لَقَدْ
Certainly,
كَانَ
(there) was
لِسَبَإٍ
for Saba
فِى
in
مَسْكَنِهِمْ
their dwelling place
ءَايَةٌ
a sign:
جَنَّتَانِ
Two gardens
عَن
on
يَمِينٍ
(the) right
وَشِمَالٍ
and (on the) left.
كُلُوا۟ "Eat مِن from رِّزْقِ (the) provision رَبِّكُمْ (of) your Lord وَٱشْكُرُوا۟ and be grateful لَهُۥ to Him. بَلْدَةٌ A land طَيِّبَةٌ good وَرَبٌّ and a Lord غَفُورٌ Oft-Forgiving."
فَأَعْرَضُوا۟ But they turned away, فَأَرْسَلْنَا so We sent عَلَيْهِمْ upon them سَيْلَ (the) flood ٱلْعَرِمِ (of) the dam, وَبَدَّلْنَٰهُم and We changed for them بِجَنَّتَيْهِمْ their two gardens
جَنَّتَيْنِ (with) two gardens ذَوَاتَىْ producing fruit *[meaning includes next or prev. word] أُكُلٍ producing fruit *[meaning includes next or prev. word] خَمْطٍ bitter, وَأَثْلٍ and tamarisks وَشَىْءٍ and (some)thing مِّن of سِدْرٍ lote trees قَلِيلٍ few.
ذَٰلِكَ That جَزَيْنَٰهُم We recompensed them بِمَا because كَفَرُوا۟ they disbelieved. وَهَلْ And not نُجَٰزِىٓ We recompense إِلَّا except ٱلْكَفُورَ the ungrateful.
وَجَعَلْنَا And We made بَيْنَهُمْ between them وَبَيْنَ and between ٱلْقُرَى the towns ٱلَّتِى which بَٰرَكْنَا We had blessed فِيهَا in it قُرًى towns ظَٰهِرَةً visible.
وَقَدَّرْنَا And We determined فِيهَا between them ٱلسَّيْرَ the journey. سِيرُوا۟ "Travel فِيهَا between them لَيَالِىَ (by) night وَأَيَّامًا and (by) day ءَامِنِينَ safely."
فَقَالُوا۟ But they said, رَبَّنَا "Our Lord بَٰعِدْ lengthen (the distance) بَيْنَ between أَسْفَارِنَا our journeys." وَظَلَمُوٓا۟ And they wronged أَنفُسَهُمْ themselves, فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ so We made them
أَحَادِيثَ narrations وَمَزَّقْنَٰهُمْ and We dispersed them كُلَّ (in) a total مُمَزَّقٍ dispersion. إِنَّ Indeed, فِى in ذَٰلِكَ that لَءَايَٰتٍ surely (are) Signs لِّكُلِّ for everyone, صَبَّارٍ patient
شَكُورٍ (and) grateful. وَلَقَدْ And certainly, صَدَّقَ found true عَلَيْهِمْ about them إِبْلِيسُ Iblis ظَنَّهُۥ his assumption, فَٱتَّبَعُوهُ so they followed him إِلَّا except
فَرِيقًا a group مِّنَ of ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ the believers. وَمَا And not كَانَ was لَهُۥ for him عَلَيْهِم over them مِّن any سُلْطَٰنٍ authority
إِلَّا except لِنَعْلَمَ that We (might) make evident مَن who يُؤْمِنُ believes بِٱلْءَاخِرَةِ in the Hereafter مِمَّنْ from (one) who هُوَ [he] مِنْهَا about it فِى (is) in شَكٍّ doubt.
وَرَبُّكَ And your Lord عَلَىٰ over كُلِّ all شَىْءٍ things حَفِيظٌ (is) a Guardian. قُلِ Say, ٱدْعُوا۟ "Call upon ٱلَّذِينَ those whom زَعَمْتُم you claim مِّن besides *[meaning includes next or prev. word]
دُونِ besides *[meaning includes next or prev. word] ٱللَّهِ Allah." لَا Not يَمْلِكُونَ they possess مِثْقَالَ (the) weight ذَرَّةٍ (of) an atom فِى in ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ the heavens وَلَا and not فِى in
ٱلْأَرْضِ the earth وَمَا and not لَهُمْ for them فِيهِمَا in both of them مِن any شِرْكٍ partnership, وَمَا and not لَهُۥ for Him مِنْهُم from them مِّن any ظَهِيرٍ supporter.
كُلُوا۟ "Eat مِن from رِّزْقِ (the) provision رَبِّكُمْ (of) your Lord وَٱشْكُرُوا۟ and be grateful لَهُۥ to Him. بَلْدَةٌ A land طَيِّبَةٌ good وَرَبٌّ and a Lord غَفُورٌ Oft-Forgiving."
فَأَعْرَضُوا۟ But they turned away, فَأَرْسَلْنَا so We sent عَلَيْهِمْ upon them سَيْلَ (the) flood ٱلْعَرِمِ (of) the dam, وَبَدَّلْنَٰهُم and We changed for them بِجَنَّتَيْهِمْ their two gardens
جَنَّتَيْنِ (with) two gardens ذَوَاتَىْ producing fruit *[meaning includes next or prev. word] أُكُلٍ producing fruit *[meaning includes next or prev. word] خَمْطٍ bitter, وَأَثْلٍ and tamarisks وَشَىْءٍ and (some)thing مِّن of سِدْرٍ lote trees قَلِيلٍ few.
ذَٰلِكَ That جَزَيْنَٰهُم We recompensed them بِمَا because كَفَرُوا۟ they disbelieved. وَهَلْ And not نُجَٰزِىٓ We recompense إِلَّا except ٱلْكَفُورَ the ungrateful.
وَجَعَلْنَا And We made بَيْنَهُمْ between them وَبَيْنَ and between ٱلْقُرَى the towns ٱلَّتِى which بَٰرَكْنَا We had blessed فِيهَا in it قُرًى towns ظَٰهِرَةً visible.
وَقَدَّرْنَا And We determined فِيهَا between them ٱلسَّيْرَ the journey. سِيرُوا۟ "Travel فِيهَا between them لَيَالِىَ (by) night وَأَيَّامًا and (by) day ءَامِنِينَ safely."
فَقَالُوا۟ But they said, رَبَّنَا "Our Lord بَٰعِدْ lengthen (the distance) بَيْنَ between أَسْفَارِنَا our journeys." وَظَلَمُوٓا۟ And they wronged أَنفُسَهُمْ themselves, فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ so We made them
أَحَادِيثَ narrations وَمَزَّقْنَٰهُمْ and We dispersed them كُلَّ (in) a total مُمَزَّقٍ dispersion. إِنَّ Indeed, فِى in ذَٰلِكَ that لَءَايَٰتٍ surely (are) Signs لِّكُلِّ for everyone, صَبَّارٍ patient
شَكُورٍ (and) grateful. وَلَقَدْ And certainly, صَدَّقَ found true عَلَيْهِمْ about them إِبْلِيسُ Iblis ظَنَّهُۥ his assumption, فَٱتَّبَعُوهُ so they followed him إِلَّا except
فَرِيقًا a group مِّنَ of ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ the believers. وَمَا And not كَانَ was لَهُۥ for him عَلَيْهِم over them مِّن any سُلْطَٰنٍ authority
إِلَّا except لِنَعْلَمَ that We (might) make evident مَن who يُؤْمِنُ believes بِٱلْءَاخِرَةِ in the Hereafter مِمَّنْ from (one) who هُوَ [he] مِنْهَا about it فِى (is) in شَكٍّ doubt.
وَرَبُّكَ And your Lord عَلَىٰ over كُلِّ all شَىْءٍ things حَفِيظٌ (is) a Guardian. قُلِ Say, ٱدْعُوا۟ "Call upon ٱلَّذِينَ those whom زَعَمْتُم you claim مِّن besides *[meaning includes next or prev. word]
دُونِ besides *[meaning includes next or prev. word] ٱللَّهِ Allah." لَا Not يَمْلِكُونَ they possess مِثْقَالَ (the) weight ذَرَّةٍ (of) an atom فِى in ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ the heavens وَلَا and not فِى in
ٱلْأَرْضِ the earth وَمَا and not لَهُمْ for them فِيهِمَا in both of them مِن any شِرْكٍ partnership, وَمَا and not لَهُۥ for Him مِنْهُم from them مِّن any ظَهِيرٍ supporter.