Quran 34:17 — Saba, verse 17
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
In this way We punished them for their ingratitude- would We punish anyone but the ungrateful?
ذَٰلِكَ جَزَيْنَاهُمْ بِمَا كَفَرُوا ۖ وَهَلْ نُجَازِي إِلَّا الْكَفُورَ
dhālika jazaynāhum bimā kafarū wahal nujāzī illā l-kafūra
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Thus We recompensed them for their unbelief; and do 'We ever recompense any hut the unbeliever?
- Muhammad Asad
- thus We requited them for their having denied the truth. But do We ever requite [thus] any but the utterly ingrate?
- Sahih International
- [By] that We repaid them because they disbelieved. And do We [thus] repay except the ungrateful?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 2 | جَزَيْنَـٰهُمjazaynāhum | We recompensed them | جزي |
| 3 | بِمَاbimā | because | — |
| 4 | كَفَرُوا۟ ۖkafarū | they disbelieved | كفر |
| 5 | وَهَلْwahal | And not | — |
| 6 | نُجَـٰزِىٓnujāzī | We recompense | جزي |
| 7 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 8 | ٱلْكَفُورَl-kafūra | the ungrateful | كفر |