سورة سَبَإ
Surah Saba’ 34:40
Sheba · Verse 40 of 54
وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ أَهَٰؤُلَاءِ إِيَّاكُمْ كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
(Never be oblivious of) the day when He will gather them all together, then He will say to the angels, `Are these the ones who used to worship you?´
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
One Day He will gather them all together, and say to the angels, "Was it you that these men used to worship?
Ahmed Ali
The day He will gather all of them together, He will ask the angels: "Did they worship you?"
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Ali Unal
And a Day (will come and) He will gather those (who strive against Our Revelations and those beings or things they worshipped in the world) all together, and will ask the angels, "Was it you that those used to worship (within your knowledge and to your pleasure)?"
Daryabadi
And on the Day whereon He gathereth them together, then He will say Unto the angels: was it ye that these were wont to worship?
Faridul Haque
And on the day when He will raise them all, and then say to the angels, “Did they worship you?”
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And on the day when He will gather them all together, then will he say to the angels: Did these worship you?
Maulvi Sher Ali
And remember the day, when HE will gather them all together; then HE will say to the angels, `Was it you that they worshiped?'
Muhammad Asad
And [as for those who now deny the truth,] one Day He will gather them all together, and will ask the angels, "Was it you that they were wont to worship?"
Muhammad Musin Khan
And (remember) the Day when He will gather them all together, and then will say to the angels: "Was it you that these people used to worship?"
Muhammad Pickthall
And on the day when He will gather them all together, He will say unto the angels: Did these worship you?
Muhammad Sarwar
On the day when God will rise them all together and ask the angels, "Had these people been worshipping you?".
Muhammed ali Shakir
And on the day when He will gather them all together, then will He say to the angels: Did these worship you?
Rashad Khalifa
On the day when He summons them all, He will say to the angels, "Did these people worship you?"
Shabbir Ahmed
The Day He gathers all people He will ask the angels, "Did they worship you?”
Commentary 34:40 Here, the word “angels” refers to the righteous and holy people who are taken as gods by the ignorant. This meaning is clarified in the reply of the…
وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ أَهَـٰؤُلَاءِ إِيَّاكُمْ كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَ
34:40 Here, the word “angels” refers to the righteous and holy people who are taken as gods by the ignorant. This meaning is clarified in the reply of the righteous given in the next verse (قَالُواسُبْحَانَكَ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا مِندُونِهِمcf. 34:41).