Surah Saba, ayah 14
فَلَمَّا قَضَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ ٱلْمَوْتَ مَا دَلَّهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَوْتِهِۦٓ إِلَّا دَآبَّةُ ٱلْأَرْضِ تَأْكُلُ مِنسَأَتَهُۥ ۖ فَلَمَّا خَرَّ تَبَيَّنَتِ ٱلْجِنُّ أَن لَّوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ ٱلْغَيْبَ مَا لَبِثُوا۟ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْمُهِينِ
And when We decreed for him [i.e., Solomon] death, nothing indicated to them [i.e., the jinn] his death except a creature of the earth eating his staff. But when he fell, it became clear to the jinn that if they had known the unseen, they would not have remained in humiliating punishment.
Saba · 34:14
Word by word
- فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
- قَضَيْنَاqaḍaynāWe decreed
- عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor him
- ٱلْمَوْتَl-mawtathe death
- مَاmānot
- دَلَّهُمْdallahumindicated to them
- عَلَىٰʿalā[on]
- مَوْتِهِۦٓmawtihihis death
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- دَآبَّةُdābbatua creature
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi(of) the earth
- تَأْكُلُtakulueating
- مِنسَأَتَهُۥ ۖminsa-atahuhis staff
- فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
- خَرَّkharrahe fell down
- تَبَيَّنَتِtabayyanatibecame clear
- ٱلْجِنُّl-jinu(to) the jinn
- أَنanthat
- لَّوْlawif
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey had
- يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknown
- ٱلْغَيْبَl-ghaybathe unseen
- مَاmānot
- لَبِثُوا۟labithūthey (would have) remained
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment
- ٱلْمُهِينِl-muhīnihumiliating
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