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Surah Saba, Verse 29

سورة سبإ، الآية ٢٩

34:29 Juz 22 Hizb 44 Page 431 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 34:29

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ ۝٢٩

Transliteration

wayaqūlūna matā hādhā l-waʿdu in kuntum ṣādiqīna

Translation

And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"

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Verse 29 of Surah Saba (34:29), a Meccan surah, is in juz 22, on page 431 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 29

Al-Mukhtasar

And the idolaters say, whilst hastily seeking the punishment you are warning them of: “If you are truthful tell us When is this promise of punishment going to occur?”

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Other translations of verse 29

They say, “When will this promise come to pass, if you are truthful?”

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

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

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

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

And they say, "When will this promise (come to pass), in case you are sincere?"

Verse 29 word by word

  1. وَيَقُولُونَ wayaqūlūna And they say ق و ل
  2. مَتَىٰ matā When
  3. هَٰذَا hādhā (is) this
  4. ٱلْوَعْدُ l-waʿdu promise و ع د
  5. إِن in if
  6. كُنتُمْ kuntum you are ك و ن
  7. صَٰدِقِينَ ṣādiqīna truthful ص د ق

Verses related to verse 29

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Ash-Shuraa 42:18

    يَسْتَعْجِلُ بِهَا ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهَا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مُشْفِقُونَ مِنْهَا وَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهَا ٱلْحَقُّ أَلَآ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُمَارُونَ فِى ٱلسَّاعَةِ لَفِى ضَلَٰلٍۭ بَعِيدٍ

    Those who do not believe in it are impatient for it, but those who believe are fearful of it and know that it is the truth. Unquestionably, those who dispute concerning the Hour are in extreme error.

Verses with similar wording

They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • Yunus 10:48

    وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    And they say, "When is [the fulfillment of] this promise, if you should be truthful?"

  • Al-Anbya 21:38

    وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"

  • An-Naml 27:71

    وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    And they say, "When is [the fulfillment of] this promise, if you should be truthful?"

  • Ya-Sin 36:48

    وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"

  • Al-Mulk 67:25

    وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"

  • Al-Waqi’ah 56:87

    تَرْجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    Bring it back, if you should be truthful?

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