Surah Saba 34:34 — translation and meaning
سبأ · Verse 34 / 54 · Page 432
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا فِي قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّذِيرٍ إِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَا إِنَّا بِمَا أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِ كَافِرُونَ
Word by Word
وَمَا
wama
And not
أَرْسَلْنَا
arsalna
We sent
فِي
fi
to
قَرْيَةٍ
qaryatin
a town
مِّن
min
any
نَّذِيرٍ
nadhirin
warner
إِلَّا
illa
but
قَالَ
qala
said
مُتْرَفُوهَا
mut'rafuha
its wealthy ones
إِنَّا
inna
Indeed we
بِمَا
bima
in what
أُرْسِلْتُم
ur'sil'tum
you have been sent
بِهِ
bihi
with
كَافِرُونَ
kafiruna
(are) disbelievers
Transliteration
Wa maaa arsalnaa' fee qaryatim min nazeerin illaa qaala mutrafooaa innaa bimaaa ursiltum bihee kaafiroon
Translation
And We did not send into a city any warner except that its affluent said, "Indeed we, in that with which you were sent, are disbelievers."
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
I have not sent a messenger in any city to warn of Allah’s punishment except that the affluent people in it amongst those of power, fame and wealth said: “We are of what you have been sent with, O messengers, disbelievers”.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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