Surah 34. Saba, Ayah 45
| وَكَذَّبَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ وَمَا بَلَغُوا مِعْشَارَ مَا آتَيْنَاهُمْ فَكَذَّبُوا رُسُلِي ۖ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ |
| Transliteration | : | wa- kadhdhaba 'alladhena min qabli -him wa- maa balagho micshaar maa 'aataynaa -hum fa- kadhdhabo rusul -e fa- kayfa kaana naker -i |
| Pickthall | : | Those before them denied, and these have not attained a tithe of that which We bestowed on them (of old); yet they denied My messengers. How intense then was My abhorrence (of them)! |
| Asad | : | Thus, too, gave the lie to the truth [many of] those who lived before them; and although those [earlier people] had not attained to even a tenth of [the evidence of the truth] which We have vouch-safed unto these [late successors of theirs], yet when they gave the lie to My apostles, how awesome was My rejection!55 |
| Malik | : | Those who have gone before them also denied - these Arabs have not received one tenth of what We had granted them - yet when they denied My Rasools, see how terrible was My scourge. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | And their predecessors rejected (the Truth); these have not received a tenth of what We had granted to those: yet when they rejected My apostles how (terrible) was My rejection (of them)! 3856 |
Note - 55Sc., "And how much worse will fare the deniers of the
truth to whom so explicit and so comprehensive a divine
writ as the Qur'an has been conveyed!" My rendering of
the whole of this verse is based on Razi's
interpretation, which differs from that of most of the
other commentators.
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Note - 3856Passing to Peoples before the immediate ancestors, the
People of the Book, or the People of Saba and 'Ad and
Thamud, had received favours and gifts, power and wealth,
ten times more than were enjoyed by the Pagan Quraish.
Yet when they turned away from Allah's Truth, Allah
turned away from them, and what terrible consequences
descended on them when they lost Allah's Grace! This
should make everyone humble, not least the posterity of
Muhammad the Messenger if they forsake Allah's Truths!
For they have received a higher Teaching!
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Sc., "And how much worse will fare the deniers of the truth to whom so explicit and so comprehensive a divine writ as the Qur'an has been conveyed!" My rendering of the whole of this verse is based on Razi's interpretation, which differs from that of most of the other commentators. |
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Passing to Peoples before the immediate ancestors, the People of the Book, or the People of Saba and 'Ad and Thamud, had received favours and gifts, power and wealth, ten times more than were enjoyed by the Pagan Quraish. Yet when they turned away from Allah's Truth, Allah turned away from them, and what terrible consequences descended on them when they lost Allah's Grace! This should make everyone humble, not least the posterity of Muhammad the Messenger if they forsake Allah's Truths! For they have received a higher Teaching! |
