Surah Saba Ayat 43 in Arabic Text
English Translation
Here you can read various translations of verse 43
And when our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, they say, “This is not but a man who wishes to avert you from that which your fathers were worshipping.” And they say, “This is not except a lie invented.” And those who disbelieve say of the truth when it has come to them, “This is not but obvious magic.”
When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, they say, “This is only a man who wishes to hinder you from the (worship) which your fathers practised.” And they say, “This is only a falsehood invented!” and the Unbelievers say of the Truth when it comes to them, “This is nothing but evident magic!”
When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them they say: “This is a person who wants to turn you away from the deities whom your ancestors worshipped.” They say: “This is nothing but an invented falsehood.” And when the Truth came to the unbelievers they declared: “This is nothing but plain sorcery,”
And when Our Clear Verses are recited to them, they say: “This (Muhammad SAW) is naught but a man who wishes to hinder you from that which your fathers used to worship.” And they say: “This is nothing but an invented lie.” And those who disbelieve say of the truth when it has come to them (i.e. Prophet Muhammad SAW when Allah sent him as a Messenger with proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, etc.): “This is nothing but evident magic!”
And if Our revelations are recited unto them in plain terms, they say: This is naught else than a man who would turn you away from what your fathers used to worship; and they say: This is naught else than an invented lie. Those who disbelieve say of the truth when it reacheth them: This is naught else than mere magic.
And when Our ayat (Verses, signs) are recited to them, supremely evident (signs), they say, “In no way is this (anything) except a man who is willing to bar you from what your fathers were worshiping.” And they say, “In no way is this (anything) except fabricated falsehood.” And the ones who disbelieved say to the Truth, as soon as it has come to them, “Decidedly this is (nothing) except an evident sorcery.”
When Our messages are recited to them, clear as they are, they say, ‘This is only a man who wants to turn you away from what your forefathers worshipped,’ and, ‘This [Quran] is nothing but lies he has made up.’ When the Truth comes to the disbelievers, they say, ‘This is just plain sorcery,’
اور جب ان کے سامنے ہماری صاف صاف آیتیں پڑھی جاتی ہیں تو کہتے ہیں کہ یہ ایسا شخص ہے جو تمہیں تمہارے باپ دادا کے معبودوں سے روک دینا چاہتا ہے۔ (اس کے سوا کوئی بات نہیں)، اور کہتے ہیں کہ یہ تو گھڑا ہوا جھوٹ ہے اور حق ان کے پاس آچکا پھر بھی کافر یہی کہتے رہے کہ یہ تو کھلا ہوا جادو ہے
Quran 34 Verse 43 Explanation
For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Saba ayat 43, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.
Ala-Maududi
(34:43) When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them they say: “This is a person who wants to turn you away from the deities whom your ancestors worshipped.” They say: “This is nothing but an invented falsehood.” And when the Truth came to the unbelievers they declared: “This is nothing but plain sorcery,”
There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.
Ibn-Kathir
43. And when Our Clear Verses are recited to them, they say: “This is naught but a man who wishes to hinder you from that which your fathers used to worship.” And they say: “This is nothing but an invented lie.” And those who disbelieve say of the truth when it has come to them: “This is nothing but evident magic!” 44. And We had not given them Scriptures that they could study, nor sent to them before you any warner. 45. And those before them denied; these have not received even a tenth of what We had granted to those (of old); yet they denied My Messengers. Then how (terrible) was My denial!
Allah tells us that the disbeliever deserve to be severely punished by Him, because when His clear Verses were recited to them, and they heard them fresh from the lips of His Messenger , they said:
(They say: “This is naught but a man who wishes to hinder you from that which your fathers used to worship.”) meaning, that the religion of their fathers was the truth and that what the Messenger brought to them was false — may the curse of Allah be upon them and their fathers!
(And they say: “This is nothing but an invented lie.”) referring to the Qur’an. l
(And those who disbelieve say of the truth when it has come to them: “This is nothing but evident magic!”) Allah says:
(And We had not given them Scriptures that they could study, nor sent to them before you any warner) meaning, Allah did not reveal any Book to the Arabs before the Qur’an, and He did not send any Prophet to them before Muhammad . They used to wish for that and say, `if only a warner comes to us or a Book is revealed to us, we would be more guided than others,’ but when Allah blessed them with that, they disbelieved him and stubbornly rejected him. Then Allah says:
(And those before them denied;) meaning, other nations.
(these have not received even a tenth of what We had granted to those (of old);) Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Of the power of this world.” This was also the view of Qatadah, As-Suddi and Ibn Zayd. This is like the Ayat:
(And indeed We had firmly established them with that wherewith We have not established you! And We had assigned them the hearing, seeing, and hearts; but their hearing, seeing, and their hearts availed them nothing since they used to deny the Ayat of Allah, and they were completely encircled by that which they used to mock at!) (46: 26)
(Have they not traveled through the earth and seen what was the end of those before them They were more in number than them and mightier in strength) (40:82). but that did not protect them from the punishment of Allah, and Allah destroyed them because they denied His Messengers. Allah says:
(yet they denied My Messengers. Then how (terrible) was My denial!) meaning, `how severe was My wrath and how great was My avenging of My Messengers.’
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