Surah Saba
Quran 34:40
Read Quran 34:40 from Surah Saba (Sheba) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 34:40
وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ أَهَٰؤُلَاءِ إِيَّاكُمْ كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَ٤٠
And on the day when He will gather them all together, He will say unto the angels: Did these worship you?
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
- 40 of 54
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 34:40
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 34:40
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
{ وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيعًا } أي: العابدين لغير اللّه والمعبودين من دونه, من الملائكة. { ثُمَّ يَقُولُ } الله { لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ } على وجه التوبيخ لمن عبدهم { أَهَؤُلَاءِ إِيَّاكُمْ كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَ } فتبرأوا من عبادتهم.