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 al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
(Ayah 45) ➊ Both {وَ كَذَّبَ الَّذِيْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ… : ’’ مِعْشَارَ ‘‘} and {’’عُشْرٌ‘‘} mean one-tenth. That is, the earlier nations that were destroyed, the stature, strength, wealth, and grandeur that were granted to them—even one-tenth of that is not possessed by these disbelievers of Arabia. See Surah Ar-Rum (9), Al-Mu’min (21), and Surah Al-Ahqaf (26).
➋ { فَكَذَّبُوْا رُسُلِيْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيْرِ:’’ نَكِيْرِ ‘‘} is originally {’’نَكِيْرِيْ‘‘}; for the sake of matching the endings of the verses (final letters), the ya was omitted, and the kasrah was kept to indicate that the ya is omitted here, meaning “my rejection, my punishment.” They denied my messengers, so see how severely I punished them and how I destroyed them so that not even a trace of them remains. So what status do these helpless ones have that they could escape our grasp?
➋ { فَكَذَّبُوْا رُسُلِيْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيْرِ:’’ نَكِيْرِ ‘‘} is originally {’’نَكِيْرِيْ‘‘}; for the sake of matching the endings of the verses (final letters), the ya was omitted, and the kasrah was kept to indicate that the ya is omitted here, meaning “my rejection, my punishment.” They denied my messengers, so see how severely I punished them and how I destroyed them so that not even a trace of them remains. So what status do these helpless ones have that they could escape our grasp?
