Quran 34:19 — Saba, verse 19
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
but [still] they complained, ‘Our Lord has made the distance between our staging posts so long!’They wronged themselves and, in the end, We made their fate a byword, and scattered them in countless fragments. There truly are signs in this for every patient, thankful person.
فَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا بَاعِدْ بَيْنَ أَسْفَارِنَا وَظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ فَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ أَحَادِيثَ وَمَزَّقْنَاهُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُورٍ
faqālū rabbanā bāʿid bayna asfārinā waẓalamū anfusahum fajaʿalnāhum aḥādītha wamazzaqnāhum kulla mumazzaqin inna fī dhālika laāyātin likulli ṣabbārin shakūrin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- But they said, 'Our Lord, prolong the stages of our travel'; and they wronged themselves, so We made them as but tales, and We tore them utterly to pieces. Surely in that are signs for every man enduring, thankful.
- Muhammad Asad
- But now they would say, “Long has our Sustainer made the distance between our journey- stages!” - for they had sinned against themselves. And in the end We caused them to become [one of those] tales [of things long past], and scattered them in countless fragments. Herein, behold, there are messages indeed for all who are wholly patient in adversity and deeply grateful [to God].
- Sahih International
- But [insolently] they said, "Our Lord, lengthen the distance between our journeys," and wronged themselves, so We made them narrations and dispersed them in total dispersion. Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَقَالُوا۟faqālū | But they said | قول |
| 2 | رَبَّنَاrabbanā | Our Lord | ربب |
| 3 | بَـٰعِدْbāʿid | lengthen (the distance) | بعد |
| 4 | بَيْنَbayna | between | بين |
| 5 | أَسْفَارِنَاasfārinā | our journeys | سفر |
| 6 | وَظَلَمُوٓا۟waẓalamū | And they wronged | ظلم |
| 7 | أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahum | themselves | نفس |
| 8 | فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْfajaʿalnāhum | so We made them | جعل |
| 9 | أَحَادِيثَaḥādītha | narrations | حدث |
| 10 | وَمَزَّقْنَـٰهُمْwamazzaqnāhum | and We dispersed them | مزق |
| 11 | كُلَّkulla | (in) a total | كلل |
| 12 | مُمَزَّقٍ ۚmumazzaqin | dispersion | مزق |
| 13 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 14 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 15 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | that | — |
| 16 | لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢlaāyātin | surely (are) Signs | أيي |
| 17 | لِّكُلِّlikulli | for everyone | كلل |
| 18 | صَبَّارٍۢṣabbārin | patient | صبر |
| 19 | شَكُورٍۢshakūrin | (and) grateful | شكر |