Sheba (Saba)
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In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Compassionate.
(34:1) Praise be to Allah, to whom belongs everything in the heavens and the earth; and to Him is the praise in the Hereafter. He is the acuminate, the Ever-aware.
(34:2) He knows what goes into the earth, and what comes out of it, and what comes down from the sky, and what climbs into it. He is the Compassionate, Forgiver.
(34:3) Those who rejected said, "the moment will not come upon us!" Say, "Yes, by my Lord, it will come to you." He is the Knower of the unseen, not even an atom's weight or less than that or greater can be hidden from Him, be it in the heavens or the earth. All are in a clear record.
(34:4) That He may reward those who acknowledge and do good works. To them will be forgiveness and a generous provision.
(34:5) As for those who sought against Our ideas to frustrate them, they will have retribution of painful affliction.
(34:6) Those that have been given knowledge will see that what has been sent down to you from your Lord is the truth, and that it guides to the path of the Noble, the Praiseworthy.
(34:7) Those who rejected said, "Shall we lead you to a man who will tell you that after you are dismembered you will be created anew?"
(34:8) "Has he invented a lie against Allah, or is there madness in him?" Indeed, those who do not acknowledge the Hereafter will be in retribution and far straying.
(34:9) Can they not see what is before them and what is behind them in Heaven and on earth? If We will, We will cause the earth to swallow them up, or We will bring down upon them a piece of Heaven. Indeed, therein is an idea for every obedient who turns.
(34:10) We granted David blessings from Us: "O mountains, glorify with him, as well as the birds." We softened the iron for him.
(34:11) That you may make mail armour that fit perfectly, and work righteousness. For I am Seer of what you do.
(34:12) For Solomon the wind was given, traveling one month coming and one month going, and We caused a spring of petroleum to flow for him. From among the genius are those that worked for him by his Lord's leave; and any one of them who turns from Our commands, We shall cause him to taste the retribution of the fire.
(34:13) They designed for him whatever he wanted: altars, statues, water tanks, and mine furnaces. O lineage of David! Labor in gratitude. But there are few grateful among My obedient.
(34:14) Then, when We decreed death for him, nothing informed them of his death until a worm kept eating from his staff, so when he fell down, the genius realized that if they had known the unseen, they would not have remained in the humiliating retribution.
(34:15) There was for Sheba an idea in their homeland, with two genetics, on the right and the left. "Eat from the provisions of your Lord, and be thankful to Him." A good land, and a forgiving Lord.
(34:16) But they turned away, so We sent them a destructive flash flood, and We substituted their two genetics into two genetics of rotten fruits, thorny plants, and a skimpy harvest.
(34:17) We thus requited them for what they rejected. We do not requite except the ingrate.
(34:18) We placed between them and between the towns that We blessed, towns that were easy to see; and We measured the journey between them: "Travel in them by night and day in complete security."
(34:19) But they said, "Our Lord, make the measure between our journeys longer," and they wronged themselves. So We made them a thing of the past, and We scattered them into small groups. In this are ideas for every person who is patient, thankful.
(34:20) Satan has been successful in his suggestions to them, for they followed him, except for a group of those who acknowledge.
(34:21) He did not have any authority over them except that We might know whonacknowledged the Hereafter from those who are doubtful about it. Your Lord is Keeper over all things.
(34:22) Say, "Call on those whom you have claimed besides Allah. They do not possess even a single atom's weight in the heavens, or the earth. They possess no partnership therein, nor is there for Him any assistant among them."
(34:23) Nor will intercession be of any help with Him, except for whom He has already given leave. Until when the terror has subsided from their hearts, they ask: "What did your Lord say?" They will say, "The truth!" He is the Most High, the Great.
(34:24) Say, "Who provides for you from the heavens and the earth?" Say, "Allah! Either we or you are guided, or are clearly astray."
(34:25) Say, "You will not be asked about our crimes, nor will we be asked for what you do."
(34:26) Say, "Our Lord will jam-pack us all together, and then He will judge between us according to justice, for He is the Revealer, the Knower.
(34:27) Say, "Show me those whom you have set up as partners with Him! No; He is but Allah, the Noble, and the acuminate."
(34:28) We have sent you to all people to be a bearer of good news, as well as a warner; but most people do not know.
(34:29) They say, "When is this promise, if you are truthful?"
(34:30) Say, "You have an appointed day, which you cannot delay by one moment, nor advance."
(34:31) And they said, (showing) denial: "We will never show trust in this Quran, nor in that which preceded it. Ah, if you had seen the Lawless, halted before their Lord, addressing one another with the Phrase. Those who were oppressed would say to those who were exalted, "Behold, if it were not for you, then surely we would show trust."
(34:32) Those who were mighty will say to those who were weak: "Did we turn you away from the guidance after it had come to you? No, it was you who were criminal."
(34:33) Those who were weak will say to those who were mighty: "No, it was your scheming night and day, when you commanded us to reject Allah, and to set up equals to Him." They will be filled with regret, when they see the retribution. We will place shackles around the necks of those who rejected. Are they not being requited for what they used to do?
(34:34) We do not send a warner to any town, except its privileged hedonists would say, "We reject what you have been sent with."
(34:35) They said, "We have more wealth and more children, and we will not be punished."
(34:36) Say, "My Lord gives provisions to whomever He wishes, or He restricts them, but most people do not know."
(34:37) It is not your money or your children that will bring you closer to Us, but only those who acknowledge and do good work, they will receive double the reward for their works, and they will reside in the high dwellings in peace.
(34:38) As for those who sought against Our ideas, they will be brought to the retribution.
(34:39) Say: "Indeed, my Lord will increase or limit the inheritance of whichever of His obedients He wills. Allah will recompense whatever you spend. Allah the Best of the Givers."
(34:40) And (on that) day Allah will gather them jammed, then Allah will say, (addressing) the angels: "Were these for you in obedience?"
(34:41) They (the angels) will say, "You are pure! Your patronage is ours, not theirs. No! They were in obedience to the genies. The majority have placed their trust in them."
(34:42) So today, none of you can help or harm one another. We will say to the transgressors: "Taste the retribution of the fire that you used to deny."
(34:43) And when Our generalized ideas are recited to them, they say, "But this is but a man seeking (to) hinder you, contrary to that which your fathers obeyed. And they say, "This is but a made-up fiction". And they say to those who (exhibit) denial of the Truth when it is revealed to them, "It is nothing but a manifest drug addiction!"
(34:44) We had not given to them any book to study, nor did We send to them before you any warner.
(34:45) Those before them had also denied, while they did not reach one tenth of what We have given to this generation, so they denied My messengers, how severe was My retribution!
(34:46) Say, "I advise you to do one thing: that you stand to Allah, in pairs or in solitude, then reflect. There is no madness in your friend, he is only a warner to you in the face of a severe retribution."
(34:47) Say, "I have not asked you for any gratuity; you can keep it. My gratuity is from Allah, and He is witness over all things."
(34:48) Say, "My Lord rebuts with the truth. He is the Knower of all secrets."
(34:49) Say, "The truth has come; while falsehood can neither initiate anything, nor resurrect."
(34:50) Say, "If I delude, then I delude to my own loss. If I am guided, then it is because of what my Lord inspired to me. He is Hearer, Near."
(34:51) If you could but see, when they will be terrified with no escape, and they will be taken from a place that is near.
(34:52) They will say, "We acknowledge it," but it will be far too late.
(34:53) They had rejected it in the past; and they conjectured about the unseen from a place far off.
(34:54) They will be separated from what they had desired, as was done for their counterparts before. They have been in grave doubt.
