Saba

In the name of God,
the Gracious, the Merciful.
1. Praise be to God, to Whom belongs everything
in the heavens and the earth; and
praise be to Him in the Hereafter. He is
the Wise, the Expert.
2. He knows what penetrates into the
earth, and what comes out of it, and what
descends from the sky, and what ascends
to it. He is the Merciful, the Forgiving.
3. Those who disbelieve say, “The Hour

will not come upon us.” Say, “Yes indeed,
by my Lord, it will come upon you. He is
the Knower of the unseen.” Not an atom's
weight in the heavens and the earth, or
anything smaller or larger, escapes His
knowledge. All are in a Clear Record.
4. That He may recompense those who
believe and do good works. Those will
have forgiveness, and a generous provision.
5. As for those who strive against Our revelations,
seeking to undermine them—for
them is a punishment of a painful plague.
6. Those who received knowledge know
that what is revealed to you from your
Lord is the truth; and it guides to the path
of the Majestic, the Praiseworthy.
7. Those who disbelieved said, “Shall we
point out to you a man, who will tell you
that, once torn into shreds, you will be in a
new creation?
8. Has he invented a lie about God, or is
there madness in him?” Indeed, those who
do not believe in the Hereafter are in torment,
and far astray.
9. Do they not reflect upon what lies before
them and behind them, of the heaven
and the earth? If We will, We can make
the earth cave in beneath them, or make
pieces of the sky fall down on them. In
that is a sign for every devout servant.
10. We bestowed on David favor from Us:
“O mountains, and birds; echo with him.”
And We softened iron for him.
11. Make coats of armor, and measure the
links well; and work righteousness. I am
Observant of everything you do.
12. And for Solomon the wind—its outward
journey was one month, and its return
journey was one month. And We
made a spring of tar flow for him. And
there were sprites that worked under him,
by the leave of his Lord. But whoever of
them swerved from Our command, We
make him taste of the punishment of the
Inferno.
13. They made for him whatever he
wished: sanctuaries, statues, bowls like
pools, and heavy cauldrons. “O House of
David, work with appreciation,” but a few
of My servants are appreciative.
14. Then, when We decreed death for him,
nothing indicated his death to them except
an earthworm eating at his staff.
Then, when he fell down, it became clear
to the sprites that, had they known the
unseen, they would not have remained in
the demeaning torment.
15. In Sheba’s homeland there used to be a
wonder: two gardens, on the right, and on
the left. “Eat of your Lord’s provision, and
give thanks to Him.” A good land and a
forgiving Lord.
16. But they turned away, so We unleashed
against them the flood of the dam; and We
substituted their two gardens with two
gardens of bitter fruits, thorny shrubs, and
meager harvest.
17. We thus penalized them for their ingratitude.
Would We penalize any but the
ungrateful?
18. Between them and the towns We had
blessed, We placed prominent towns, and
We made the travel between them easy.
“Travel between them by night and day, in
safety.”
19. But they said, “Our Lord, lengthen the
distances of our journeys.” They wronged
themselves; so We made them history, and
We scattered them in every direction. In
this are lessons for every steadfast and
appreciative person.
20. Satan was correct in his assessment of
them. They followed him, except for a
group of believers.
21. He had no authority over them; except
that We willed to distinguish him who
believes in the Hereafter, from him who is
doubtful about it. Your Lord is Guardian
over all things.
22. Say, “Call upon those whom you claim
besides God. They possess not an atom's
weight in the heavens or the earth, and
they possess no share of either, and He has
no backers from among them.”
23. Intercession with Him is of no value,
except for someone He has permitted.
Until, when fear has subsided from their
hearts, they will say, “What did your Lord
say?” They will say, “The truth, and He is
the High, the Great.”
24. Say, “Who provides for you from the
heavens and the earth?” Say, “God. And
Either you or we are rightly guided, or in
evident error.”
25. Say, “You will not be asked about our
misdeeds, nor will we be asked about what
you do.”
26. Say, “Our Lord will bring us together;
then He will judge between us equitably.
He is the All-Knowing Judge.”
27. Say, “Show me those you have attached
to Him as associates. No indeed; but He is
God, the Powerful, the Wise.”
28. We have only sent you universally to all
people, as a herald and a warner; but most
people do not know.
29. And they say, “When is this promise
due, if you are truthful?”
30. Say, “You are promised a Day, which
you cannot postpone by one hour, nor
bring forward.”
31. Those who disbelieve say, “We will
never believe in this Quran, nor in what
came before it.” If you could only see the
wrongdoers, captive before their Lord,
throwing back allegations at one another.
Those who were oppressed will say to
those who were arrogant, “Were it not for
you, we would have been believers.”
32. Those who were arrogant will say to
those who were oppressed, “Was it us who
turned you away from guidance when it
came to you? No indeed, you yourselves
were sinful.”
33. And those who were oppressed will say
to those who were arrogant, “It was your
scheming by night and day; as you instructed
us to reject God, and to set up
rivals to Him.” They will hide their remorse
when they see the retribution. We
will put yokes around the necks of those
who disbelieved. Will they be repaid for
anything other than what they used to do?
34. We sent no warner to any town, without
its affluent saying, “We reject what
you are sent with.”
35. And they say, “We have more wealth
and more children, and we will not be
punished.”
36. Say, “My Lord spreads out His bounty
to whomever He wills, or restricts it; but
most people do not know.”
37. It is neither your wealth nor your children
that bring you closer to Us, but it is
he who believes and does good deeds.
These will have a double reward for what
they did; and they will reside in the
Chambers, in peace and security.
38. But those who work against Our revelations,
seeking to undermine them—those
will be summoned to the punishment.
39. Say, “My Lord extends the provision to
whomever He wills of His servants, or
withholds it. Anything you spend, He will
replace it. He is the Best of providers.”
40. On the Day when He gathers them all
together, then say to the angels, “Was it
you these used to worship?”
41. They will say, “Be You glorified; You
are our Master, not them. In fact, they
used to worship the jinn, and most of
them had faith in them.”
42. “Today, none of you has the power to
profit or harm the other.” And We will say
to those who did wrong, “Taste the agony
of the Fire which you used to deny.”
43. When Our enlightening Verses are recited
to them, they say, “This is nothing
but a man who wants to divert you from
what your ancestors used to worship.”
And they say, “This is nothing but a fabricated
lie.” And when the Truth comes to
them, the blasphemers say of the Truth,
“This is nothing but plain magic.”
44. But We gave them no book to study,
and We did not send them any warner
before you.
45. Those before them also denied the
Truth, yet they have not attained onetenth
of what We had given them. They
rejected My messengers, so how was My
disapproval?
46. Say, “I offer you a single advice: devote
yourselves to God, in pairs, or individually;
and reflect. There is no madness in
your friend. He is just a warner to you,
before the advent of a severe punishment.”
47. Say, “Whatever wage I asked you for is
yours. My wage comes only from God,
and He is Witness over all things.”
48. Say, “My Lord projects the truth. He is
the Knower of the Unseen.”
49. Say, “The truth has come; while falsehood
can neither originate, nor regenerate.”
50. Say, “If I err, I err only to my own loss;
but if I am guided, it is by what my Lord
inspires me. He is Hearing and Near.”
51. If you could only see when they are
terrified, and there is no escape, and they
are seized from a nearby place.
52. And they say, “We have believed in it.”
But how can they attain it from a distant
place?
53. They have rejected it in the past, and
made allegations from a far-off place.
54. And they were barred from what they
desire, as was done with their likes before.
They were in disturbing doubt.