سُوْرَةُ سَبَاٍ
Surah Saba (34) — Ayah 45
وَكَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ وَمَا بَلَغُوا۟ مِعْشَارَ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ رُسُلِى ۖ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ ﴿45﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And those before them belied; these have not received even a tenth of what We had granted to those (of old); yet they belied My Messengers. Then how (terrible) was My denial (punishment)!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَكَذَّبَ
wakadhaba
And denied
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
مِن
min
(were) before them
قَبْلِهِمْ
qablihim
(were) before them
وَمَا
wamā
and not
بَلَغُوا۟
balaghū
they have attained
مِعْشَارَ
miʿ'shāra
a tenth
مَآ
mā
(of) what
ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْ
ātaynāhum
We (had) given them
فَكَذَّبُوا۟
fakadhabū
But they denied
رُسُلِى ۖ
rusulī
My Messengers
فَكَيْفَ
fakayfa
so how
كَانَ
kāna
was
نَكِيرِ
nakīri
My rejection
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
45. 1. This is a warning to the disbelievers of Makkah that you have denied and chosen the path of rejection, which is extremely dangerous. Previous nations also followed this path and were destroyed. These nations surpassed you in wealth, power, strength, and lifespan; you do not even reach a tenth of them, but even so, they could not escape Allah's punishment. The same subject is mentioned in Surah Al-Ahqaf (وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنّٰهُمْ فِيْمَآ اِنْ مَّكَّنّٰكُمْ فِيْهِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ سَمْعًا وَّاَبْصَارًا وَّاَفْـــِٕدَةً ڮ فَمَآ اَغْنٰى عَنْهُمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَلَآ اَبْصَارُهُمْ وَلَآ اَفْــِٕدَتُهُمْ مِّنْ شَيْءٍ اِذْ كَانُوْا يَجْـحَدُوْنَ ۙبِاٰيٰتِ اللّٰهِ وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ مَّا كَانُوْا بِهٖ يَسْتَهْزِءُوْنَ) 46. Al-Ahqaf:26).
