Surah Saba (سبإ) • Sheba

Quran 34:32

34:32

قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوٓا۟ أَنَحْنُ صَدَدْنَـٰكُمْ عَنِ ٱلْهُدَىٰ بَعْدَ إِذْ جَآءَكُم ۖ بَلْ كُنتُم مُّجْرِمِينَ

qāla alladhīna is'takbarū lilladhīna us'tuḍ'ʿifū anaḥnu ṣadadnākum ʿani l-hudā baʿda idh jāakum bal kuntum muj'rimīna

Those who were arrogant will say to those who were oppressed, "Did we avert you from guidance after it had come to you? Rather, you were criminals."

— Saheeh International

The oppressors will say to them, ‘Was it we who prevented you from following right guidance after it had reached you? No! You yourselves were sinners.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And those who were arrogant will say to those who were deemed weak: "Did we keep you back from guidance after it had come to you? Nay, but you were Mujrimûn (polytheists, sinners, disbelievers, criminals)."

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

Juz 22Page 432meccan

Word by Word

قَالَqālaWill say
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟is'takbarūwere arrogant
لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those
ٱسْتُضْعِفُوٓا۟us'tuḍ'ʿifūwho were oppressed
أَنَحْنُanaḥnuDid we
صَدَدْنَـٰكُمْṣadadnākumavert you
عَنِʿanifrom
ٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudāthe guidance
بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
إِذْidhwhen
جَآءَكُمۖjāakumit had come to you
بَلْbalNay
كُنتُمkuntumyou were
مُّجْرِمِينَmuj'rimīnacriminals