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Surah Saba Verses 51–54

Verses 51–54Page 2 of 2
51

وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذْ فَزِعُوا۟ فَلَا فَوْتَ وَأُخِذُوا۟ مِن مَّكَانٍۢ قَرِيبٍۢ

And if you could see1238 when they are terrified but there is no escape, and they will be seized from a place nearby.

  1. [1238] i.e., have a glimpse of the Hereafter. ↩

Word by Word ▾
وَلَوْAnd ifwalaw
تَرَىٰٓyou (could) seetarā
إِذْwhenidh
فَزِعُوا۟they will be terrifiedfaziʿū
فَلَاbut (there will be) nofalā
فَوْتَescapefawta
وَأُخِذُوا۟and they will be seizedwa-ukhidhū
مِنfrommin
مَّكَانٍۢa placemakānin
قَرِيبٍۢnearqarībin
52

وَقَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلتَّنَاوُشُ مِن مَّكَانٍۭ بَعِيدٍۢ

And they will [then] say, "We believe in it!" But how for them will be the taking1239 [of faith] from a place far away?1240

  1. [1239] Literally, "taking of something within easy reach," in other words, "How can they expect to obtain faith at this point?" ↩
  2. [1240] i.e., their former life on earth, wherein they had every opportunity but which is now gone, never to return. ↩

Word by Word ▾
وَقَالُوٓا۟And they will saywaqālū
ءَامَنَّاWe believeāmannā
بِهِۦin itbihi
وَأَنَّىٰBut howwa-annā
لَهُمُfor themlahumu
ٱلتَّنَاوُشُ(will be) the receivingl-tanāwushu
مِنfrommin
مَّكَانٍۭa placemakānin
بَعِيدٍۢfar offbaʿīdin
53

وَقَدْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ وَيَقْذِفُونَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ مِن مَّكَانٍۭ بَعِيدٍۢ

And they had already disbelieved in it before and would assault1241 the unseen from a place far away.1242

  1. [1241] Verbally, by conjecture and denial. ↩
  2. [1242] i.e., a position far from truth. ↩

Word by Word ▾
وَقَدْAnd certainlywaqad
كَفَرُوا۟they disbelievedkafarū
بِهِۦin itbihi
مِنbeforemin
قَبْلُbeforeqablu
وَيَقْذِفُونَAnd they utter conjectureswayaqdhifūna
بِٱلْغَيْبِabout the unseenbil-ghaybi
مِنfrommin
مَّكَانٍۭa placemakānin
بَعِيدٍۢfar offbaʿīdin
54

وَحِيلَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ مَا يَشْتَهُونَ كَمَا فُعِلَ بِأَشْيَاعِهِم مِّن قَبْلُ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ فِى شَكٍّۢ مُّرِيبٍۭ

And prevention will be placed between them and what they desire,1243 as was done with their kind before. Indeed, they were in disquieting doubt [i.e., denial].

  1. [1243] Meaning the attainment of faith and its benefits or entrance into Paradise. ↩

Word by Word ▾
وَحِيلَAnd a barrier will be placedwaḥīla
بَيْنَهُمْbetween thembaynahum
وَبَيْنَand betweenwabayna
مَاwhatmā
يَشْتَهُونَthey desireyashtahūna
كَمَاaskamā
فُعِلَwas donefuʿila
بِأَشْيَاعِهِمwith their kindbi-ashyāʿihim
مِّنbeforemin
قَبْلُbeforeqablu
إِنَّهُمْIndeed, theyinnahum
كَانُوا۟werekānū
فِىinfī
شَكٍّۢdoubtshakkin
مُّرِيبٍۭdisquietingmurībin