Surah Saba, Ayah 52 (34:52)

سَبَأ

وَقَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلتَّنَاوُشُ مِن مَّكَانٍۭ بَعِيدٍ

Quran 34:52 is ayah 52 of Surah Saba (“Sheba”), a Meccan surah of 54 ayahs. It is in Juz 22, on page 434 of the Madani Mushaf.

34:52
وَقَالُوٓا۟ءَامَنَّابِهِۦوَأَنَّىٰلَهُمُٱلتَّنَاوُشُمِنمَّكَانٍۭبَعِيدٍ٥٢
waqālū āmannā bihi wa-annā lahumu l-tanāwushu min makānin baʿīdin

And they will [then] say, "We believe in it!" But how for them will be the taking [of faith] from a place far away?(52)

Word by word

  1. وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālūAnd they will say
  2. ءَامَنَّاāmannāWe believe
  3. بِهِۦbihiin it
  4. وَأَنَّىٰwa-annāBut how
  5. لَهُمُlahumufor them
  6. ٱلتَّنَاوُشُl-tanāwushu(will be) the receiving
  7. مِنminfrom
  8. مَّكَانٍۭmakānina place
  9. بَعِيدٍbaʿīdinfar off

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