Surah Saba (سبإ) • Sheba

Quran 34:31

34:31

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ وَلَا بِٱلَّذِى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ ۗ وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ مَوْقُوفُونَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ يَرْجِعُ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ٱلْقَوْلَ يَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أَنتُمْ لَكُنَّا مُؤْمِنِينَ

waqāla alladhīna kafarū lan nu'mina bihādhā l-qur'āni walā bi-alladhī bayna yadayhi walaw tarā idhi l-ẓālimūna mawqūfūna ʿinda rabbihim yarjiʿu baʿḍuhum ilā baʿḍin l-qawla yaqūlu alladhīna us'tuḍ'ʿifū lilladhīna is'takbarū lawlā antum lakunnā mu'minīna

And those who disbelieve say, "We will never believe in this Qur’ān nor in that before it." But if you could see when the wrongdoers are made to stand before their Lord, refuting each others' words... Those who were oppressed will say to those who were arrogant, "If not for you, we would have been believers."

— Saheeh International

The disbelievers say, ‘We will believe neither this Qur an nor the Scriptures that came before it.’ If only you could see [Prophet] how the wrongdoers will be made to stand before their Lord, hurling reproaches at one another. Those who were oppressed will say to the oppressors, ‘If it were not for you, we would have been believers.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And those who disbelieve say: "We believe not in this Qur’ân nor in that which was before it." But if you could see when the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers) will be made to stand before their Lord, how they will cast the (blaming) word one to another! Those who were deemed weak will say to those who were arrogant: "Had it not been for you, we should certainly have been believers!"

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

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وَقَالَwaqālaAnd say
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
لَنlanNever will
نُّؤْمِنَnu'minawe believe
بِهَـٰذَاbihādhāin this
ٱلْقُرْءَانِl-qur'āniQuran
وَلَاwalāand not
بِٱلَّذِىbi-alladhīin (that) which
بَيْنَbayna(was) before it
يَدَيْهِۗyadayhi(was) before it
وَلَوْwalawBut if
تَرَىٰٓtarāyou (could) see
إِذِidhiwhen
ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoers
مَوْقُوفُونَmawqūfūnawill be made to stand
عِندَʿindabefore
رَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord
يَرْجِعُyarjiʿuwill throw back
بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumsome of them
إِلَىٰilāto
بَعْضٍbaʿḍinothers
ٱلْقَوْلَl-qawlathe word
يَقُولُyaqūluWill say
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟us'tuḍ'ʿifūwere oppressed
لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟is'takbarūwere arrogant
لَوْلَآlawlāIf not
أَنتُمْantum(for) you
لَكُنَّاlakunnācertainly we (would) have been
مُؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers