Surah Saba (سبإ) • Sheba

Quran 34:45

34:45

وَكَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ وَمَا بَلَغُوا۟ مِعْشَارَ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ رُسُلِى ۖ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ

wakadhaba alladhīna min qablihim wamā balaghū miʿ'shāra mā ātaynāhum fakadhabū rusulī fakayfa kāna nakīri

And those before them denied, and they [i.e., the people of Makkah] have not attained a tenth of what We had given them. But they [i.e., the former peoples] denied My messengers, so how [terrible] was My reproach.

— Saheeh International

Those who lived before them also denied the truth- these people have not attained even a tenth of what We gave their predecessors- they, too, rejected My messengers, and how terrible My condemnation was!

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And those before them belied; these have not received even a tenth of what We had granted to those (of old); yet they belied My Messengers. Then how (terrible) was My denial (punishment)!

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

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Word by Word

وَكَذَّبَwakadhabaAnd denied
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
مِنmin(were) before them
قَبْلِهِمْqablihim(were) before them
وَمَاwamāand not
بَلَغُوا۟balaghūthey have attained
مِعْشَارَmiʿ'shāraa tenth
مَآmā(of) what
ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْātaynāhumWe (had) given them
فَكَذَّبُوا۟fakadhabūBut they denied
رُسُلِىۖrusulīMy Messengers
فَكَيْفَfakayfaso how
كَانَkānawas
نَكِيرِnakīriMy rejection