Surah Saba With English Translations

(1) اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِیْ لَهٗ مَا فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ مَا فِی الْاَرْضِ وَ لَهُ الْحَمْدُ فِی الْاٰخِرَةِ وَ هُوَ الْحَكِیْمُ الْخَبِیْرُ

[All] praise is [due] to Allah, to whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, and to Him belongs [all] praise in the Hereafter. And He is the Wise, the Acquainted. (1)

(2) یَعْلَمُ مَا یَلِجُ فِی الْاَرْضِ وَ مَا یَخْرُ جُ مِنْهَا وَ مَا یَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَآءِ وَ مَا یَعْرُجُ فِیْهَا وَ هُوَ الرَّحِیْمُ الْغَفُوْرُ

He knows what penetrates into the earth and what emerges from it and what descends from the heaven and what ascends therein. And He is the Merciful, the Forgiving. (2)

(3) وَ قَالَ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا لَا تَاْتِیْنَا السَّاعَةُ قُلْ بَلٰى وَ رَبِّیْ لَتَاْتِیَنَّكُمْ عٰلِمِ الْغَیْبِ لَا یَعْزُبُ عَنْهُ مِثْقَالُ ذَرَّةٍ فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ لَا فِی الْاَرْضِ وَ لَاۤ اَصْغَرُ مِنْ ذٰلِكَ وَ لَاۤ اَكْبَرُ اِلَّا فِیْ كِتٰبٍ مُّبِیْنٍ

But those who disbelieve say, "The Hour will not come to us." Say, "Yes, by my Lord, it will surely come to you. [He is] the Knower of the unseen." Not absent from Him is an atom's weight within the heavens or within the earth or [what is] smaller than that or greater, except that it is in a clear register. (3)

(4) لِّیَجْزِیَ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَ عَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ اُولٰٓىٕكَ لَهُمْ مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَّ رِزْقٌ كَرِیْمٌ

[That is] so that He may reward those who believe and do righteous deeds. Those will have forgiveness and noble provision. (4)

(5) وَ الَّذِیْنَ سَعَوْ فِیْۤ اٰیٰتِنَا مُعٰجِزِیْنَ اُولٰٓىٕكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مِّنْ رِّجْزٍ اَلِیْمٌ

But those who strive against Our verses [seeking] to cause failure - for them will be a painful punishment of foul nature. (5)

(6) وَ یَرَى الَّذِیْنَ اُوْتُوا الْعِلْمَ الَّذِیْۤ اُنْزِلَ اِلَیْكَ مِنْ رَّبِّكَ هُوَ الْحَقَّ وَ یَهْدِیْۤ اِلٰى صِرَاطِ الْعَزِیْزِ الْحَمِیْدِ

And those who have been given knowledge see that what has been revealed to you from your Lord is the truth, and it guides to the path of the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy. (6)

(7) وَ قَالَ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا هَلْ نَدُلُّكُمْ عَلٰى رَجُلٍ یُّنَبِّئُكُمْ اِذَا مُزِّقْتُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ اِنَّكُمْ لَفِیْ خَلْقٍ جَدِیْدٍ

And those who disbelieve say, "Shall we direct you to a man who will inform you that when you have been torn into complete disintegration, you will [then] be [recreated] in a new creation?" (7)

(8) اَفْتَرٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِبًا اَمْ بِهٖ جِنَّةٌ بَلِ الَّذِیْنَ لَا یُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ فِی الْعَذَابِ وَ الضَّلٰلِ الْبَعِیْدِ

Has he invented about Allah a lie, or is he mad?" Rather, those who do not believe in the Hereafter will be in the punishment and far astray. (8)

(9) اَفَلَمْ یَرَوْا اِلٰى مَا بَیْنَ اَیْدِیْهِمْ وَ مَا خَلْفَهُمْ مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ وَ الْاَرْضِ اِنْ نَّشَاْ نَخْسِفْ بِهِمُ الْاَرْضَ اَوْ نُسْقِطْ عَلَیْهِمْ كِسَفًا مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ اِنَّ فِیْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰیَةً لِّكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِیْبٍ

Then do they not see what is before them and what is behind them of the heaven and earth? If We will, We can cause the earth to swallow them or drop upon them fragments from the sky. Indeed in that is a sign for every servant turning [to Allah]. (9)

(10) وَ لَقَدْ اٰتَیْنَا دَاوٗدَ مِنَّا فَضْلًا یٰجِبَالُ اَوِّبِیْ مَعَهٗ وَ الطَّیْرَ وَ اَلَنَّا لَهُ الْحَدِیْدَ

And We had certainly given David from Us bounty. [We said], "O mountains, exalt [Allah] with him, and [so did] the birds." And We made pliable for him iron, (10)

(11) اَنِ ٱعْمَلْ سٰبِغٰتٍ وَّ قَدِّرْ فِی ٱلسَّرْدِ وَ ٱعْمَلُوْا صٰلِحًا اِنِّیْ بِمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ بَصِیْرٌ

[Saying], "Make complete coats of mail and calculate precisely the links, and do righteous deeds. Indeed I, of what you do, am Seeing." (11)

(12) وَ لِسُلَیْمٰنَ ٱلرِّیْحَ غُدُوُّهَا شَهْرٌ وَّ رَوَاحُهَا شَهْرٌ وَّ اَسَلْنَا لَهٗ عَیْنَ ٱلْقِطْرِ وَ مِنَ ٱلْجِنِّ مَنْ یَّعْمَلُ بَیْنَ یَدَیْهِ بِاِذْنِ رَبِّهٖ وَ مَنْ یَّزِغْ مِنْهُمْ عَنْ اَمْرِنَا نُذِقْهُ مِنْ عَذَابِ ٱلسَّعِیْرِ

And to Solomon [We subjected] the wind - its morning [journey was that of] a month - and its evening [journey was that of] a month; and We made flow for him a spring of [liquid] copper. And among the jinn were those who worked for him by the permission of his Lord. And whoever deviated among them from Our command - We will make him taste of the punishment of the Blaze. (12)

(13) یَعْمَلُوْنَ لَهٗ مَا یَشَآءُ مِنْ مَّحَارِیْبَ وَ تَمَاثِیْلَ وَ جِفَانٍ كَالْجَوَابِ وَ قُدُوْرٍ رّٰسِیٰتٍ اِعْمَلُوْۤا اٰلَ دَاوٗدَ شُكْرًا وَ قَلِیْلٌ مِّنْ عِبَادِیَ ٱلشَّكُوْرُ

They made for him what he willed of elevated chambers, statues, basins like reservoirs, and fixed cooking pots. [We said], "Work, O family of David, in gratitude." And few of My servants are grateful. (13)

(14) فَلَمَّا قَضَیْنَا عَلَیْهِ ٱلْمَوْتَ مَا دَلَّهُمْ عَلٰى مَوْتِهٖۤ اِلَّا دَآبَّةُ ٱلْاَرْضِ تَاْكُلُ مِنْسَاَتَهٗ فَلَمَّا خَرَّ تَبَیَّنَتِ ٱلْجِنُّ اَنْ لَّوْ كَانُوْا یَعْلَمُوْنَ ٱلْغَیْبَ مَا لَبِثُوْا فِی ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْمُهِیْنِ

And when We decreed for him death, nothing indicated to them his death except a creature of the earth eating his staff. And when he fell, it became clear to the jinn that if they had known the unseen, they would not have remained in the humiliating punishment. (14)

(15) لَقَدْ كَانَ لِسَبَاٍ فِیْ مَسْكَنِهِمْ اٰیَةٌ جَنَّتٰنِ عَنْ یَّمِیْنٍ وَّ شِمَالٍ كُلُوْا مِنْ رِّزْقِ رَبِّكُمْ وَ ٱشْكُرُوْا لَهٗ بَلْدَةٌ طَیِّبَةٌ وَّ رَبٌّ غَفُوْرٌ

There was for [the tribe of] Saba' in their dwelling place a sign: two gardens on the right and on the left. [They were told], "Eat from the provisions of your Lord and be grateful to Him. A good land [it is], and a forgiving Lord." (15)

(16) فَاَعْرَضُوْا فَاَرْسَلْنَا عَلَیْهِمْ سَیْلَ ٱلْعَرِمِ وَ بَدَّلْنٰهُمْ بِجَنَّتَیْهِمْ جَنَّتَیْنِ ذَوَاتَیْ اُكُلٍ خَمْطٍ وَّ اَثْلٍ وَّ شَیْءٍ مِّنْ سِدْرٍ قَلِیْلٍ

But they turned away [from obedience], so We sent upon them the flood of the dam, and We replaced their two [fertile] gardens with gardens of bitter fruit, tamarisks and a few [sparse] lote trees. (16)

(17) ذٰلِكَ جَزَیْنٰهُمْ بِمَا كَفَرُوْا وَ هَلْ نُجٰزِیْۤ اِلَّا الْكَفُوْرَ

That is how We repaid them for their disbelief. And do We [thus] repay except the ungrateful? (17)

(18) وَ جَعَلْنَا بَیْنَهُمْ وَ بَیْنَ الْقُرَى الَّتِیْ بٰرَكْنَا فِیْهَا قُرًى ظَاهِرَةً وَّ قَدَّرْنَا فِیْهَا السَّیْرَ سِیْرُوْا فِیْهَا لَیَالِیَ وَ اَیَّامًا اٰمِنِیْنَ

And We placed between them and the cities which We had blessed [many] visible cities, and We determined therein the stages [of travel], [saying], "Travel through them by night and by day in safety." (18)

(19) فَقَالُوْا رَبَّنَا بٰعِدْ بَیْنَ اَسْفَارِنَا وَ ظَلَمُوْۤا اَنْفُسَهُمْ فَجَعَلْنٰهُمْ اَحَادِیْثَ وَ مَزَّقْنٰهُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ اِنَّ فِیْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰیٰتٍ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُوْرٍ

But they said, "Our Lord, lengthen the distances of our journeys," and wronged themselves, so We made them narrations and dispersed them in total dispersion. Indeed in that are signs for every patient, grateful [servant]. (19)

(20) وَ لَقَدْ صَدَّقَ عَلَیْهِمْ اِبْلِیْسُ ظَنَّهٗ فَاتَّبَعُوْهُ اِلَّا فَرِیْقًا مِّنَ الْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ

And Iblis had already confirmed his ظَنّ concerning them, so they followed him, except for a group of the believers. (20)

(21) وَ مَا كَانَ لَهٗ عَلَیْهِمْ مِّنْ سُلْطٰنٍ اِلَّا لِنَعْلَمَ مَنْ یُّؤْمِنُ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ مِمَّنْ هُوَ مِنْهَا فِیْ شَكٍّ وَّ رَبُّكَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَیْءٍ حَفِیْظٌ

And there was for him no authority over them except that We might test whoever believes in the Hereafter from whoever is thereof in doubt. And your Lord, over all things, is a keeper. (21)

(22) قُلِ ٱدْعُوا ٱلَّذِیْنَ زَعَمْتُمْ مِّنْ دُوْنِ ٱللّٰهِ لَا یَمْلِكُوْنَ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ فِی ٱلسَّمٰوٰتِ وَ لَا فِی ٱلْاَرْضِ وَ مَا لَهُمْ فِیْهِمَا مِنْ شِرْكٍ وَّ مَا لَهٗ مِنْهُمْ مِّنْ ظَهِیْرٍ

Say, "Invoke those you claim [as gods] besides Allah." They do not possess [so much as] the weight of an atom in the heavens or in the earth, and they have therein no partnership [with Him], nor is there for Him from among them any assistant. (22)

(23) وَ لَا تَنْفَعُ ٱلشَّفَاعَةُ عِنْدَهٗۤ اِلَّا لِمَنْ اَذِنَ لَهٗ حَتّٰۤى اِذَا فُزِّعَ عَنْ قُلُوْبِهِمْ قَالُوْا مَا ذَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ قَالُوا ٱلْحَقَّ وَ هُوَ ٱلْعَلِیُّ ٱلْكَبِیْرُ

And intercession does not benefit with Him except for one whom He permits. [It is] until when terror is removed from their hearts, they will say, "What did your Lord say?" They will say, "The truth." And He is the Most High, the Grand. (23)

(24) قُلْ مَنْ یَّرْزُقُكُمْ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمٰوٰتِ وَ ٱلْاَرْضِ قُلِ ٱللّٰهُ وَ اِنَّآ اَوْ اِیَّاكُمْ لَعَلٰى هُدًى اَوْ فِیْ ضَلٰلٍ مُّبِیْنٍ

Say, "Who provides for you from the heavens and the earth?" Say, "Allah. And indeed, we or you are either upon guidance or in clear error." (24)

(25) قُلْ لَّا تُسْـَٔلُوْنَ عَمَّآ اَجْرَمْنَا وَ لَا نُسْـَٔلُ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُوْنَ

Say, "You will not be asked about what we have committed, and we will not be asked about what you do." (25)

(26) قُلْ یَجْمَعُ بَیْنَنَا رَبُّنَا ثُمَّ یَفْتَحُ بَیْنَنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَ هُوَ ٱلْفَتَّاحُ ٱلْعَلِیْمُ

Say, "Our Lord will bring us together; then He will judge between us in truth. And He is the Knowing Judge." (26)

(27) قُلْ اَرُوْنِیَ ٱلَّذِیْنَ اَلْحَقْتُمْ بِهٖ شُرَكَآءَ كَلَّا بَلْ هُوَ ٱللّٰهُ ٱلْعَزِیْزُ ٱلْحَكِیْمُ

Say, "Show me those you have attached to Him as partners. No! Rather, He is Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Wise." (27)

(28) وَ مَاۤ اَرْسَلْنٰكَ اِلَّا كَآفَّةً لِّلنَّاسِ بَشِیْرًا وَّ نَذِیْرًا وَّ لٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا یَعْلَمُوْنَ

And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], except comprehensively to mankind as a bringer of good tidings and a warner. But most of the people do not know. (28)

(29) وَ یَقُوْلُوْنَ مَتٰى هٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِیْنَ

And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?" (29)

(30) قُلْ لَّكُمْ مِّیْعَادُ یَوْمٍ لَّا تَسْتَاْخِرُوْنَ عَنْهُ سَاعَةً وَّ لَا تَسْتَقْدِمُوْنَ

Say, "For you is an appointment of a Day [when] you will not remain behind it an hour, nor will you precede [it]." (30)

(31) وَ قَالَ ٱلَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا لَنْ نُّؤْمِنَ بِهٰذَا ٱلْقُرْاٰنِ وَ لَا بِٱلَّذِیْ بَیْنَ یَدَیْهِ وَ لَوْ تَرٰۤى اِذِ ٱلظّٰلِمُوْنَ مَوْقُوْفُوْنَ عِنْدَ رَّبِّهِمْ یَرْجِعُ بَعْضُهُمْ اِلٰى بَعْضِ ٱلْقَوْلَ یَقُوْلُ ٱلَّذِیْنَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوْا لِلَّذِیْنَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوْا لَوْ لَاۤ اَنْتُمْ لَكُنَّا مُّؤْمِنِیْنَ

And those who disbelieve say, "We will never believe in this Qur'an nor in that before it." But if you could see when the wrongdoers are made to stand before their Lord, throwing blame upon one another... Those who were deemed weak will say to those who were arrogant, "If not for you, we would have been believers." (31)

(32) قَالَ ٱلَّذِیْنَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوْا لِلَّذِیْنَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوْۤا اَنَحْنُ صَدَدْنٰكُمْ عَنِ ٱلْهُدٰى بَعْدَ اِذْ جَآءَكُمْ بَلْ كُنْتُمْ مُّجْرِمِیْنَ

Those who were arrogant will say to those who were deemed weak, "Did we avert you from guidance after it had come to you? Rather, you were criminals." (32)

(33) وَ قَالَ ٱلَّذِیْنَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوْا لِلَّذِیْنَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوْا بَلْ مَكْرُ ٱلَّیْلِ وَ ٱلنَّهَارِ اِذْ تَاْمُرُوْنَنَآ اَنْ نَّكْفُرَ بِٱللّٰهِ وَ نَجْعَلَ لَهٗۤ اَنْدَادًا وَ اَسَرُّوا ٱلنَّدَامَةَ لَمَّا رَاَوُا ٱلْعَذَابَ وَ جَعَلْنَا ٱلْاَغْلٰلَ فِیْۤ اَعْنَاقِ ٱلَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا هَلْ یُجْزَوْنَ اِلَّا مَا كَانُوْا یَعْمَلُوْنَ

But those who were deemed weak will say to those who were arrogant, "Rather, [it was your] conspiracy of night and day when you were ordering us to disbelieve in Allah and attribute to Him equals." And they will [all] conceal [their] 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? (33)

(34) وَ مَاۤ اَرْسَلْنَا فِیْ قَرْیَةٍ مِّنْ نَّذِیْرٍ اِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوْهَاۤ اِنَّا بِمَاۤ اُرْسِلْتُمْ بِهٖ كٰفِرُوْنَ

And We did not send into a city any warner except that its affluent said, "Indeed we, in that with which you have been sent, are disbelievers." (34)

(35) وَ قَالُوْا نَحْنُ اَكْثَرُ اَمْوَالًا وَّ اَوْلَادًا وَّ مَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِیْنَ

And they said, "We are more [in] wealth and children, and we will not be punished." (35)

(36) قُلْ اِنَّ رَبِّیْ یَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ یَّشَآءُ وَ یَقْدِرُ وَ لٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا یَعْلَمُوْنَ

Say, "Indeed, my Lord extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it], but most of the people do not know." (36)

(37) وَ مَاۤ اَمْوَالُكُمْ وَ لَاۤ اَوْلَادُكُمْ بِٱلَّتِیْ تُقَرِّبُكُمْ عِنْدَنَا زُلْفٰۤى اِلَّا مَنْ اٰمَنَ وَ عَمِلَ صٰلِحًا فَاُولٰٓىٕكَ لَهُمْ جَزَآءُ ٱلضِّعْفِ بِمَا عَمِلُوْا وَ هُمْ فِی ٱلْغُرُفٰتِ اٰمِنُوْنَ

And it is not your wealth or your children that will bring you near to Us in nearness, but [only] those who believe and do righteous deeds - for those will be a double reward for what they did, and they will be in the upper chambers [of Paradise], secure. (37)

(38) وَ ٱلَّذِیْنَ یَسْعَوْنَ فِیْۤ اٰیٰتِنَا مُعٰجِزِیْنَ اُولٰٓىٕكَ فِی ٱلْعَذَابِ مُحْضَرُوْنَ

But those who strive against Our verses [seeking] to cause failure - those will be brought into the punishment [to remain]. (38)

(39) قُلْ اِنَّ رَبِّیْ یَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ یَّشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهٖ وَ یَقْدِرُ لَهٗ وَ مَاۤ اَنْفَقْتُمْ مِّنْ شَیْءٍ فَهُوَ یُخْلِفُهٗ وَ هُوَ خَیْرُ ٱلرّٰزِقِیْنَ

Say, "Indeed, my Lord extends provision for whom He wills of His servants and restricts [it] for him. But whatever thing you spend [in His cause] - He will compensate it; and He is the best of providers." (39)

(40) وَ یَوْمَ یَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِیْعًا ثُمَّ یَقُوْلُ لِلْمَلٰٓىٕكَةِ اَهٰۤؤُلَآءِ اِیَّاكُمْ كَانُوْا یَعْبُدُوْنَ

And [mention] the Day He will gather them all together; then He will say to the angels, "Was it you that these people were worshipping?" (40)

(41) قَالُوْا سُبْحٰنَكَ اَنْتَ وَلِیُّنَا مِنْ دُوْنِهِمْ بَلْ كَانُوْا یَعْبُدُوْنَ ٱلْجِنَّ اَكْثَرُهُمْ بِهِمْ مُّؤْمِنُوْنَ

They will say, "Exalted are You! You are our protector instead of them. Rather, they used to worship the jinn; most of them were believers in them." (41)

(42) فَٱلْیَوْمَ لَا یَمْلِكُ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ نَّفْعًا وَّ لَا ضَرًّا وَّ نَقُوْلُ لِلَّذِیْنَ ظَلَمُوْا ذُوْقُوْا عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ ٱلَّتِیْ كُنْتُمْ بِهَا تُكَذِّبُوْنَ

So today no part of you can benefit or harm another part, and We will say to those who wronged, "Taste the punishment of the Fire which you used to deny." (42)

(43) وَ اِذَا تُتْلٰى عَلَیْهِمْ اٰیٰتُنَا بَیِّنٰتٍ قَالُوْا مَا هٰذَاۤ اِلَّا رَجُلٌ یُّرِیْدُ اَنْ یَّصُدَّكُمْ عَمَّا كَانَ یَعْبُدُ اٰبَآؤُكُمْ وَ قَالُوْا مَا هٰذَاۤ اِلَّاۤ اِفْكٌ مُّفْتَرًى وَ قَالَ ٱلَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ اِنْ هٰذَاۤ اِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِیْنٌ

And when Our clear verses are recited to them, they say, "This is not but a man who wishes to avert you from that which your fathers were worshipping." And they say, "This is not but a lie invented." And those who disbelieve say of the truth when it has come to them, "This is not but clear magic." (43)

(44) وَ مَاۤ اٰتَیْنٰهُمْ مِّنْ كُتُبٍ یَّدْرُسُوْنَهَا وَ مَاۤ اَرْسَلْنَاۤ اِلَیْهِمْ قَبْلَكَ مِنْ نَّذِیْرٍ

And We had not given them any scriptures which they could study, and We had not sent to them before you, [O Muhammad], any warner. (44)

(45) وَ كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِیْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ وَ مَا بَلَغُوْا مِعْشَارَ مَاۤ اٰتَیْنٰهُمْ فَكَذَّبُوْا رُسُلِیْ فَكَیْفَ كَانَ نَكِیْرِ

And those before them denied, and they [i.e., the people of Makkah] have not attained a tenth of what We gave them. But they denied My messengers, so how [terrible] was My reproach. (45)

(46) قُلْ اِنَّمَآ اَعِظُكُمْ بِوٰحِدَةٍ اَنْ تَقُوْمُوْا لِلّٰهِ مَثْنٰى وَ فُرَادٰى ثُمَّ تَتَفَكَّرُوْا مَا بِصَاحِبِكُمْ مِّنْ جِنَّةٍ اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا نَذِیْرٌ لَّكُمْ بَیْنَ یَدَیْ عَذَابٍ شَدِیْدٍ

Say, "I only advise you of one [thing] - that you stand for Allah, [seeking truth] in pairs and individually, and then contemplate. There is no madness in your companion. He is not but a warner to you before a severe punishment." (46)

(47) قُلْ مَا سَاَلْتُكُمْ مِّنْ اَجْرٍ فَهُوَ لَكُمْ اِنْ اَجْرِیَ اِلَّا عَلَى ٱللّٰهِ وَ هُوَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَیْءٍ شَهِیْدٌ

Say, "Whatever wage I have asked of you is yours. My wage is only from Allah, and He is Witness over all things." (47)

(48) قُلْ اِنَّ رَبِّیْ یَقْذِفُ بِٱلْحَقِّ عَلّٰمُ ٱلْغُیُوْبِ

Say, "My Lord hurls the truth. Knower of the unseen." (48)

(49) قُلْ جَآءَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَ مَا یُبْدِئُ ٱلْبٰطِلُ وَ مَا یُعِیْدُ

Say, "The truth has come, and falsehood will neither begin [anything] nor repeat [it]." (49)

(50) قُلْ اِنْ ضَلَلْتُ فَاِنَّمَآ اَضِلُّ عَلٰى نَفْسِیْ وَ اِنِ ٱهْتَدَیْتُ فَبِمَا یُوْحِیْۤ اِلَیَّ رَبِّیْۤ اِنَّهٗ سَمِیْعٌ قَرِیْبٌ

Say, "If I should err, I would only err against myself. But if I am guided, it is by what my Lord reveals to me. Indeed, He is Hearing and near [to all]." (50)

(51) وَ لَوْ تَرٰۤى اِذْ فَزِعُوْا فَلَا فَوْتَ وَ اُخِذُوْا مِنْ مَّكَانٍ قَرِیْبٍ

If you could but see when they will panic, and there will be no escape, and they will be seized from a near place. (51)

(52) وَّ قَالُوْۤا اٰمَنَّا بِهٖ وَ اَنّٰى لَهُمُ ٱلتَّنَاوُشُ مِنْ مَّكَانٍۭ بَعِیْدٍ

And they will say, "We believe in it," but how can they obtain [faith] from a place so far away? (52)

(53) وَّ قَدْ كَفَرُوْا بِهٖ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَ یَقْذِفُوْنَ بِٱلْغَیْبِ مِنْ مَّكَانٍۭ بَعِیْدٍ

And they had disbelieved in it before, and they used to conjecture about the unseen from a place far away. (53)

(54) وَ حِیْلَ بَیْنَهُمْ وَ بَیْنَ مَا یَشْتَهُوْنَ كَمَا فُعِلَ بِاَشْیَاعِهِمْ مِّنْ قَبْلُ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا فِیْ شَكٍّ مُّرِیْبٍ

And a barrier will be placed between them and that which they desire, as was done with their kind before. Indeed, they were in a doubt that caused suspicion. (54)