# Sura  34 - Saba

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> SURA XXXIV (34) - SABA     (Mecca - 54 Verses)                (LXXXV - 284)
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>        In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
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>        Praise be to God! to whom belongeth all that is in the Heavens and all
> that is on the Earth; and to Him be praise in the next world:  for he is the
> All-wise, the All-informed!
>  
>        He knoweth what entereth into the earth, and what proceedeth from it;
> and what cometh down from heaven, and what goeth up into it: and He is the
> Merciful, the Forgiving!
>  
>        "Never," say the unbelievers, "will the Hour come upon us!" Say:  Yea,
> by my Lord who knoweth the unseen, it will surely come upon you!  not the
> weight of a mote either in the Heavens or in the Earth escapeth him; nor is
> there aught less than this or aught greater, which is not in the clear Book; -
>  
>        To the intent that God may reward those who have believed and done the
> things that are right:  Pardon and a noble provision shall they receive:
>  
>        But as for those who aim to invalidate our signs, - a chastisement of
> painful torment awaiteth them!
>  
>        And they to whom knowledge hath been given see that what hath been sent
> down to thee from thy Lord is the truth, and that it guideth into the way of
> the Glorious one, the Praiseworthy.
>  
>        But the unbelievers say to those whom they fall in with, "Shall we shew
> you a man who will foretell you that when ye shall have been utterly torn and
> rent to pieces, ye shall be restored in a new form?
>  
>        He deviseth a lie about God, or there is a djinn in him," but they who
> believe not in the next life, shall incur the chastisement, and be lost in the
> mazes of estrangement from God.
>  
>        What! have they never contemplated that which is before them and behind
> them, the Heaven and the Earth?  If such were our pleasure, we could sink them
> into that Earth, or cause a portion of that Heaven to fall upon them! herein
> truly is a sign for our every returning servant.
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> 34:10  Of old bestowed we on David a gift, our special boon: - "Ye mountains
> and ye birds answer his songs of praise."  And we made the iron soft for him: -
> "Make coats of mail, and arrange its plates; and work ye righteousness; for I
> behold your actions."
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>        And unto Solomon did we subject the wind, which travelled in the morning
> a month's journey, and a month's journey in the evening.  And we made a
> fountain of molten brass to flow for him.  And of the Djinn were some who
> worked in his presence, by the will of his Lord; and such of them as swerved
> from our bidding will we cause to taste the torment of the flame.
>  
>        They made for him whatever he pleased, of lofty halls, and images, and
> dishes large as tanks for watering camels, and cooking pots that stood firmly.
> "Work," said we, "o family of David with thanksgiving:"  But few of my
> servants are the thankful!
>  
>        And when we decreed the death of Solomon, nothing shewed them that he
> was dead but a reptile of the earth that gnawed the staff which supported his
> corpse.  And when it fell, the Djinn perceived that if they had known the
> things unseen, they had not continued in this shameful affliction.
>  
>        A sign there was to Saba, in their dwelling places:  - two gardens, the
> one on the right hand and the other on the left:  - "Eat ye of your Lord's
> supplies, and give thanks to him:  Goodly is the country, and gracious is the
> Lord!"
>  
>        But they turned aside:  so we sent upon them the flood of Irem; and we
> changed them their gardens into two gardens of bitter fruit and tamarisk and
> some few jujube trees.
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>        Such was our retribution on them for their ingratitude:  but do we thus
> recompense any except the ungrateful?
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>        And we placed between them and the cities which we have blessed,
> conspicuous cities, and we fixed easy stages:  "Travel ye through them by night
> and day, secure."
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>        But they said, "O Lord! make the distance between our journeys longers;"
> - and against themselves did they act unjustly:  so we made them a tale, and
> scattered them with an utter scattering.  Truly herein are signs to everyone
> that is patient, grateful.
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>        And Eblis found that he had judged truly of them:  and they all except a
> remnant of the faithful, followed him:
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> 34:20  Yet no power had he over them.  Only we would discern him who believed
> in the life to come, from him who doubted of it; for thy Lord watched all
> things.
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>        Say:  Call ye upon those whom ye deem gods, beside God:  their power in
> the Heavens and in the Earth is not the weight of an atom - neither have they
> any share in either; nor hath He a helper from among them.
>  
>        No intercession shall avail with Him but that which He shall Himself
> allow.  Until when at last their hearts shall be relieved from terror, they
> shall say, "What saith your Lord?" they shall say, "The Truth; and He is the
> High, the Great."
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>        Say:  Who supplied you out of the Heavens and the Earth?  Say:  God.
> And either we or ye have guidance, or are in palpable error!
>  
>        Say:  Not as to our faults shall ye be questioned; neither shall we be
> questioned as to your actions.
>  
>        Say:  Our Lord will gather us together:  then will He judge between us
> in justice; for He is the Judge, the Knowing!
>  
>        Say:  Shew me those whom ye have united with Him as associates:  Nay,
> rather, He is God, the Mighty, the Wise!
>  
>        And we have sent thee to mankind at large, to announce and to threaten.
> But most men understand not.
>  
>        And they say, "When will this threat come to pass?  Tell us, if ye be
> men of truth."
>  
>        Say:  Ye are menaced with a day, which not for an hour shall ye retard
> or hasten on.
>  
> 34:30  The unbelievers say, "We will not believe in this Koran, nor in the
> Books which preceded it." But couldst thou see when the wicked shall be set
> before their Lord!  With reproaches will they answer one another. The weak
> shall say to the mighty ones, "But for you we had been believers:"
>  
>        Then shall the mighty ones say to the weak, "What!  was it we would
> turned you aside from the guidance which had reached you?  Nay, but ye acted
> wickedly yourselves."
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>        And the weak shall say to the mighty ones, "Nay, but there was a plot by
> night and by day, when ye bad us believe not in God, and gave him peers." And
> they shall proclaim their repentance after they have seen the punishment!  And
> yokes will we place on the necks of those who have not believed!  Shall they be
> rewarded but as they have wrought?
>  
>        And never have we sent a warner to any city whose opulent men did not
> say, "In sooth we disbelieve your message."
>  
>        And they said, "We are the more abundant in riches and in children, nor
> shall we be among the punished."
>  
>        Say:  Of a truth my Lord will be liberal or sparing in his supplies to
> whom he pleaseth:  but the greater part of men acknowledge it not.
>  
>        Neither by your riches nor by your children shall you bring yourselves
> into nearness with Us; but they who believe and do the thing that is right
> shall have a double reward for what they shall have done:  and in the pavilions
> of Paradise shall they dwell secure!
>  
>        But they who shall aim to invalidate our signs, shall be consigned to
> punishment.
>  
>        Say:  Of a truth my Lord will be liberal in supplies to whom he pleaseth
> of his servants, or will be sparing to him: and whatever ye shall give in alms
> he will return; and He is the best dispenser of gifts.
>  
>        One day he will gather them all together: then shall he say to the
> angels, "Did these worship you?"
>  
> 34:40  They shall say, "Glory be to thee!  Thou art our master, not these!
> But they worshipped the Djinn: it was in them that most of them believed.
>  
>        On this day the one of you shall have no power over others for help or
> hurt.  And we will say to the evil doers, "Taste ye the torment of the fire,
> which ye treated as a delusion."
>  
>        For when our distinct signs are recited to them, they say, "This is
> merely a man who would fain pervert you from your father's Worship." And they
> say, "This (Koran) is no other than a forged falsehood." And the unbelievers
> say to the truth when it is presented to them, "Tis nothing but palpable
> sorcery."
>  
>        Yet have we given them no books in which to study deeply, nor have we
> sent any one to them before thee, charged with warnings.
>  
>        They also flourished before them, treated our apostles as impostors in
> like sort: but not to the tenth part of what we bestowed on them, have these
> attained.  And yet when they charged my apostles with deceit, how terrible
> was my vengeance:
>  
>        Say:  One thing in sooth do I advise you: - that ye stand up before God
> two and two, or singly, and then reflect that in your fellow citizen is no
> djinn:P he is no other than your warner before a severe punishment.
>  
>        Say:  I ask not any wage from you: keep it for yourselves: my wage is
> from God alone.  And He is witness over all things!
>  
>        Say:  Truly my Lord sendeth forth the Truth: - Knower of things unseen!
>  
>        Say:  Truth is come, and falsehood shall vanish and return no more.
>  
>        Say:  If I err, verily to my own cost only shall I err: but if I have
> guidance, it will be of my Lord's revealing, for He is the Hearer, the near at
> hand.
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> 34:50  Couldst thou see how they shall tremble and find no escape, and be
> taken forth from the place that is so near;
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>        And shall say, "We believe in Him!"  But how, in their present distance,
> shall they receive the faith,
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>        When they had before denied it, and aimed their shafts at the mysteries
> from afar?:
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>        And a gulf shall be between them and that which they shall desire -
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>        As was done unto their likes of old, who were lost in the questionings
> of doubt.
>
> — *Sura  34 - Saba*