Quran 34:53 — Saba, verse 53
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
they denied it all in the past, and threw conjecture from a faroff place-
وَقَدْ كَفَرُوا بِهِ مِنْ قَبْلُ ۖ وَيَقْذِفُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ مِنْ مَكَانٍ بَعِيدٍ
waqad kafarū bihi min qablu wayaqdhifūna bil-ghaybi min makānin baʿīdin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- seeing they disbelieved in it before, guessing at the Unseen from a place far away?
- Muhammad Asad
- seeing that aforetime they had been bent on denying the truth, and had been wont to cast scorn, from far away, on something that was beyond the reach of human perception?
- Sahih International
- And they had already disbelieved in it before and would assault the unseen from a place far away.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَدْwaqad | And certainly | — |
| 2 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | they disbelieved | كفر |
| 3 | بِهِۦbihi | in it | — |
| 4 | مِنmin | before | — |
| 5 | قَبْلُ ۖqablu | before | قبل |
| 6 | وَيَقْذِفُونَwayaqdhifūna | And they utter conjectures | قذف |
| 7 | بِٱلْغَيْبِbil-ghaybi | about the unseen | غيب |
| 8 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 9 | مَّكَانٍۭmakānin | a place | كون |
| 10 | بَعِيدٍۢbaʿīdin | far off | بعد |