Skip to content
34:14

Surah Saba, ayah 14

Surah Saba (chapter 34) · Ayah 14 · Juz 22 · Page 429

Surah Saba, ayah 14

Surah Saba, ayah 14 (34:14) means: “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.[1222] 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.[1223]” (Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2))

Updated
Text
Uthmani script (Tanzil)
Translation
Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)
3 / 5

No ads on any Quran page.

34:14

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.[1222] 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.[1223]

Translator's notes

[1222] Upon which he was leaning at the time of his death. A termite continued to gnaw into the stick until it collapsed under his weight. [1223] i.e., hard labor. This verse is evidence that the jinn do not possess knowledge of the unseen, which belongs exclusively to Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā).

Quran 34:14 (Saba) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

Text sources

  • Arabic text · Tanzil Project (tanzil.net), Uthmani text version 1.1, CC BY 3.0, copied without changes

  • Translation · English Translation - Noor International Center · QuranEnc.com v1.1.2

  • Juz & pages · Tanzil Quran Metadata 1.0 (Madinah mushaf, 604 pages), CC BY 3.0