Surah Saba (Sheba) in English

1. لقد كان لسبإ في مسكنهم آية جنتان عن يمين وشمال كلوا من رزق ربكم واشكروا له بلدة طيبة ورب غفور

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   There was certainly a sign for Sheba in their habitation: two gardens, to the right and to the left. ‘Eat of the provision of your Lord and give Him thanks: a good land and an all-forgiving Lord!’

   la-qad kāna li-sabaʾin fī maskanihim ʾāyatun jannatāni ʿan yamīnin wa-shimālin kulū min rizqi rabbikum wa-shkurū lahū baldatun ṭayyibatun wa-rabbun ghafūrun

2. فأعرضوا فأرسلنا عليهم سيل العرم وبدلناهم بجنتيهم جنتين ذواتي أكل خمط وأثل وشيء من سدر قليل

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   But they disregarded [the path of Allah], so We unleashed upon them a violent flood and replaced their two gardens with two gardens bearing bitter fruit, tamarisk, and sparse lote trees.

   fa-ʾaʿraḍū fa-ʾarsalnā ʿalayhim sayla l-ʿarimi wa-baddalnāhum bi-jannatayhim jannatayni dhawātay ʾukulin khamṭin wa-ʾathlin wa-shayʾin min sidrin qalīlin

3. ذلك جزيناهم بما كفروا وهل نجازي إلا الكفور

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   We requited them with that for their ingratitude. Do We not requite ingrates?

   dhālika jazaynāhum bi-mā kafarū wa-hal nujāzī ʾillā l-kafūra

4. وجعلنا بينهم وبين القرى التي باركنا فيها قرى ظاهرة وقدرنا فيها السير سيروا فيها ليالي وأياما آمنين

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   We had placed between them and the towns which We had blessed hamlets prominent [from the main route], and We had ordained the course through them: ‘Travel through them in safety, night and day.’

   wa-jaʿalnā baynahum wa-bayna l-qurā llatī bāraknā fīhā quran ẓāhiratan wa-qaddarnā fīhā s-sayra sīrū fīhā layāliya wa-ʾayyāman ʾāminīna

5. فقالوا ربنا باعد بين أسفارنا وظلموا أنفسهم فجعلناهم أحاديث ومزقناهم كل ممزق إن في ذلك لآيات لكل صبار شكور

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   But they said, ‘Our Lord! Make the stages between our journeys far apart,’ and they wronged themselves. So We turned them into folktales and caused them to disintegrate totally. There are indeed signs in that for every patient and grateful [servant].

   fa-qālū rabbanā bāʿid bayna ʾasfārinā wa-ẓalamū ʾanfusahum fa-jaʿalnāhum ʾaḥādītha wa-mazzaqnāhum kulla mumazzaqin ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyātin li-kulli ṣabbārin shakūrin

6. ولقد صدق عليهم إبليس ظنه فاتبعوه إلا فريقا من المؤمنين

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   Certainly Iblis had his conjecture come true about them. So they followed him—all except a part of the faithful.

   wa-la-qad ṣaddaqa ʿalayhim ʾiblīsu ẓannahū fa-ttabaʿūhu ʾillā farīqan mina l-muʾminīna

7. وما كان له عليهم من سلطان إلا لنعلم من يؤمن بالآخرة ممن هو منها في شك وربك على كل شيء حفيظ

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   He had no authority over them, but that We may ascertain those who believe in the Hereafter from those who are in doubt about it, and your Lord is watchful over all things.

   wa-mā kāna lahū ʿalayhim min sulṭānin ʾillā li-naʿlama man yuʾminu bi-l-ʾākhirati mimman huwa minhā fī shakkin wa-rabbuka ʿalā kulli shayʾin ḥafīẓun

8. قل ادعوا الذين زعمتم من دون الله لا يملكون مثقال ذرة في السماوات ولا في الأرض وما لهم فيهما من شرك وما له منهم من ظهير

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   Say, ‘Invoke those whom you claim [to be gods] besides Allah! They do not control [even] an atom’s weight in the heavens or the earth, nor do they have any share in [either of] them, nor is any of them His helper.’

   quli dʿū lladhīna zaʿamtum min dūni llāhi lā yamlikūna mithqāla dharratin fī s-samāwāti wa-lā fī l-ʾarḍi wa-mā lahum fīhimā min shirkin wa-mā lahū minhum min ẓahīrin