Surah Saba (سبإ) • Sheba

Quran 34:33

34:33

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ بَلْ مَكْرُ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذْ تَأْمُرُونَنَآ أَن نَّكْفُرَ بِٱللَّهِ وَنَجْعَلَ لَهُۥٓ أَندَادًا ۚ وَأَسَرُّوا۟ ٱلنَّدَامَةَ لَمَّا رَأَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلْأَغْلَـٰلَ فِىٓ أَعْنَاقِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ۚ هَلْ يُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

waqāla alladhīna us'tuḍ'ʿifū lilladhīna is'takbarū bal makru al-layli wal-nahāri idh tamurūnanā an nakfura bil-lahi wanajʿala lahu andādan wa-asarrū l-nadāmata lammā ra-awū l-ʿadhāba wajaʿalnā l-aghlāla fī aʿnāqi alladhīna kafarū hal yuj'zawna illā mā kānū yaʿmalūna

Those who were oppressed will say to those who were arrogant, "Rather, [it was your] conspiracy of night and day when you were ordering us to disbelieve in Allāh and attribute to Him equals." But they will [all] confide regret when they see the punishment; and We will put shackles on the necks of those who disbelieved. Will they be recompensed except for what they used to do?

— Saheeh International

The oppressed will say to them, ‘No, it was your scheming, night and day, ordering us to disbelieve in God and set up rivals to Him.’ When they see the punishment, they will fall silent with regret, and We shall put iron collars on the disbelievers’ necks. Why should they be rewarded for anything other than what they have done?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Those who were deemed weak will say to those who were arrogant: "Nay, but it was your plotting by night and day: when you ordered us to disbelieve in Allâh and set up rivals to Him!" And each of them (parties) will conceal their own regrets (for disobeying Allâh during this worldly life), when they behold the torment. And We shall put iron collars round the necks of those who disbelieved. Are they requited aught except what they used to do?

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

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Word by Word

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd will say
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟us'tuḍ'ʿifūwere oppressed
لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟is'takbarūwere arrogant
بَلْbalNay
مَكْرُmakru(it was) a plot
ٱلَّيْلِal-layli(by) night
وَٱلنَّهَارِwal-nahāriand (by) day
إِذْidhwhen
تَأْمُرُونَنَآtamurūnanāyou were ordering us
أَنanthat
نَّكْفُرَnakfurawe disbelieve
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
وَنَجْعَلَwanajʿalaand we set up
لَهُۥٓlahufor Him
أَندَادًۭاۚandādanequals
وَأَسَرُّوا۟wa-asarrūBut they will conceal
ٱلنَّدَامَةَl-nadāmatathe regret
لَمَّاlammāwhen
رَأَوُا۟ra-awūthey see
ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishment
وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd We will put
ٱلْأَغْلَـٰلَl-aghlālashackles
فِىٓfīon
أَعْنَاقِaʿnāqi(the) necks
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
كَفَرُوا۟ۚkafarūdisbelieved
هَلْhalWill
يُجْزَوْنَyuj'zawnathey be recompensed
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَاmā(for) what
كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado