Surah Saba (سبإ) • Sheba

Quran 34:41

34:41

قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَكَ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا مِن دُونِهِم ۖ بَلْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ ٱلْجِنَّ ۖ أَكْثَرُهُم بِهِم مُّؤْمِنُونَ

qālū sub'ḥānaka anta waliyyunā min dūnihim bal kānū yaʿbudūna l-jina aktharuhum bihim mu'minūna

They will say, "Exalted are You! You, [O Allāh], are our benefactor excluding [i.e., not] them. Rather, they used to worship the jinn; most of them were believers in them."

— Saheeh International

They will reply, ‘May You be exalted! You are our supporter against them! Really, they worshipped the jinn- most of them believed in them.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They (the angels) will say: "Glorified be You! You are our Walî (Lord) instead of them. Nay, but they used to worship the jinn; most of them were believers in them."

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

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قَالُوا۟qālūThey will say
سُبْحَـٰنَكَsub'ḥānakaGlory be to You
أَنتَantaYou
وَلِيُّنَاwaliyyunā(are) our Protector
مِنminnot them
دُونِهِمۖdūnihimnot them
بَلْbalNay
كَانُوا۟kānūthey used
يَعْبُدُونَyaʿbudūna(to) worship
ٱلْجِنَّۖl-jinathe jinn
أَكْثَرُهُمaktharuhummost of them
بِهِمbihimin them
مُّؤْمِنُونَmu'minūna(were) believers