Quran 34:11 — Saba, verse 11
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
saying, ‘Make coats of chain mail and measure the links well.’ ‘Do good, all of you, for I see everything you do.’
أَنِ اعْمَلْ سَابِغَاتٍ وَقَدِّرْ فِي السَّرْدِ ۖ وَاعْمَلُوا صَالِحًا ۖ إِنِّي بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ
ani iʿ'mal sābighātin waqaddir fī l-sardi wa-iʿ'malū ṣāliḥan innī bimā taʿmalūna baṣīrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- 'Fashion wide coats of mail, and measure well the links. ' -- And do ye righteousness, for surely I see the things you do.
- Muhammad Asad
- [and inspired him thus:] “Do good deeds lavishly, without stint, and give deep thought to their steady flow.” And [thus should you all, O believers,] do righteous deeds: for, verily, I see all that you do!
- Sahih International
- [Commanding him], "Make full coats of mail and calculate [precisely] the links, and work [all of you] righteousness. Indeed I, of what you do, am Seeing."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَنِani | That | — |
| 2 | ٱعْمَلْiʿ'mal | make | عمل |
| 3 | سَـٰبِغَـٰتٍۢsābighātin | full coats of mail | سبغ |
| 4 | وَقَدِّرْwaqaddir | and measure precisely | قدر |
| 5 | فِىfī | [of] | — |
| 6 | ٱلسَّرْدِ ۖl-sardi | the links (of armor) | سرد |
| 7 | وَٱعْمَلُوا۟wa-iʿ'malū | and work | عمل |
| 8 | صَـٰلِحًا ۖṣāliḥan | righteousness | صلح |
| 9 | إِنِّىinnī | Indeed, I Am | — |
| 10 | بِمَاbimā | of what | — |
| 11 | تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna | you do | عمل |
| 12 | بَصِيرٌۭbaṣīrun | All-Seer | بصر |