Saba 34:51

34:51
وَلَوۡ
walaw
And if
تَرَىٰٓ
tara
you (could) see
إِذۡ
idh
when
فَزِعُواْ
fazi'u
they will be terrified
فَلَا
fala
but (there will be) no
فَوۡتَ
fawta
escape
وَأُخِذُواْ
wa-ukhidhu
and they will be seized
مِن
min
from
مَّكَانٖ
makanin
a place
قَرِيبٖ
qaribin
near
٥١

[Prophet], if you could only see their terror! There will be no escape when they are seized from a nearby place

Translation 1260

34:52
وَقَالُوٓاْ
waqalu
And they will say
ءَامَنَّا
amanna
We believe
بِهِۦ
bihi
in it
وَأَنَّىٰ
wa-anna
But how
لَهُمُ
lahumu
for them
ٱلتَّنَاوُشُ
al-tanawushu
(will be) the receiving
مِن
min
from
مَّكَانِۭ
makanin
a place
بَعِيدٖ
ba'idin
far off
٥٢

they will say, ‘Now we believe in it,’ but how can they reach it from such a distant place

Translation 1260

34:53
وَقَدۡ
waqad
And certainly
كَفَرُواْ
kafaru
they disbelieved
بِهِۦ
bihi
in it
مِن
min
before
قَبۡلُۖ
qablu
before
وَيَقۡذِفُونَ
wayaqdhifuna
And they utter conjectures
بِٱلۡغَيۡبِ
bil-ghaybi
about the unseen
مِن
min
from
مَّكَانِۭ
makanin
a place
بَعِيدٖ
ba'idin
far off
٥٣

they denied it all in the past, and threw conjecture from a faroff place

Translation 1260

34:54
وَحِيلَ
wahila
And a barrier will be placed
بَيۡنَهُمۡ
baynahum
between them
وَبَيۡنَ
wabayna
and between
مَا
ma
what
يَشۡتَهُونَ
yashtahuna
they desire
كَمَا
kama
as
فُعِلَ
fu'ila
was done
بِأَشۡيَاعِهِم
bi-ashya'ihim
with their kind
مِّن
min
before
قَبۡلُۚ
qablu
before
إِنَّهُمۡ
innahum
Indeed they
كَانُواْ
kanu
were
فِي
fi
in
شَكّٖ
shakkin
doubt
مُّرِيبِۭ
muribin
disquieting
٥٤

when a barrier has been placed between them and what they desire, just as was done with their kind before? They were deep in doubt and suspicion

Translation 1260