Quran 34:33 — Saba, verse 33
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The oppressed will say to them, ‘No, it was your scheming, night and day, ordering us to disbelieve in God and set up rivals to Him.’ When they see the punishment, they will fall silent with regret, and We shall put iron collars on the disbelievers’ necks. Why should they be rewarded for anything other than what they have done?
وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ اسْتُضْعِفُوا لِلَّذِينَ اسْتَكْبَرُوا بَلْ مَكْرُ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ إِذْ تَأْمُرُونَنَا أَنْ نَكْفُرَ بِاللَّهِ وَنَجْعَلَ لَهُ أَنْدَادًا ۚ وَأَسَرُّوا النَّدَامَةَ لَمَّا رَأَوُا الْعَذَابَ وَجَعَلْنَا الْأَغْلَالَ فِي أَعْنَاقِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا ۚ هَلْ يُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
waqāla alladhīna us'tuḍ'ʿifū lilladhīna is'takbarū bal makru al-layli wal-nahāri idh tamurūnanā an nakfura bil-lahi wanajʿala lahu andādan wa-asarrū l-nadāmata lammā ra-awū l-ʿadhāba wajaʿalnā l-aghlāla fī aʿnāqi alladhīna kafarū hal yuj'zawna illā mā kānū yaʿmalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And those that were abased will say to those that waxed proud, 'Nay, but devising night and day, when you were ordering us to disbelieve in God, and to set up compeers to Him.' They will be secretly remorseful when they see the chastisement and We put fetters on the necks of the unbelievers; shall they be recompensed except for what they were doing?
- Muhammad Asad
- But those who had been weak will say unto those who had gloried in their arrogance: “Nay, [what kept us away was your] devising of false arguments, night and day, [against God’s messages- as you did] when you persuaded us to blaspheme against God and to claim that there are powers that could rival Him!” And when they see the suffering [that awaits them], they will [all] be unable to express [the full depth of] their remorse: for We shall have put shackles around the necks of those who had been bent on denying the truth: [and] will this be aught but a [just] requital for what they were doing?
- Sahih International
- Those who were oppressed will say to those who were arrogant, "Rather, [it was your] conspiracy of night and day when you were ordering us to disbelieve in Allāh and attribute to Him equals." But they will [all] confide regret when they see the punishment; and We will put shackles on the necks of those who disbelieved. Will they be recompensed except for what they used to do?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالَwaqāla | And will say | قول |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 3 | ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟us'tuḍ'ʿifū | were oppressed | ضعف |
| 4 | لِلَّذِينَlilladhīna | to those who | — |
| 5 | ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟is'takbarū | were arrogant | كبر |
| 6 | بَلْbal | Nay | — |
| 7 | مَكْرُmakru | (it was) a plot | مكر |
| 8 | ٱلَّيْلِal-layli | (by) night | ليل |
| 9 | وَٱلنَّهَارِwal-nahāri | and (by) day | نهر |
| 10 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 11 | تَأْمُرُونَنَآtamurūnanā | you were ordering us | أمر |
| 12 | أَنan | that | — |
| 13 | نَّكْفُرَnakfura | we disbelieve | كفر |
| 14 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | in Allah | أله |
| 15 | وَنَجْعَلَwanajʿala | and we set up | جعل |
| 16 | لَهُۥٓlahu | for Him | — |
| 17 | أَندَادًۭا ۚandādan | equals | ندد |
| 18 | وَأَسَرُّوا۟wa-asarrū | But they will conceal | سرر |
| 19 | ٱلنَّدَامَةَl-nadāmata | the regret | ندم |
| 20 | لَمَّاlammā | when | — |
| 21 | رَأَوُا۟ra-awū | they see | رأي |
| 22 | ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhāba | the punishment | عذب |
| 23 | وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnā | And We will put | جعل |
| 24 | ٱلْأَغْلَـٰلَl-aghlāla | shackles | غلل |
| 25 | فِىٓfī | on | — |
| 26 | أَعْنَاقِaʿnāqi | (the) necks | عنق |
| 27 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (of) those who | — |
| 28 | كَفَرُوا۟ ۚkafarū | disbelieved | كفر |
| 29 | هَلْhal | Will | — |
| 30 | يُجْزَوْنَyuj'zawna | they be recompensed | جزي |
| 31 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 32 | مَاmā | (for) what | — |
| 33 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used to | كون |
| 34 | يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna | do | عمل |