Surah Saba (Sheba) in English

1. ولا تنفع الشفاعة عنده إلا لمن أذن له حتى إذا فزع عن قلوبهم قالوا ماذا قال ربكم قالوا الحق وهو العلي الكبير

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   Intercession is of no avail with Him, except for those whom He permits. When fear is lifted from their hearts, they say, ‘What did your Lord say?’ They say, ‘The truth, and He is the All-exalted, the All-great.’

   wa-lā tanfaʿu sh-shafāʿatu ʿindahū ʾillā li-man ʾadhina lahū ḥattā ʾidhā fuzziʿa ʿan qulūbihim qālū mādhā qāla rabbukum qālū l-ḥaqqa wa-huwa l-ʿaliyyu l-kabīru

2. قل من يرزقكم من السماوات والأرض قل الله وإنا أو إياكم لعلى هدى أو في ضلال مبين

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   Say, ‘Who provides for you from the heavens and the earth?’ Say, ‘Allah! Indeed either we or you are rightly guided or in manifest error.’

   qul man yarzuqukum mina s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi quli llāhu wa-ʾinnā ʾaw ʾiyyākum la-ʿalā hudan ʾaw fī ḍalālin mubīnin

3. قل لا تسألون عما أجرمنا ولا نسأل عما تعملون

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   Say, ‘You will not be questioned about our guilt, nor shall we be questioned about what you do.’

   qul lā tusʾalūna ʿammā ʾajramnā wa-lā nusʾalu ʿammā taʿmalūna

4. قل يجمع بيننا ربنا ثم يفتح بيننا بالحق وهو الفتاح العليم

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   Say, ‘Our Lord will bring us together, then He will judge between us with justice, and He is the All-knowing Judge.’

   qul yajmaʿu baynanā rabbunā thumma yaftaḥu baynanā bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-huwa l-fattāḥu l-ʿalīmu

5. قل أروني الذين ألحقتم به شركاء كلا بل هو الله العزيز الحكيم

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   Say, ‘Show me those whom you associate with Him as partners.’ No! [They can never show any such partner]. Indeed, He is Allah, the All-mighty, the All-wise.

   qul ʾarūniya lladhīna ʾalḥaqtum bihī shurakāʾa kallā bal huwa llāhu l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

6. وما أرسلناك إلا كافة للناس بشيرا ونذيرا ولكن أكثر الناس لا يعلمون

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   We did not send you except as a bearer of good news and warner to all mankind, but most people do not know.

   wa-mā ʾarsalnāka ʾillā kāffatan li-n-nāsi bashīran wa-nadhīran wa-lākinna ʾakthara n-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna

7. ويقولون متى هذا الوعد إن كنتم صادقين

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   They say, ‘When will this promise be fulfilled, if you are truthful?’

   wa-yaqūlūna matā hādhā l-waʿdu ʾin kuntum ṣādiqīna

8. قل لكم ميعاد يوم لا تستأخرون عنه ساعة ولا تستقدمون

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   Say, ‘Your promised hour is a day that you shall neither defer nor advance by an hour.’

   qul lakum mīʿādu yawmin lā tastaʾkhirūna ʿanhu sāʿatan wa-lā tastaqdimūna

9. وقال الذين كفروا لن نؤمن بهذا القرآن ولا بالذي بين يديه ولو ترى إذ الظالمون موقوفون عند ربهم يرجع بعضهم إلى بعض القول يقول الذين استضعفوا للذين استكبروا لولا أنتم لكنا مؤمنين

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   The faithless say, ‘We will never believe in this Quran, nor in what was [revealed] before it.’ But if you were to see when the wrongdoers will be made to stop before their Lord casting the blame on one another. Those who were abased will say to those who were arrogant, ‘Had it not been for you, we would surely have been faithful.’

   wa-qāla lladhīna kafarū lan nuʾmina bi-hādhā l-qurʾāni wa-lā bi-lladhī bayna yadayhi wa-law tarā ʾidhi ẓ-ẓālimūna mawqūfūna ʿinda rabbihim yarjiʿu baʿḍuhum ʾilā baʿḍin-i l-qawla yaqūlu lladhīna stuḍʿifū li-lladhīna stakbarū law-lā ʾantum la-kunnā muʾminīna