Surah Saba 34:11 — translation and meaning

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ۖ ۖ أَنِ اعْمَلْ سَابِغَاتٍ وَقَدِّرْ فِي السَّرْدِ وَاعْمَلُوا صَالِحًا إِنِّي بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ

Word by Word

ۖ
ۖ
أَنِ
ani
That
اعْمَلْ
i'mal
make
سَابِغَاتٍ
sabighatin
full coats of mail
وَقَدِّرْ
waqaddir
and measure precisely
فِي
fi
[of]
السَّرْدِ
al-sardi
the links (of armor)
وَاعْمَلُوا
wa-i'malu
and work
صَالِحًا
salihan
righteousness
إِنِّي
inni
Indeed I Am
بِمَا
bima
of what
تَعْمَلُونَ
ta'maluna
you do
بَصِيرٌ
basirun
All-Seer

Transliteration

Ani'mal saabighaatinw wa qaddir fis sardi wa'maloo saalihan innee bimaa ta'maloona Baseer

Translation

[Commanding him], "Make full coats of mail and calculate [precisely] the links, and work [all of you] righteousness. Indeed I, of what you do, am Seeing."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

O David! Make an expansive armour which will protect your soldiers from the attacks of their enemies, and make the rivets in proportion to the rings so that they are not too fine such that do not lodge in them, nor too thick such that they do not fit in them either. And do good deeds; I am watching over your actions, none of your actions are hidden from Me and I shall requite you for them.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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