Quran 34:32 — Saba, verse 32
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The oppressors will say to them, ‘Was it we who prevented you from following right guidance after it had reached you? No! You yourselves were sinners.’
قَالَ الَّذِينَ اسْتَكْبَرُوا لِلَّذِينَ اسْتُضْعِفُوا أَنَحْنُ صَدَدْنَاكُمْ عَنِ الْهُدَىٰ بَعْدَ إِذْ جَاءَكُمْ ۖ بَلْ كُنْتُمْ مُجْرِمِينَ
qāla alladhīna is'takbarū lilladhīna us'tuḍ'ʿifū anaḥnu ṣadadnākum ʿani l-hudā baʿda idh jāakum bal kuntum muj'rimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Those that waxed proud will say to those that were abased, 'What, did we bar you from the guidance after it came to you? Nay, rather you were sinners.'
- Muhammad Asad
- [And] those who were wont to glory in their arrogance will say unto those who had been weak: “Why - did we keep you [forcibly] from following the right path after it had become obvious to you? Nay, it was but you [yourselves] who were guilty!”
- Sahih International
- Those who were arrogant will say to those who were oppressed, "Did we avert you from guidance after it had come to you? Rather, you were criminals."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | Will say | قول |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 3 | ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟is'takbarū | were arrogant | كبر |
| 4 | لِلَّذِينَlilladhīna | to those | — |
| 5 | ٱسْتُضْعِفُوٓا۟us'tuḍ'ʿifū | who were oppressed | ضعف |
| 6 | أَنَحْنُanaḥnu | Did we | — |
| 7 | صَدَدْنَـٰكُمْṣadadnākum | avert you | صدد |
| 8 | عَنِʿani | from | — |
| 9 | ٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudā | the guidance | هدي |
| 10 | بَعْدَbaʿda | after | بعد |
| 11 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 12 | جَآءَكُم ۖjāakum | it had come to you | جيأ |
| 13 | بَلْbal | Nay | — |
| 14 | كُنتُمkuntum | you were | كون |
| 15 | مُّجْرِمِينَmuj'rimīna | criminals | جرم |