لَقَدْ كَانَ لِسَبَإٍ فِى مَسْكَنِهِمْ ءَايَةٌۖ جَنَّتَانِ عَن يَمِينٍ وَشِمَالٍۖ كُلُواْ مِن رِّزْقِ رَبِّكُمْ وَٱشْكُرُواْ لَهُۚۥ بَلْدَةٌ طَيِّبَةٌ وَرَبٌّ غَفُورٌ 15
فَأَعْرَضُواْ فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَيْلَ ٱلْعَرِمِ وَبَدَّلْنَـٰهُم بِجَنَّتَيْهِمْ جَنَّتَيْنِ ذَوَاتَىْ أُكُلٍ خَمْطٍ وَأَثْلٍ وَشَىْءٍ مِّن سِدْرٍ قَلِيلٍ 16
ذَٲلِكَ جَزَيْنَـٰهُم بِمَا كَفَرُواْۖ وَهَلْ نُجَـٰزِىٓ إِلَّا ٱلْكَفُورَ 17
وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ ٱلْقُرَى ٱلَّتِى بَـٰرَكْنَا فِيهَا قُرًى ظَـٰهِرَةً وَقَدَّرْنَا فِيهَا ٱلسَّيْرَۖ سِيرُواْ فِيهَا لَيَالِىَ وَأَيَّامًا ءَامِنِينَ 18
فَقَالُواْ رَبَّنَا بَـٰعِدْ بَيْنَ أَسْفَارِنَا وَظَلَمُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمْ فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ أَحَادِيثَ وَمَزَّقْنَـٰهُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٲلِكَ لَأَيَـٰتٍ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُورٍ 19
وَلَقَدْ صَدَّقَ عَلَيْهِمْ إِبْلِيسُ ظَنَّهُۥ فَٱتَّبَعُوهُ إِلَّا فَرِيقًا مِّنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ 20
وَمَا كَانَ لَهُۥ عَلَيْهِم مِّن سُلْطَـٰنٍ إِلَّا لِنَعْلَمَ مَن يُؤْمِنُ بِٱلْأَخِرَةِ مِمَّنْ هُوَ مِنْهَا فِى شَكٍّۗ وَرَبُّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ حَفِيظٌ 21
قُلِ ٱدْعُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٲتِ وَلَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا لَهُمْ فِيهِمَا مِن شِرْكٍ وَمَا لَهُۥ مِنْهُم مِّن ظَهِيرٍ 22
لَقَدْlaqadCertainlyكَانَkāna(there) wasلِسَبَإٍۢlisaba-infor Sabaفِىfīinمَسْكَنِهِمْmaskanihimtheir dwelling placeءَايَةٌۭ ۖāyatuna sign:جَنَّتَانِjannatāniTwo gardensعَنʿanonيَمِينٍۢyamīnin(the) rightوَشِمَالٍۢ ۖwashimālinand (on the) leftكُلُوا۟kulūEatمِنminfromرِّزْقِriz'qi(the) provisionرَبِّكُمْrabbikum(of) your Lordوَٱشْكُرُوا۟wa-ush'kurūand be gratefulلَهُۥ ۚlahuto HimبَلْدَةٌۭbaldatunA landطَيِّبَةٌۭṭayyibatungoodوَرَبٌّwarabbunand a LordغَفُورٌۭghafūrunOft-Forgiving
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فَأَعْرَضُوا۟fa-aʿraḍūBut they turned awayفَأَرْسَلْنَاfa-arsalnāso We sentعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon themسَيْلَsayla(the) floodٱلْعَرِمِl-ʿarimi(of) the damوَبَدَّلْنَـٰهُمwabaddalnāhumand We changed for themبِجَنَّتَيْهِمْbijannatayhimtheir two gardensجَنَّتَيْنِjannatayni(with) two gardensذَوَاتَىْdhawātayproducing fruitأُكُلٍukulinproducing fruitخَمْطٍۢkhamṭinbitterوَأَثْلٍۢwa-athlinand tamarisksوَشَىْءٍۢwashayinand (some)thingمِّنminofسِدْرٍۢsid'rinlote treesقَلِيلٍۢqalīlinfew
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ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThatجَزَيْنَـٰهُمjazaynāhumWe recompensed themبِمَاbimābecauseكَفَرُوا۟ ۖkafarūthey disbelievedوَهَلْwahalAnd notنُجَـٰزِىٓnujāzīWe recompenseإِلَّاillāexceptٱلْكَفُورَl-kafūrathe ungrateful
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وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd We madeبَيْنَهُمْbaynahumbetween themوَبَيْنَwabaynaand betweenٱلْقُرَىl-qurāthe townsٱلَّتِىallatīwhichبَـٰرَكْنَاbāraknāWe had blessedفِيهَاfīhāin itقُرًۭىqurantownsظَـٰهِرَةًۭẓāhiratanvisibleوَقَدَّرْنَاwaqaddarnāAnd We determinedفِيهَاfīhābetween themٱلسَّيْرَ ۖl-sayrathe journeyسِيرُوا۟sīrūTravelفِيهَاfīhābetween themلَيَالِىَlayāliya(by) nightوَأَيَّامًاwa-ayyāmanand (by) dayءَامِنِينَāminīnasafely
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فَقَالُوا۟faqālūBut they saidرَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lordبَـٰعِدْbāʿidlengthen (the distance)بَيْنَbaynabetweenأَسْفَارِنَاasfārināour journeysوَظَلَمُوٓا۟waẓalamūAnd they wrongedأَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselvesفَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْfajaʿalnāhumso We made themأَحَادِيثَaḥādīthanarrationsوَمَزَّقْنَـٰهُمْwamazzaqnāhumand We dispersed themكُلَّkulla(in) a totalمُمَزَّقٍ ۚmumazzaqindispersionإِنَّinnaIndeedفِىfīinذَٰلِكَdhālikathatلَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢlaāyātinsurely (are) Signsلِّكُلِّlikullifor everyoneصَبَّارٍۢṣabbārinpatientشَكُورٍۢshakūrin(and) grateful
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وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainlyصَدَّقَṣaddaqafound trueعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimabout themإِبْلِيسُib'līsuIblisظَنَّهُۥẓannahuhis assumptionفَٱتَّبَعُوهُfa-ittabaʿūhuso they followed himإِلَّاillāexceptفَرِيقًۭاfarīqana groupمِّنَminaofٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers
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وَمَاwamāAnd notكَانَkānawasلَهُۥlahufor himعَلَيْهِمʿalayhimover themمِّنminanyسُلْطَـٰنٍsul'ṭāninauthorityإِلَّاillāexceptلِنَعْلَمَlinaʿlamathat We (might) make evidentمَنmanwhoيُؤْمِنُyu'minubelievesبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafterمِمَّنْmimmanfrom (one) whoهُوَhuwa[he]مِنْهَاmin'hāabout itفِىfī(is) inشَكٍّۢ ۗshakkindoubtوَرَبُّكَwarabbukaAnd your Lordعَلَىٰʿalāoverكُلِّkulliallشَىْءٍshayinthingsحَفِيظٌۭḥafīẓun(is) a Guardian
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قُلِquliSayٱدْعُوا۟id'ʿūCall uponٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whomزَعَمْتُمzaʿamtumyou claimمِّنminbesidesدُونِdūnibesidesٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahiAllahلَاlāNotيَمْلِكُونَyamlikūnathey possessمِثْقَالَmith'qāla(the) weightذَرَّةٍۢdharratin(of) an atomفِىfīinٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَلَاwalāand notفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthوَمَاwamāand notلَهُمْlahumfor themفِيهِمَاfīhimāin both of themمِنminanyشِرْكٍۢshir'kinpartnershipوَمَاwamāand notلَهُۥlahufor Himمِنْهُمmin'humfrom themمِّنminanyظَهِيرٍۢẓahīrinsupporter
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