Surah Saba Ayat 45 in Arabic Text
English Translation
Here you can read various translations of verse 45
And those before them denied, and the people of Makkah have not attained a tenth of what We had given them. But the former peoples denied My messengers, so how [terrible] was My reproach.
And their predecessors rejected (the Truth); these have not received a tenth of what We had granted to those: yet when they rejected My messengers, how (terrible) was My rejection (of them)!
Those who went before them also denounced (Allah’s Messengers) as liars. They have not attained even a tenth of what We had given them. But when they rejected My Messengers, calling them liars, how terrible was My chastisement!
And those before them belied; these have not received one tenth (1/10th) of what We had granted to those (of old), yet they belied My Messengers, then how (terrible) was My denial (punishment)!
Those before them denied, and these have not attained a tithe of that which We bestowed on them (of old); yet they denied My messengers. How intense then was My abhorrence (of them)!
And (the ones) before them cried lies, and in no way did they reach a tenth of what We brought them. So they cried lies to My Messengers. Then how was My disclaiming!
Those who lived before them also denied the truth- these people have not attained even a tenth of what We gave their predecessors- they, too, rejected My messengers, and how terrible My condemnation was!
اور ان سے پہلے کے لوگوں نے بھی ہماری باتوں کو جھٹلایا تھا اور انہیں ہم نے جو دے رکھا تھا یہ تو اس کے دسویں حصے کو بھی نہیں پہنچے، پس انہوں نے میرے رسولوں کو جھٹلایا، (پھر دیکھ کہ) میرا عذاب کیسا (سخت) تھا
Quran 34 Verse 45 Explanation
For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Saba ayat 45, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.
Ala-Maududi
(34:45) Those who went before them also denounced (Allah’s Messengers) as liars. They have not attained even a tenth of what We had given them. But when they rejected My Messengers, calling them liars, how terrible was My chastisement![65]
65. That is, the people of Makkah have not attained even one-tenth of the power and grandeur and prosperity that was possessed by those people. But just see how they went to their doom ultimately and their power and wealth could not avail them anything, when they refused to believe in the realities presented before them by the Prophets, and founded their system of life on falsehood.
Ibn-Kathir
The tafsir of Surah Saba verse 45 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Saba ayat 43 which provides the complete commentary from verse 43 through 45.
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