Surah Saba, Ayah 19 (34:19)

سَبَأ

فَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا بَٰعِدْ بَيْنَ أَسْفَارِنَا وَظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ أَحَادِيثَ …

Quran 34:19 is ayah 19 of Surah Saba (“Sheba”), a Meccan surah of 54 ayahs. It is in Juz 22, on page 430 of the Madani Mushaf.

34:19
فَقَالُوا۟رَبَّنَابَٰعِدْبَيْنَأَسْفَارِنَاوَظَلَمُوٓا۟أَنفُسَهُمْفَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْأَحَادِيثَوَمَزَّقْنَٰهُمْكُلَّمُمَزَّقٍ ۚإِنَّفِىذَٰلِكَلََٔايَٰتٍلِّكُلِّصَبَّارٍشَكُورٍ١٩
faqālū rabbanā bāʿid bayna asfārinā waẓalamū anfusahum fajaʿalnāhum aḥādītha wamazzaqnāhum kulla mumazzaqin inna fī dhālika laāyātin likulli ṣabbārin shakūrin

But [insolently] they said, "Our Lord, lengthen the distance between our journeys," and wronged themselves, so We made them narrations and dispersed them in total dispersion. Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.(19)

Word by word

  1. فَقَالُوا۟faqālūBut they said
  2. رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
  3. بَٰعِدْbāʿidlengthen (the distance)
  4. بَيْنَbaynabetween
  5. أَسْفَارِنَاasfārināour journeys
  6. وَظَلَمُوٓا۟waẓalamūAnd they wronged
  7. أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
  8. فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْfajaʿalnāhumso We made them
  9. أَحَادِيثَaḥādīthanarrations
  10. وَمَزَّقْنَٰهُمْwamazzaqnāhumand We dispersed them
  11. كُلَّkulla(in) a total
  12. مُمَزَّقٍ ۚmumazzaqindispersion
  13. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  14. فِىfīin
  15. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
  16. لََٔايَٰتٍlaāyātinsurely (are) Signs
  17. لِّكُلِّlikullifor everyone
  18. صَبَّارٍṣabbārinpatient
  19. شَكُورٍshakūrin(and) grateful

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