Surah Saba (سبإ) • Sheba

Quran 34:9

34:9

أَفَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ إِن نَّشَأْ نَخْسِفْ بِهِمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ أَوْ نُسْقِطْ عَلَيْهِمْ كِسَفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِيبٍ

afalam yaraw ilā mā bayna aydīhim wamā khalfahum mina l-samāi wal-arḍi in nasha nakhsif bihimu l-arḍa aw nus'qiṭ ʿalayhim kisafan mina l-samāi inna fī dhālika laāyatan likulli ʿabdin munībin

Then, do they not look at what is before them and what is behind them of the heaven and earth? If We should will, We could cause the earth to swallow them or [could] let fall upon them fragments from the sky. Indeed in that is a sign for every servant turning back [to Allāh].

— Saheeh International

Do they not think about what is in front of them and behind them in the heavens and earth? If We wished, We could make the earth swallow them, or make fragments from the heavens fall down upon them. There truly is a sign in this for every servant who turns back to God in repentance.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

See they not what is before them and what is behind them, of the heaven and the earth? If We will, We shall sink the earth with them, or cause a piece of the heaven to fall upon them. Verily, in this is a sign for every slave who turns to Allâh in repentance (i.e. the one who believes in the Oneness of Allâh and performs deeds of His obedience and always begs His Pardon).

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

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أَفَلَمْafalamThen, do not
يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
إِلَىٰilātowards
مَاmāwhat
بَيْنَbayna(is) before them
أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhim(is) before them
وَمَاwamāand what
خَلْفَهُمkhalfahum(is) behind them
مِّنَminaof
ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heaven
وَٱلْأَرْضِۚwal-arḍiand the earth
إِنinIf
نَّشَأْnashaWe will
نَخْسِفْnakhsifWe (could) cause to swallow them
بِهِمُbihimuWe (could) cause to swallow them
ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
أَوْawor
نُسْقِطْnus'qiṭcause to fall
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon them
كِسَفًۭاkisafanfragments
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلسَّمَآءِۚl-samāithe sky
إِنَّinnaIndeed
فِىfīin
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
لَـَٔايَةًۭlaāyatansurely, is a Sign
لِّكُلِّlikullifor every
عَبْدٍۢʿabdinslave
مُّنِيبٍۢmunībinwho turns (to Allah)