Surah Saba
Quran 34:18
Read Quran 34:18 from Surah Saba (Sheba) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 34:18
And We set, between them and the towns which We had blessed, towns easy to be seen, and We made the stage between them easy, (saying): Travel in them safely both by night and day.
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 34. Saba (Sheba)
- Ayah
- 18 of 54
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 34:18
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 34:18
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic. This commentary explains ayahs 34:17-18 together.
فكما بدلوا الشكر الحسن, بالكفر القبيح, بدلوا تلك النعمة بما ذكر, ولهذا قال: { ذَلِكَ جَزَيْنَاهُمْ بِمَا كَفَرُوا وَهَلْ نُجَازِي إِلَّا الْكَفُورَ } أي: وهل نجازي جزاء العقوبة - بدليل السياق - إلا من كفر باللّه وبطر النعمة؟