Surah 34 · verse 51

Saba 34:51

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وَلَوْ تَرَىٰ إِذْ فَزِعُوا فَلَا فَوْتَ وَأُخِذُوا مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ

wa-law tara idh fazi'u fa-la fawt wa-ukhidhu min makan qarib

And if you could see when they are terrified but there is no escape, and they will be seized from a place nearby.

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Context in the surah

Verse 48

قُلْ إِنَّ رَبِّي يَقْذِفُ بِالْحَقِّ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ

Say, "Indeed, my Lord projects the truth. Knower of the unseen."

Verse 49

قُلْ جَاءَ الْحَقُّ وَمَا يُبْدِئُ الْبَاطِلُ وَمَا يُعِيدُ

Say, "The truth has come, and falsehood can neither begin [anything] nor repeat [it]."

Verse 50

قُلْ إِن ضَلَلْتُ فَإِنَّمَا أَضِلُّ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِي ۖ وَإِنِ اهْتَدَيْتُ فَبِمَا يُوحِي إِلَيَّ رَبِّي ۚ إِنَّهُ سَمِيعٌ قَرِيبٌ

Say, "If I should err, I would only err against myself. But if I am guided, it is by what my Lord reveals to me. Indeed, He is Hearing and near."

Verse 51

وَلَوْ تَرَىٰ إِذْ فَزِعُوا فَلَا فَوْتَ وَأُخِذُوا مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ

And if you could see when they are terrified but there is no escape, and they will be seized from a place nearby.

Verse 52

وَقَالُوا آمَنَّا بِهِ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ التَّنَاوُشُ مِن مَّكَانٍ بَعِيدٍ

And they will [then] say, "We believe in it!" But how for them will be the taking [of faith] from a place far away?

Verse 53

وَقَدْ كَفَرُوا بِهِ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ وَيَقْذِفُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ مِن مَّكَانٍ بَعِيدٍ

And they had already disbelieved in it before and would assault the unseen from a place far away.

Verse 54

وَحِيلَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ مَا يَشْتَهُونَ كَمَا فُعِلَ بِأَشْيَاعِهِم مِّن قَبْلُ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا فِي شَكٍّ مُّرِيبٍ

And prevention will be placed between them and what they desire, as was done with their kind before. Indeed, they were in disquieting denial.