those who consistently challenge our revelations, they will abide in retribution.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaيَسْعَوْنَyasʿawnaفِىٓfīءَايَـٰتِنَاāyātināمُعَـٰجِزِينَmuʿājizīnaأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaفِىfīٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābiمُحْضَرُونَmuḥ'ḍarūna ﴿٣٨﴾

[34:39] Say, "My Lord is the One who controls all provisions; He increases the provisions for whomever He chooses from among His servants, or reduces them. Anything you spend (in the cause of GOD), He will reward you for it; He is the Best Provider."

قُلْqulإِنَّinnaرَبِّىrabbīيَبْسُطُyabsuṭuٱلرِّزْقَl-riz'qaلِمَنlimanيَشَآءُyashāuمِنْminعِبَادِهِۦʿibādihiوَيَقْدِرُwayaqdiruلَهُۥlahuوَمَآwamāأَنفَقْتُمanfaqtumمِّنminشَىْءٍshayinفَهُوَfahuwaيُخْلِفُهُۥyukh'lifuhuوَهُوَwahuwaخَيْرُkhayruٱلرَّٰزِقِينَl-rāziqīna ﴿٣٩﴾

[34:40] On the day when He summons them all, He will say to the angels, "Did these people worship you?"

وَيَوْمَwayawmaيَحْشُرُهُمْyaḥshuruhumجَمِيعًاjamīʿanثُمَّthummaيَقُولُyaqūluلِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِlil'malāikatiأَهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِahāulāiإِيَّاكُمْiyyākumكَانُوا۟kānūيَعْبُدُونَyaʿbudūna ﴿٤٠﴾

[34:41] They will answer, "Be You glorified. You are our Lord and Master, not them. Instead, they were worshiping the jinns; most of them were believers therein."

قَالُوا۟qālūسُبْحَـٰنَكَsub'ḥānakaأَنتَantaوَلِيُّنَاwaliyyunāمِنminدُونِهِمdūnihimبَلْbalكَانُوا۟kānūيَعْبُدُونَyaʿbudūnaٱلْجِنَّl-jinaأَكْثَرُهُمaktharuhumبِهِمbihimمُّؤْمِنُونَmu'minūna ﴿٤١﴾

[34:42] On that day, you possess no power to help or harm one another, and we will say to the transgressors, "Taste the retribution of the Hell that you used to deny."

فَٱلْيَوْمَfal-yawmaلَاlāيَمْلِكُyamlikuبَعْضُكُمْbaʿḍukumلِبَعْضٍlibaʿḍinنَّفْعًاnafʿanوَلَاwalāضَرًّاḍarranوَنَقُولُwanaqūluلِلَّذِينَlilladhīnaظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūذُوقُوا۟dhūqūعَذَابَʿadhābaٱلنَّارِl-nāriٱلَّتِىallatīكُنتُمkuntumبِهَاbihāتُكَذِّبُونَtukadhibūna ﴿٤٢﴾

[34:43] When our proofs were recited to them, perfectly clear, they said, "This is simply a man who wants to divert you from the way your parents are worshiping." They also said, "These are fabricated lies." Those who disbelieved also said about the truth that came to them, "This is obviously magic."

وَإِذَاwa-idhāتُتْلَىٰtut'lāعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimءَايَـٰتُنَاāyātunāبَيِّنَـٰتٍbayyinātinقَالُوا۟qālūمَاmāهَـٰذَآhādhāإِلَّاillāرَجُلٌrajulunيُرِيدُyurīduأَنanيَصُدَّكُمْyaṣuddakumعَمَّاʿammāكَانَkānaيَعْبُدُyaʿbuduءَابَآؤُكُمْābāukumوَقَالُوا۟waqālūمَاmāهَـٰذَآhādhāإِلَّآillāإِفْكٌif'kunمُّفْتَرًىmuf'taranوَقَالَwaqālaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaكَفَرُوا۟kafarūلِلْحَقِّlil'ḥaqqiلَمَّاlammāجَآءَهُمْjāahumإِنْinهَـٰذَآhādhāإِلَّاillāسِحْرٌsiḥ'runمُّبِينٌmubīnun ﴿٤٣﴾

*34:43 By adding the gematrical value of "Rashad" (505), plus the value of "Khalifa" (725), plus this verse number (43), we get 505+725+43=1273=19x67. See Appendices 1 & 2.

[34:44] We did not give them any other books to study, nor did we send to them before you another warner.

وَمَآwamāءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمātaynāhumمِّنminكُتُبٍkutubinيَدْرُسُونَهَاyadrusūnahāوَمَآwamāأَرْسَلْنَآarsalnāإِلَيْهِمْilayhimقَبْلَكَqablakaمِنminنَّذِيرٍnadhīrin ﴿٤٤﴾

[34:45] Those before them disbelieved, and even though they did not see one-tenth* of (the miracle) we have given to this generation, when they disbelieved My messengers, how severe was My retribution!

وَكَذَّبَwakadhabaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaمِنminقَبْلِهِمْqablihimوَمَاwamāبَلَغُوا۟balaghūمِعْشَارَmiʿ'shāraمَآmāءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْātaynāhumفَكَذَّبُوا۟fakadhabūرُسُلِىrusulīفَكَيْفَfakayfaكَانَkānaنَكِيرِnakīri ﴿٤٥﴾

*34:45 The great miracles given to Moses and Jesus were limited in time and place; they were witnessed by a few people who happened to exist in that place at that time. But the mathematical miracle of the Quran is perpetual (see 74:30-35 & Appendix 1).

[34:46] Say, "I ask you to do one thing: Devote yourselves to GOD, in pairs or as individuals, then reflect. Your friend (Rashad) is not crazy. He is a manifest warner to you, just before the advent of a terrible retribution."

قُلْqulإِنَّمَآinnamāأَعِظُكُمaʿiẓukumبِوَٰحِدَةٍbiwāḥidatinأَنanتَقُومُوا۟taqūmūلِلَّهِlillahiمَثْنَىٰmathnāوَفُرَٰدَىٰwafurādāثُمَّthummaتَتَفَكَّرُوا۟tatafakkarūمَاmāبِصَاحِبِكُمbiṣāḥibikumمِّنminجِنَّةٍjinnatinإِنْinهُوَhuwaإِلَّاillāنَذِيرٌnadhīrunلَّكُمlakumبَيْنَbayna يَدَىْyadayعَذَابٍʿadhābinشَدِيدٍshadīdin ﴿٤٦﴾

*34:46 By placing the gematrical value of "Rashad" (505) next to the value of "Khalifa" (725), then the sura number (34), and the verse number (46), we get 5057253446 = 19x266171234.

[34:47] Say, "I do not ask you for any wage; you can keep it. My wage comes only from GOD. He witnesses all things."

قُلْqulمَاmāسَأَلْتُكُمsa-altukumمِّنْminأَجْرٍajrinفَهُوَfahuwaلَكُمْlakumإِنْinأَجْرِىَajriyaإِلَّاillāعَلَىʿalāٱللَّهِl-lahiوَهُوَwahuwaعَلَىٰʿalāكُلِّkulliشَىْءٍshayinشَهِيدٌshahīdun ﴿٤٧﴾

[34:48] Say, "My Lord causes the truth to prevail. He is the Knower of all secrets."

قُلْqulإِنَّinnaرَبِّىrabbīيَقْذِفُyaqdhifuبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiعَلَّـٰمُʿallāmuٱلْغُيُوبِl-ghuyūbi ﴿٤٨﴾

[34:49] Say, "The truth has come; while falsehood can neither initiate anything, nor repeat it."

قُلْqulجَآءَjāaٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquوَمَاwamāيُبْدِئُyub'di-uٱلْبَـٰطِلُl-bāṭiluوَمَاwamāيُعِيدُyuʿīdu ﴿٤٩﴾

[34:50] Say, "If I go astray, I go astray because of my own shortcomings. And if I am guided, it is because of my Lord's inspiration. He is Hearer, Near."

قُلْqulإِنinضَلَلْتُḍalaltuفَإِنَّمَآfa-innamāأَضِلُّaḍilluعَلَىٰʿalāنَفْسِىnafsīوَإِنِwa-iniٱهْتَدَيْتُih'tadaytuفَبِمَاfabimāيُوحِىٓyūḥīإِلَىَّilayyaرَبِّىٓrabbīإِنَّهُۥinnahuسَمِيعٌsamīʿunقَرِيبٌqarībun ﴿٥٠﴾

[34:51] If you could only see them when the great terror strikes them; they cannot escape then, and they will be taken away forcibly.

وَلَوْwalawتَرَىٰٓtarāإِذْidhفَزِعُوا۟faziʿūفَلَاfalāفَوْتَfawtaوَأُخِذُوا۟wa-ukhidhūمِنminمَّكَانٍmakāninقَرِيبٍqarībin ﴿٥١﴾

[34:52] They will then say, "We now believe in it," but it will be far too late.

وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālūءَامَنَّاāmannāبِهِۦbihiوَأَنَّىٰwa-annāلَهُمُlahumuٱلتَّنَاوُشُl-tanāwushuمِنminمَّكَانٍۭmakāninبَعِيدٍbaʿīdin ﴿٥٢﴾

[34:53] They have rejected it in the past; they have decided instead to uphold conjecture and guesswork.*

وَقَدْwaqadكَفَرُوا۟kafarūبِهِۦbihiمِنminقَبْلُqabluوَيَقْذِفُونَwayaqdhifūnaبِٱلْغَيْبِbil-ghaybiمِنminمَّكَانٍۭmakāninبَعِيدٍbaʿīdin ﴿٥٣﴾

*34:53 People of all religions tend to forsake the word of God and uphold the words of men. The Jews and the Muslims uphold the Mishnah (Hadith) and Gemarrah (Sunna), while the Christians uphold a trinity invented by the Nicene Conference, 325 years after Jesus.

[34:54] Consequently, they were deprived of everything they longed for. This is the same fate as their counterparts in the previous generations. They harbored too many doubts.

وَحِيلَwaḥīlaبَيْنَهُمْbaynahumوَبَيْنَwabaynaمَاmāيَشْتَهُونَyashtahūnaكَمَاkamāفُعِلَfuʿilaبِأَشْيَاعِهِمbi-ashyāʿihimمِّنminقَبْلُqabluإِنَّهُمْinnahumكَانُوا۟kānūفِىfīشَكٍّshakkinمُّرِيبٍۭmurībin ﴿٥٤﴾

Sura 34: Saba’ (Sheba) سبإ

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