Surah Saba, Ayah 53 (34:53)

سَبَأ

وَقَدْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ وَيَقْذِفُونَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ مِن مَّكَانٍۭ بَعِيدٍ

Quran 34:53 is ayah 53 of Surah Saba (“Sheba”), a Meccan surah of 54 ayahs. It is in Juz 22, on page 434 of the Madani Mushaf.

34:53
وَقَدْكَفَرُوا۟بِهِۦمِنقَبْلُ ۖوَيَقْذِفُونَبِٱلْغَيْبِمِنمَّكَانٍۭبَعِيدٍ٥٣
waqad kafarū bihi min qablu wayaqdhifūna bil-ghaybi min makānin baʿīdin

And they had already disbelieved in it before and would assault the unseen from a place far away.(53)

Word by word

  1. وَقَدْwaqadAnd certainly
  2. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūthey disbelieved
  3. بِهِۦbihiin it
  4. مِنminbefore
  5. قَبْلُ ۖqablubefore
  6. وَيَقْذِفُونَwayaqdhifūnaAnd they utter conjectures
  7. بِٱلْغَيْبِbil-ghaybiabout the unseen
  8. مِنminfrom
  9. مَّكَانٍۭmakānina place
  10. بَعِيدٍbaʿīdinfar off

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