ذَٰلِكَ جَزَيْنَـٰهُم بِمَا كَفَرُوا۟ ۖ وَهَلْ نُجَـٰزِىٓ إِلَّا ٱلْكَفُورَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- [By] that We repaid them because they disbelieved. And do We [thus] repay except the ungrateful?
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- அவர்கள் நிராகரித்ததன் காரணமாக அவர்களுக்கு இக்கூலியை, நாம் கொடுத்தோம். (நன்றி மறந்து) நிராகரித்தோருக்கன்றி வேறெவருக்கும் நாம் (இத்தகைய) கூலியைக் கொடுப்போமா?
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- එය ඔවුන් ප්රතික්ෂේප කළ දෑ හේතුවෙන් අප ඔවුනට ප්රතිඵල වශයෙන් ලබා දුන්නකි. ගුණමකුවන්ට හැර වෙනත් කිසිවෙකුට (මේ අයුරින්) අපි ප්රතිවිපාක ලබා දෙන්නෙමු ද?
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- ہم نے ان کی ناشکری کا یہ بدلہ انہیں دیا۔ ہم (ایسی) سخت سزا بڑے بڑے ناشکروں ہی کو دیتے ہیں.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- そのようにわれは，かれらが不信心であったために報いた。われが，不信心（恩を忘れる）者以外に報復などしようか。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 我因他们的忘恩而以这报酬他们，我只惩罚忘恩的人。
Tafsir of 34:17
The Disbelief of Saba' (Sheba) and Their Punishment Saba' refers to the kings and people of the Yemen. At-Tababa`ah (Tubba`) surname of the ancient kings of Yemen were part of them, and Bilqis, the queen who met Sulayman, peace be upon him, was also one of them. They lived a life of enviable luxury in their land with plentiful provision, crops and fruits. Allah sent them messengers telling them to eat of His provision and give thanks to Him by worshipping Him alone, and they followed that for as long as Allah willed, then they turned away from that which they had been commanded to do. So they were punished with a flood which scattered them throughout the lands around Saba' in all directions, as we will see in detail below, if Allah wills. In Him we put our trust.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
