Surah Saba 34:5 — translation and meaning

سبأ · Verse 5 / 54 · Page 428

وَالَّذِينَ سَعَوْا فِي آيَاتِنَا مُعَاجِزِينَ أُولَئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مِّن رِّجْزٍ أَلِيمٌ

Word by Word

وَالَّذِينَ
wa-alladhina
But those who
سَعَوْا
sa'aw
strive
فِي
fi
against
آيَاتِنَا
ayatina
Our Verses
مُعَاجِزِينَ
mu'ajizina
(to) cause failure
أُولَئِكَ
ulaika
those
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
عَذَابٌ
adhabun
(is) a punishment
مِّن
min
of
رِّجْزٍ
rij'zin
foul nature
أَلِيمٌ
alimun
painful

Transliteration

Wallazeena sa'aw feee aayaatinaa mu'aajizeena ulaaa 'ika lahum 'azaabum mir irjzin aleem

Translation

But those who strive against Our verses [seeking] to cause failure - for them will be a painful punishment of foul nature.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

As for those who strove to falsify all the verses Allah revealed, and said regarding them, “It is sorcery!” and said regarding My Messenger, “He is a fortune-teller, a sorcerer, and a poet”, they will receive the worst and severest punishment on the Day of Judgement.

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

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