Quran 34:3 — Saba, verse 3
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Still, the disbelievers say, ‘The Last Hour will never come upon us.’ Say, ‘Yes, by my Lord, [it will], by Him who knows the unseen! Not even the weight of a speck of dust in the heavens or earth escapes His knowledge, nor anything smaller or greater. It is all recorded in a clear Record
وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَا تَأْتِينَا السَّاعَةُ ۖ قُلْ بَلَىٰ وَرَبِّي لَتَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ عَالِمِ الْغَيْبِ ۖ لَا يَعْزُبُ عَنْهُ مِثْقَالُ ذَرَّةٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَلَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا أَصْغَرُ مِنْ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَا أَكْبَرُ إِلَّا فِي كِتَابٍ مُبِينٍ
waqāla alladhīna kafarū lā tatīnā l-sāʿatu qul balā warabbī latatiyannakum ʿālimi l-ghaybi lā yaʿzubu ʿanhu mith'qālu dharratin fī l-samāwāti walā fī l-arḍi walā aṣgharu min dhālika walā akbaru illā fī kitābin mubīnin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- The unbelievers say, 'The Hour will never come to us.' Say: 'Yes indeed, by my Lord, it shall come to you, by Him who knows the Unseen; not so much as the weight of an ant in heaven and earth escapes from Him, neither is aught smaller than that, or greater, but it is in a Manifest Book;
- Muhammad Asad
- And yet, they who are bent on denying the truth assert, “Never will the Last Hour come upon us!” Say: “Nay, by my Sustainer! By Him who knows all that is beyond the reach of a created being’s perception: it will most certainly come upon you!” Not an atom’s weight [of whatever there is] in the heavens or on earth escapes His knowledge; and neither is there anything smaller than that, or larger, but is recorded in [His] clear decree,
- Sahih International
- But those who disbelieve say, "The Hour will not come to us." Say, "Yes, by my Lord, it will surely come to you. [Allāh is] the Knower of the unseen." Not absent from Him is an atom's weight within the heavens or within the earth or [what is] smaller than that or greater, except that it is in a clear register -
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالَwaqāla | But say | قول |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 3 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieve | كفر |
| 4 | لَاlā | Not | — |
| 5 | تَأْتِينَاtatīnā | will come to us | أتي |
| 6 | ٱلسَّاعَةُ ۖl-sāʿatu | the Hour | سوع |
| 7 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 8 | بَلَىٰbalā | Nay | — |
| 9 | وَرَبِّىwarabbī | by my Lord | ربب |
| 10 | لَتَأْتِيَنَّكُمْlatatiyannakum | surely it will come to you | أتي |
| 11 | عَـٰلِمِʿālimi | (He is the) Knower | علم |
| 12 | ٱلْغَيْبِ ۖl-ghaybi | (of) the unseen | غيب |
| 13 | لَاlā | Not | — |
| 14 | يَعْزُبُyaʿzubu | escapes | عزب |
| 15 | عَنْهُʿanhu | from Him | — |
| 16 | مِثْقَالُmith'qālu | (the) weight | ثقل |
| 17 | ذَرَّةٍۢdharratin | (of) an atom | ذرر |
| 18 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 19 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | the heavens | سمو |
| 20 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 21 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 22 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 23 | وَلَآwalā | and not | — |
| 24 | أَصْغَرُaṣgharu | smaller | صغر |
| 25 | مِنmin | than | — |
| 26 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | that | — |
| 27 | وَلَآwalā | and not | — |
| 28 | أَكْبَرُakbaru | greater | كبر |
| 29 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 30 | فِىfī | (is) in | — |
| 31 | كِتَـٰبٍۢkitābin | a Record | كتب |
| 32 | مُّبِينٍۢmubīnin | Clear | بين |