The Quran

سورة سَبَإ

Surah Saba’ 34:52

Sheba · Verse 52 of 54

وَقَالُوا آمَنَّا بِهِ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ التَّنَاوُشُ مِنْ مَكَانٍ بَعِيدٍ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Then they will say, `We (now) believe in this (- Qur´ân). But how can the attainment (of faith) be possible from a position (of disbelief) so far off,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And they will say, "We do believe (now) in the (Truth)"; but how could they receive (Faith) from a position (so far off,-

Ahmed Ali

They will say: "We believe in it." How could they reach it from a place of no return?

12 more translations

Ali Unal

They say: "We have believed in it (the Qur’an)!" But how can they hope to attain to faith and salvation from a position so far away,

Daryabadi

And then they will say: we believe therein. But whence can there be the attainment of faith from a place so afar.

Faridul Haque

And they will say, “We accept faith in it”; and how can they attain it from so far away? (After they have crossed the limit of life allotted to them.)

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And they will say: We believe in it. And how can they attain (to faith) from a distant place.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And they will say, `We now believe therein.' But how can they attain faith from a position so far off?

Muhammad Asad

and will cry, "We do (now] believe in it!"

Muhammad Musin Khan

And they will say (in the Hereafter): "We do believe (now);" but how could they receive (Faith and the acceptance of their repentance by Allah) from a place so far off (i.e. to return to the worldly life again).

Muhammad Pickthall

And say: We (now) believe therein. But how can they reach (faith) from afar off,

Muhammad Sarwar

and then they will say, "We have faith in the Quran." How can they have any faith when they are far away from this world.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And they shall say: We believe in it. And how shall the attaining (of faith) be possible to them from a distant place?

Rashad Khalifa

They will then say, "We now believe in it," but it will be far too late.

Shabbir Ahmed

They will cry, “We now believe in it.” But how could they attain it when it will be far too late.