أَنِ
ٱعۡمَلۡ
سَٰبِغَٰتٖ
وَقَدِّرۡ
فِي
ٱلسَّرۡدِۖ
وَٱعۡمَلُواْ
صَٰلِحًاۖ
إِنِّي
بِمَا
تَعۡمَلُونَ
بَصِيرٞ
١١

instructing: “Make full-length armour, ˹perfectly˺ balancing the links. And work righteousness ˹O family of David!˺. Indeed, I am All-Seeing of what you do.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

34:12

وَلِسُلَيۡمَٰنَ

ٱلرِّيحَ

غُدُوُّهَا

شَهۡرٞ

وَرَوَاحُهَا

شَهۡرٞۖ

وَأَسَلۡنَا

لَهُۥ

عَيۡنَ

ٱلۡقِطۡرِۖ

وَمِنَ

ٱلۡجِنِّ

مَن

يَعۡمَلُ

بَيۡنَ

يَدَيۡهِ

بِإِذۡنِ

رَبِّهِۦۖ

وَمَن

يَزِغۡ

مِنۡهُمۡ

عَنۡ

أَمۡرِنَا

نُذِقۡهُ

مِنۡ

عَذَابِ

ٱلسَّعِيرِ

١٢

And to Solomon ˹We subjected˺ the wind: its morning stride was a month’s journey and so was its evening stride. And We caused a stream of molten copper to flow for him, and ˹We subjected˺ some of the jinn to work under him by his Lord’s Will. And whoever of them deviated from Our command, We made them taste the torment of the blaze.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

34:13

يَعۡمَلُونَ

لَهُۥ

مَا

يَشَآءُ

مِن

مَّحَٰرِيبَ

وَتَمَٰثِيلَ

وَجِفَانٖ

كَٱلۡجَوَابِ

وَقُدُورٖ

رَّاسِيَٰتٍۚ

ٱعۡمَلُوٓاْ

ءَالَ

دَاوُۥدَ

شُكۡرٗاۚ

وَقَلِيلٞ

مِّنۡ

عِبَادِيَ

ٱلشَّكُورُ

١٣

They made for him whatever he desired of sanctuaries, statues,¹ basins as large as reservoirs, and cooking pots fixed ˹into the ground˺. ˹We ordered:˺ “Work gratefully, O family of David!” ˹Only˺ a few of My servants are ˹truly˺ grateful.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

34:14

فَلَمَّا

قَضَيۡنَا

عَلَيۡهِ

ٱلۡمَوۡتَ

مَا

دَلَّهُمۡ

عَلَىٰ

مَوۡتِهِۦٓ

إِلَّا

دَآبَّةُ

ٱلۡأَرۡضِ

تَأۡكُلُ

مِنسَأَتَهُۥۖ

فَلَمَّا

خَرَّ

تَبَيَّنَتِ

ٱلۡجِنُّ

أَن

لَّوۡ

كَانُواْ

يَعۡلَمُونَ

ٱلۡغَيۡبَ

مَا

لَبِثُواْ

فِي

ٱلۡعَذَابِ

ٱلۡمُهِينِ

١٤

When We decreed Solomon’s death, nothing indicated to the ˹subjected˺ jinn that he was dead except the termites eating away his staff.¹ So when he collapsed, the jinn realized that if they had ˹really˺ known the unseen, they would not have remained in ˹such˺ humiliating servitude.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

34:15

لَقَدۡ

كَانَ

لِسَبَإٖ

فِي

مَسۡكَنِهِمۡ

ءَايَةٞۖ

جَنَّتَانِ

عَن

يَمِينٖ

وَشِمَالٖۖ

كُلُواْ

مِن

رِّزۡقِ

رَبِّكُمۡ

وَٱشۡكُرُواْ

لَهُۥۚ

بَلۡدَةٞ

طَيِّبَةٞ

وَرَبٌّ

غَفُورٞ

١٥

Indeed, there was a sign for ˹the tribe of˺ Sheba in their homeland: two orchards—one to the right and the other to the left. ˹They were told:˺ “Eat from the provision of your Lord, and be grateful to Him. ˹Yours is˺ a good land and a forgiving Lord.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

34:16

فَأَعۡرَضُواْ

فَأَرۡسَلۡنَا

عَلَيۡهِمۡ

سَيۡلَ

ٱلۡعَرِمِ

وَبَدَّلۡنَٰهُم

بِجَنَّتَيۡهِمۡ

جَنَّتَيۡنِ

ذَوَاتَيۡ

أُكُلٍ

خَمۡطٖ

وَأَثۡلٖ

وَشَيۡءٖ

مِّن

سِدۡرٖ

قَلِيلٖ

١٦

But they turned away. So We sent against them a devastating flood, and replaced their orchards with two others producing bitter fruit, fruitless bushes,¹ and a few ˹sparse˺ thorny trees.²

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

34:17

ذَٰلِكَ

جَزَيۡنَٰهُم

بِمَا

كَفَرُواْۖ

وَهَلۡ

نُجَٰزِيٓ

إِلَّا

ٱلۡكَفُورَ

١٧

This is how We rewarded them for their ingratitude. Would We ever punish ˹anyone in such a way˺ except the ungrateful?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

34:18

وَجَعَلۡنَا

بَيۡنَهُمۡ

وَبَيۡنَ

ٱلۡقُرَى

ٱلَّتِي

بَٰرَكۡنَا

فِيهَا

قُرٗى

ظَٰهِرَةٗ

وَقَدَّرۡنَا

فِيهَا

ٱلسَّيۡرَۖ

سِيرُواْ

فِيهَا

لَيَالِيَ

وَأَيَّامًا

ءَامِنِينَ

١٨

We had also placed between them and the cities¹ We showered with blessings ˹many small˺ towns within sight of one another. And We set moderate travel distances in between, ˹saying,˺ “Travel between them by day and night safely.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

34:19

فَقَالُواْ

رَبَّنَا

بَٰعِدۡ

بَيۡنَ

أَسۡفَارِنَا

وَظَلَمُوٓاْ

أَنفُسَهُمۡ

فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ

أَحَادِيثَ

وَمَزَّقۡنَٰهُمۡ

كُلَّ

مُمَزَّقٍۚ

إِنَّ

فِي

ذَٰلِكَ

لَأٓيَٰتٖ

لِّكُلِّ

صَبَّارٖ

شَكُورٖ

١٩

But they said, “Our Lord! Make ˹the distances of˺ our journeys longer,” wronging themselves.¹ So We reduced them to ˹cautionary˺ tales, and scattered them utterly. Surely in this are lessons for whoever is steadfast, grateful.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

34:20