Quran 34:46 — Saba, verse 46
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say [Prophet], ‘I advise you to do one thing only: stand before God, in pairs or singly, and think: there is no sign of madness in your companion [the Prophet]- he is only warning you before severe suffering arrives.’
قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَعِظُكُمْ بِوَاحِدَةٍ ۖ أَنْ تَقُومُوا لِلَّهِ مَثْنَىٰ وَفُرَادَىٰ ثُمَّ تَتَفَكَّرُوا ۚ مَا بِصَاحِبِكُمْ مِنْ جِنَّةٍ ۚ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ لَكُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ
qul innamā aʿiẓukum biwāḥidatin an taqūmū lillahi mathnā wafurādā thumma tatafakkarū mā biṣāḥibikum min jinnatin in huwa illā nadhīrun lakum bayna yaday ʿadhābin shadīdin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'I give you but one admonition, that you stand unto God, two by two and one by one, and then reflect: no madness is in your comrade. He is naught but a warner unto you, before a terrible chastisement.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: “I counsel you one thing only: Be [ever conscious of] standing before God, whether you are in the company of others or alone; and then bethink yourselves [that] there is no madness in [this prophet,] your fellow-man: he is only a warner to you of suffering severe to come.”
- Sahih International
- Say, "I only advise you of one [thing] - that you stand for Allāh, [seeking truth] in pairs and individually, and then give thought." There is not in your companion any madness. He is only a warner to you before a severe punishment.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | إِنَّمَآinnamā | Only | — |
| 3 | أَعِظُكُمaʿiẓukum | I advise you | وعظ |
| 4 | بِوَٰحِدَةٍ ۖbiwāḥidatin | for one (thing) | وحد |
| 5 | أَنan | that | — |
| 6 | تَقُومُوا۟taqūmū | you stand | قوم |
| 7 | لِلَّهِlillahi | for Allah | أله |
| 8 | مَثْنَىٰmathnā | (in) pairs | ثني |
| 9 | وَفُرَٰدَىٰwafurādā | and (as) individuals | فرد |
| 10 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 11 | تَتَفَكَّرُوا۟ ۚtatafakkarū | reflect | فكر |
| 12 | مَاmā | Not | — |
| 13 | بِصَاحِبِكُمbiṣāḥibikum | (is in) your companion | صحب |
| 14 | مِّنmin | any | — |
| 15 | جِنَّةٍ ۚjinnatin | madness | جنن |
| 16 | إِنْin | Not | — |
| 17 | هُوَhuwa | he | — |
| 18 | إِلَّاillā | (is) except | — |
| 19 | نَذِيرٌۭnadhīrun | a warner | نذر |
| 20 | لَّكُمlakum | for you | — |
| 21 | بَيْنَbayna | before | بين |
| 22 | يَدَىْyaday | before | يدي |
| 23 | عَذَابٍۢʿadhābin | a punishment | عذب |
| 24 | شَدِيدٍۢshadīdin | severe | شدد |