Quran 34:31 — Saba, verse 31
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The disbelievers say, ‘We will believe neither this Qur an nor the Scriptures that came before it.’ If only you could see [Prophet] how the wrongdoers will be made to stand before their Lord, hurling reproaches at one another. Those who were oppressed will say to the oppressors, ‘If it were not for you, we would have been believers.’
وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَنْ نُؤْمِنَ بِهَـٰذَا الْقُرْآنِ وَلَا بِالَّذِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ ۗ وَلَوْ تَرَىٰ إِذِ الظَّالِمُونَ مَوْقُوفُونَ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ يَرْجِعُ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ الْقَوْلَ يَقُولُ الَّذِينَ اسْتُضْعِفُوا لِلَّذِينَ اسْتَكْبَرُوا لَوْلَا أَنْتُمْ لَكُنَّا مُؤْمِنِينَ
waqāla alladhīna kafarū lan nu'mina bihādhā l-qur'āni walā bi-alladhī bayna yadayhi walaw tarā idhi l-ẓālimūna mawqūfūna ʿinda rabbihim yarjiʿu baʿḍuhum ilā baʿḍin l-qawla yaqūlu alladhīna us'tuḍ'ʿifū lilladhīna is'takbarū lawlā antum lakunnā mu'minīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- The unbelievers say, 'We will not believe in this Koran, nor in that before it.' Ah, if thou couldst see when the evildoers are stationed before their Lord, bandying argument the one against the other! Those that were abased will say to those that waxed proud, 'Had it not been for you, we would have been believers.
- Muhammad Asad
- And [yet,] those who are bent on denying the truth do say, “We shall never believe in this Qur’an, and neither in whatever there still remains of earlier revelations!” But if thou couldst only see [how it will be on Judgment Day,] when these evildoers shall be made to stand before their Sustainer, hurling reproaches back and forth at one another! Those [of them] who had been weak [on earth] will say unto those who had gloried in their arrogance: “Had it not been for you, we would certainly have been believers!”
- Sahih International
- And those who disbelieve say, "We will never believe in this Qur’ān nor in that before it." But if you could see when the wrongdoers are made to stand before their Lord, refuting each others' words... Those who were oppressed will say to those who were arrogant, "If not for you, we would have been believers."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالَwaqāla | And say | قول |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 3 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieve | كفر |
| 4 | لَنlan | Never will | — |
| 5 | نُّؤْمِنَnu'mina | we believe | أمن |
| 6 | بِهَـٰذَاbihādhā | in this | — |
| 7 | ٱلْقُرْءَانِl-qur'āni | Quran | قرأ |
| 8 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 9 | بِٱلَّذِىbi-alladhī | in (that) which | — |
| 10 | بَيْنَbayna | (was) before it | بين |
| 11 | يَدَيْهِ ۗyadayhi | (was) before it | يدي |
| 12 | وَلَوْwalaw | But if | — |
| 13 | تَرَىٰٓtarā | you (could) see | رأي |
| 14 | إِذِidhi | when | — |
| 15 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūna | the wrongdoers | ظلم |
| 16 | مَوْقُوفُونَmawqūfūna | will be made to stand | وقف |
| 17 | عِندَʿinda | before | عند |
| 18 | رَبِّهِمْrabbihim | their Lord | ربب |
| 19 | يَرْجِعُyarjiʿu | will throw back | رجع |
| 20 | بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhum | some of them | بعض |
| 21 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 22 | بَعْضٍbaʿḍin | others | بعض |
| 23 | ٱلْقَوْلَl-qawla | the word | قول |
| 24 | يَقُولُyaqūlu | Will say | قول |
| 25 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 26 | ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟us'tuḍ'ʿifū | were oppressed | ضعف |
| 27 | لِلَّذِينَlilladhīna | to those who | — |
| 28 | ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟is'takbarū | were arrogant | كبر |
| 29 | لَوْلَآlawlā | If not | — |
| 30 | أَنتُمْantum | (for) you | — |
| 31 | لَكُنَّاlakunnā | certainly we (would) have been | كون |
| 32 | مُؤْمِنِينَmu'minīna | believers | أمن |