Surah Saba, Ayah 9 (34:9)

سَبَأ

أَفَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ إِن …

Quran 34:9 is ayah 9 of Surah Saba (“Sheba”), a Meccan surah of 54 ayahs. It is in Juz 22, on page 429 of the Madani Mushaf.

34:9
أَفَلَمْيَرَوْا۟إِلَىٰمَابَيْنَأَيْدِيهِمْوَمَاخَلْفَهُممِّنَٱلسَّمَآءِوَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚإِننَّشَأْنَخْسِفْبِهِمُٱلْأَرْضَأَوْنُسْقِطْعَلَيْهِمْكِسَفًامِّنَٱلسَّمَآءِ ۚإِنَّفِىذَٰلِكَلََٔايَةًلِّكُلِّعَبْدٍمُّنِيبٍ٩
afalam yaraw ilā mā bayna aydīhim wamā khalfahum mina l-samāi wal-arḍi in nasha nakhsif bihimu l-arḍa aw nus'qiṭ ʿalayhim kisafan mina l-samāi inna fī dhālika laāyatan likulli ʿabdin munībin

Then, do they not look at what is before them and what is behind them of the heaven and earth? If We should will, We could cause the earth to swallow them or [could] let fall upon them fragments from the sky. Indeed in that is a sign for every servant turning back [to Allāh].(9)

Word by word

  1. أَفَلَمْafalamThen, do not
  2. يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
  3. إِلَىٰilātowards
  4. مَاmāwhat
  5. بَيْنَbayna(is) before them
  6. أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhim(is) before them
  7. وَمَاwamāand what
  8. خَلْفَهُمkhalfahum(is) behind them
  9. مِّنَminaof
  10. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heaven
  11. وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚwal-arḍiand the earth
  12. إِنinIf
  13. نَّشَأْnashaWe will
  14. نَخْسِفْnakhsifWe (could) cause to swallow them
  15. بِهِمُbihimuWe (could) cause to swallow them
  16. ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
  17. أَوْawor
  18. نُسْقِطْnus'qiṭcause to fall
  19. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon them
  20. كِسَفًاkisafanfragments
  21. مِّنَminafrom
  22. ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۚl-samāithe sky
  23. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  24. فِىfīin
  25. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
  26. لََٔايَةًlaāyatansurely, is a Sign
  27. لِّكُلِّlikullifor every
  28. عَبْدٍʿabdinslave
  29. مُّنِيبٍmunībinwho turns (to Allah)

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