Surah Saba (سبإ) • Sheba

Quran 34:52

34:52

وَقَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلتَّنَاوُشُ مِن مَّكَانٍۭ بَعِيدٍ

waqālū āmannā bihi wa-annā lahumu l-tanāwushu min makānin baʿīdin

And they will [then] say, "We believe in it!" But how for them will be the taking [of faith] from a place far away?

— Saheeh International

they will say, ‘Now we believe in it,’ but how can they reach it from such a distant place-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And they will say (in the Hereafter): "We do believe (now):" but how could they receive (Faith and the acceptance of their repentance by Allâh) from a place so far off (i.e. to return to the worldly life again).

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

Juz 22Page 434meccan

Word by Word

وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālūAnd they will say
ءَامَنَّاāmannāWe believe
بِهِۦbihiin it
وَأَنَّىٰwa-annāBut how
لَهُمُlahumufor them
ٱلتَّنَاوُشُl-tanāwushu(will be) the receiving
مِنminfrom
مَّكَانٍۭmakānina place
بَعِيدٍۢbaʿīdinfar off