Surah 34. Saba

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Verses [Section]: 1-11[1], 12-21 [2], 22-30 [3], 31-36 [4], 37-45 [5], 46-54 [6]

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Quran Text of Verse 46-54قُلْSayاِنَّمَاۤOnlyاَعِظُكُمْI advise youبِوَاحِدَةٍ ۚfor one (thing)اَنْthatتَقُوْمُوْاyou standلِلّٰهِfor Allahمَثْنٰی(in) pairsوَ فُرَادٰیand (as) individualsثُمَّthenتَتَفَكَّرُوْا ۫reflectمَاNotبِصَاحِبِكُمْ(is in) your companionمِّنْanyجِنَّةٍ ؕmadnessاِنْNotهُوَheاِلَّا(is) exceptنَذِیْرٌa warnerلَّكُمْfor youبَیْنَbeforeیَدَیْbeforeعَذَابٍa punishmentشَدِیْدٍ severe قُلْSayمَاNotسَاَلْتُكُمْI ask youمِّنْforاَجْرٍany paymentفَهُوَbut it (is)لَكُمْ ؕfor youاِنْNotاَجْرِیَ(is) my paymentاِلَّاbutعَلَیfromاللّٰهِ ۚAllahوَ هُوَAnd Heعَلٰی(is) overكُلِّallشَیْءٍthingsشَهِیْدٌ a Witness قُلْSayاِنَّIndeedرَبِّیْmy Lordیَقْذِفُprojectsبِالْحَقِّ ۚthe truthعَلَّامُ(the) All-Knowerالْغُیُوْبِ (of) the unseen 34. Saba Page 434قُلْSayجَآءَHas comeالْحَقُّthe truthوَ مَاand notیُبْدِئُ(can) originateالْبَاطِلُthe falsehoodوَ مَاand notیُعِیْدُ repeat قُلْSayاِنْIfضَلَلْتُI errفَاِنَّمَاۤthen onlyاَضِلُّI will errعَلٰیagainstنَفْسِیْ ۚmyselfوَ اِنِBut ifاهْتَدَیْتُI am guidedفَبِمَاthen it is by whatیُوْحِیْۤrevealsاِلَیَّto meرَبِّیْ ؕmy LordاِنَّهٗIndeed Heسَمِیْعٌ(is) All-Hearerقَرِیْبٌ Ever-Near وَ لَوْAnd ifتَرٰۤیyou (could) seeاِذْwhenفَزِعُوْاthey will be terrifiedفَلَاbut (there will be) noفَوْتَescapeوَ اُخِذُوْاand they will be seizedمِنْfromمَّكَانٍa placeقَرِیْبٍۙnear وَّ قَالُوْۤاAnd they will sayاٰمَنَّاWe believeبِهٖ ۚin itوَ اَنّٰیBut howلَهُمُfor themالتَّنَاوُشُ(will be) the receivingمِنْfromمَّكَانٍۭa placeبَعِیْدٍۚۖfar off وَّ قَدْAnd certainlyكَفَرُوْاthey disbelievedبِهٖin itمِنْbeforeقَبْلُ ۚbeforeوَ یَقْذِفُوْنَAnd they utter conjecturesبِالْغَیْبِabout the unseenمِنْfromمَّكَانٍۭa placeبَعِیْدٍ far off وَ حِیْلَAnd a barrier will be placedبَیْنَهُمْbetween themوَ بَیْنَand betweenمَاwhatیَشْتَهُوْنَthey desireكَمَاasفُعِلَwas doneبِاَشْیَاعِهِمْwith their kindمِّنْbeforeقَبْلُ ؕbeforeاِنَّهُمْIndeed, theyكَانُوْاwereفِیْinشَكٍّdoubtمُّرِیْبٍ۠disquieting

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Translation of Verse 46-54

46. Say: “I exhort you to one thing: that for , Allah’s sake you stand up by twos and singly, and ponder: ⁹⁰ there is no madness in your comrade.⁹¹ He is nothing else than warner to you against a terrible punishment.”

47. Say: “Whatever recompense I have asked of you is for you only. ⁹² My reward is the concern of Allah only. He is a Witness to all things.”

48. Say: “Verily, my Lord hurls (reveals) the truth. (He is) the Knower of Things Hidden.⁹³

49. Say: “The Truth has come. Falsehood neither creates for the first time, nor will it create again.⁹⁴”

50. Say: “If I am In error, the loss is surely mine;⁹⁵ and if I am rightly guided, it is because of that which my Lord has revealed to me. ⁹⁶ Verily , He is Hearer, Near at hand.⁹⁷”

51. If you could only see when they are seized with terror! They will not be able to escape and will be seized from near at hand.⁹⁸ (

52. At that time) they will say: “We believe in it.⁹⁹” But how can they reach (faith) from a distant place.

53. ¹⁰⁰ When they at first denied it. They aim at the unseen from a distant. ¹⁰¹

54. And an obstruction is set between them and their desire, as was done ¹⁰² for the people of their kind in the past. Verily they were in perplexing hopeless doubt.¹⁰³

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Commentary

90. Man is Mostly influenced by his environment and the opinion of the society around him, and does not take the trouble to find out what is the truth and what is falsehood. In this ayah it is suggested that people should reflect in pairs whether what the Prophet teaches is ravings of a mad man or it contains provision for intellectual and visionary consumption. they should discuss this point seriously among themselves and reach the correct conclusion. They should also individually give a thought to this matter and try to ponder what is the nature of the case. If this method is adopted seriously, then it would not be difficult to reach the correct solution. Allah will definitely guide them, for those who are in search of truth, Allah reveals the truth to them.

91. The clean character of the Prophet, Sallal Lahu Alaihi Wa Sallam, and this full of wisdom Quran are the proof of this clear fact that he was not at all afflicted by any mental disease, but that his wisdom and intellect had reached the zenith of perfection.

92. It means that I have not asked for any recompense from you. Whatever I have asked of you is this that you should accept this guidance which your Lord has revealed and accepting which is in your own interest. I am totally disinterested and am only trying to serve you.

93. Whatever my Lord reveals to me is truth and why it should not be the truth when the knowledge of all things hidden is possessed by Him. Who can be more knowledgeable than Him to know what is right and what is wrong, what is true and what is false.

94. That is: This fact has clearly come to your notice that Tawheed is the truth. As for the falsehood, that is your deities, then they have neither the power to create anything, nor to revive, anybody. Then how can they become gods and worthy of worship?

For further explanation, see Surah Yunus, Note No.61

95. During debates certain presumptions have to be made, so that the addressee may reflect rising above his prejudice. Here the words. If I am in error have been spoken merely as a presumption.

96. That is: My being rightly guided is on account of the favour of my Lord, and His favour is that He sent down His revelations to me and opened up the path of right guidance for me.

97. The big reason for man’s misguidance is that he thinks that Allah is far away from him, and then he seeks support here and there. If he would believe that Allah is near at hand and hears every thing, then he would establish his relationship with Him, and would consider Him to be his Helper.

98. Here one more scene of the Day of Resurrection is being presented. Today the deniers, oppose the truth very comfortably, but on the Day of Resurrection they will be in a state of terror, and will be trying to escape, but will not be able to run away, because the angles will be nearby and they will seize them. What a scene of their helplessness !

99. That is: They believed in the truth which Allah revealed to His messenger.

100. That is: The time for accepting faith has passed away. The work which was to be done in the world, how can it be done in the Hereafter? The world is the testing ground, and the Hereafter is the place to receive the reward or punishment. When man, reached the Hereafter, the world receded into distance, and after drifting away so far off from the place of test, there is no possibility of accepting faith.

101. In the world they had the opportunity to accept faith, but they indulged in nonsensical talk and lost that opportunity.

102. That is: between them and their desire that they should be sent again in the world obstructions will be placed, that is this desire of theirs will never be fulfilled, and the same had been the fate of those nations who had lived earlier than them.

103. God, Hereafter and Prophet being in doubt about these three can result only in dissatisfaction and restlessness, and the mind may be in constant anguish.