Surah Saba (سبإ) • Sheba

Quran 34:19

34:19

فَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا بَـٰعِدْ بَيْنَ أَسْفَارِنَا وَظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ أَحَادِيثَ وَمَزَّقْنَـٰهُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُورٍ

faqālū rabbanā bāʿid bayna asfārinā waẓalamū anfusahum fajaʿalnāhum aḥādītha wamazzaqnāhum kulla mumazzaqin inna fī dhālika laāyātin likulli ṣabbārin shakūrin

But [insolently] they said, "Our Lord, lengthen the distance between our journeys," and wronged themselves, so We made them narrations and dispersed them in total dispersion. Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.

— Saheeh International

but [still] they complained, ‘Our Lord has made the distance between our staging posts so long!’They wronged themselves and, in the end, We made their fate a byword, and scattered them in countless fragments. There truly are signs in this for every patient, thankful person.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

But they said: "Our Lord! Make the stages between our journey longer," and they wronged themselves; so We made them as tales (in the land), and We dispersed them all totally. Verily, in this are indeed signs for every steadfast, grateful (person).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 22Page 430meccan

Word by Word

فَقَالُوا۟faqālūBut they said
رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
بَـٰعِدْbāʿidlengthen (the distance)
بَيْنَbaynabetween
أَسْفَارِنَاasfārināour journeys
وَظَلَمُوٓا۟waẓalamūAnd they wronged
أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْfajaʿalnāhumso We made them
أَحَادِيثَaḥādīthanarrations
وَمَزَّقْنَـٰهُمْwamazzaqnāhumand We dispersed them
كُلَّkulla(in) a total
مُمَزَّقٍۚmumazzaqindispersion
إِنَّinnaIndeed
فِىfīin
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢlaāyātinsurely (are) Signs
لِّكُلِّlikullifor everyone
صَبَّارٍۢṣabbārinpatient
شَكُورٍۢshakūrin(and) grateful