Surah Saba, Ayah 17 (34:17)

سَبَأ

ذَٰلِكَ جَزَيْنَٰهُم بِمَا كَفَرُوا۟ ۖ وَهَلْ نُجَٰزِىٓ إِلَّا ٱلْكَفُورَ

Quran 34:17 is ayah 17 of Surah Saba (“Sheba”), a Meccan surah of 54 ayahs. It is in Juz 22, on page 430 of the Madani Mushaf.

34:17
ذَٰلِكَجَزَيْنَٰهُمبِمَاكَفَرُوا۟ ۖوَهَلْنُجَٰزِىٓإِلَّاٱلْكَفُورَ١٧
dhālika jazaynāhum bimā kafarū wahal nujāzī illā l-kafūra

[By] that We repaid them because they disbelieved. And do We [thus] repay except the ungrateful?(17)

Word by word

  1. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
  2. جَزَيْنَٰهُمjazaynāhumWe recompensed them
  3. بِمَاbimābecause
  4. كَفَرُوا۟ ۖkafarūthey disbelieved
  5. وَهَلْwahalAnd not
  6. نُجَٰزِىٓnujāzīWe recompense
  7. إِلَّاillāexcept
  8. ٱلْكَفُورَl-kafūrathe ungrateful

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