Surah Saba (Sheba) in English

1. قال الذين استكبروا للذين استضعفوا أنحن صددناكم عن الهدى بعد إذ جاءكم بل كنتم مجرمين

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   Those who were arrogant will say to those who were abased, ‘Did we keep you from guidance after it had come to you? No, you were guilty [yourselves].’

   qāla lladhīna stakbarū li-lladhīna stuḍʿifū ʾa-naḥnu ṣadadnākum ʿani l-hudā baʿda ʾidh jāʾakum bal kuntum mujrimīna

2. وقال الذين استضعفوا للذين استكبروا بل مكر الليل والنهار إذ تأمروننا أن نكفر بالله ونجعل له أندادا وأسروا الندامة لما رأوا العذاب وجعلنا الأغلال في أعناق الذين كفروا هل يجزون إلا ما كانوا يعملون

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   Those who were abased will say to those who were arrogant, ‘No, [it was your] night and day plotting, when you prompted us to forswear Allah and to set up equals to Him.’ They will hide their remorse when they sight the punishment, and We will put iron collars around the necks of the faithless. Shall they not be requited for what they used to do?

   wa-qāla lladhīna stuḍʿifū li-lladhīna stakbarū bal makru l-layli wa-n-nahāri ʾidh taʾmurūnanā ʾan nakfura bi-llāhi wa-najʿala lahū ʾandādan wa-ʾasarrū n-nadāmata lammā raʾawu l-ʿadhāba wa-jaʿalnā l-ʾaghlāla fī ʾaʿnāqi lladhīna kafarū hal yujzawna ʾillā mā kānū yaʿmalūna

3. وما أرسلنا في قرية من نذير إلا قال مترفوها إنا بما أرسلتم به كافرون

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   We did not send a warner to any town without its affluent ones saying, ‘We indeed disbelieve in what you have been sent with.’

   wa-mā ʾarsalnā fī qaryatin min nadhīrin ʾillā qāla mutrafūhā ʾinnā bi-mā ʾursiltum bihī kāfirūna

4. وقالوا نحن أكثر أموالا وأولادا وما نحن بمعذبين

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   They say, ‘We have greater wealth and more children, and we will not be punished!’

   wa-qālū naḥnu ʾaktharu ʾamwālan wa-ʾawlādan wa-mā naḥnu bi-muʿadhdhabīna

5. قل إن ربي يبسط الرزق لمن يشاء ويقدر ولكن أكثر الناس لا يعلمون

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   Say, ‘Indeed my Lord expands the provision for whomever He wishes and He tightens it, but most people do not know.’

   qul ʾinna rabbī yabsuṭu r-rizqa li-man yashāʾu wa-yaqdiru wa-lākinna ʾakthara n-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna

6. وما أموالكم ولا أولادكم بالتي تقربكم عندنا زلفى إلا من آمن وعمل صالحا فأولئك لهم جزاء الضعف بما عملوا وهم في الغرفات آمنون

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   It is not your wealth, nor your children, that will bring you close to Us in nearness, excepting those who have faith and act righteously. It is they for whom there will be a twofold reward for what they did, and they will be secure in lofty abodes.

   wa-mā ʾamwālukum wa-lā ʾawlādukum bi-llatī tuqarribukum ʿindanā zulfā ʾillā man ʾāmana wa-ʿamila ṣāliḥan fa-ʾulāʾika lahum jazāʾu ḍ-ḍiʿfi bi-mā ʿamilū wa-hum fī l-ghurufāti ʾāminūna

7. والذين يسعون في آياتنا معاجزين أولئك في العذاب محضرون

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   As for those who contend with Our signs seeking to frustrate [their purpose], they will be brought to the punishment.

   wa-lladhīna yasʿawna fī ʾāyātinā muʿājizīna ʾulāʾika fī l-ʿadhābi muḥḍarūna

8. قل إن ربي يبسط الرزق لمن يشاء من عباده ويقدر له وما أنفقتم من شيء فهو يخلفه وهو خير الرازقين

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   Say, ‘Indeed my Lord expands the provision for whomever of His servants that He wishes and tightens it, and He will repay whatever you may spend, and He is the best of providers.’

   qul ʾinna rabbī yabsuṭu r-rizqa li-man yashāʾu min ʿibādihī wa-yaqdiru lahū wa-mā ʾanfaqtum min shayʾin fa-huwa yukhlifuhū wa-huwa khayru r-rāziqīna