The Quran

سورة سَبَإ

Surah Saba’ 34:29

Sheba · Verse 29 of 54

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا الْوَعْدُ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And they say, `Tell us, if you speak the truth when this promise will be (fulfilled).´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They say: "When will this promise (come to pass) if ye are telling the truth?

Ahmed Ali

Instead they say: "When is this promise going to be, if you speak the truth?"

12 more translations

Ali Unal

They say: "When is this promise (of judgment) to be fulfilled, if you are truthful (in your claim)?"

Daryabadi

And they say: when is this promise to be fulfilled if ye say sooth?

Faridul Haque

And they say, “When will this promise come, if you are truthful?

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And they say: When will this promise be (fulfilled), if you are truthful?

Maulvi Sher Ali

And they say, `When will this promise be fulfilled, if you are truthful?'

Muhammad Asad

and so they ask, "When is this promise [of resurrection and judgment] to be fulfilled? [Answer this, O you who believe in it,] if you are men of truth!"

Muhammad Musin Khan

And they say: "When is this promise (i.e. the Day of Resurrection will be fulfilled) if you are truthful?"

Muhammad Pickthall

And they say: When is this promise (to be fulfilled) if ye are truthful?

Muhammad Sarwar

They say, "When will the Day of Judgment be if what you say is true?".

Muhammed ali Shakir

And they say: When will this promise be (fulfilled) if you are truthful?

Rashad Khalifa

They challenge, "When will this promise come to pass, if you are truthful?"

Shabbir Ahmed

They keep saying, “When will the promise be fulfilled, if you (believers) are truthful?”

Commentary 34:29 “When will this promise come?” refers to the encounter mentioned in 34:26. This question by the opponents of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) indicates that they…

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَـٰذَا الْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ

34:29 “When will this promise come?” refers to the encounter mentioned in 34:26. This question by the opponents of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) indicates that they understood the prophecy in 34:26.