34: Surah Saba - Part 6
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يَعْمَلُونَ
yaʿmalūna
They worked
لَهُۥ
lahu
for him
مَا
what
يَشَآءُ
yashāu
he willed
مِن
min
of
مَّحَـٰرِيبَ
maḥārība
elevated chambers
وَتَمَـٰثِيلَ
watamāthīla
and statues
وَجِفَانٍۢ
wajifānin
and bowls
كَٱلْجَوَابِ
kal-jawābi
like reservoirs
وَقُدُورٍۢ
waqudūrin
and cooking-pots
رَّاسِيَـٰتٍ ۚ
rāsiyātin
fixed
ٱعْمَلُوٓا۟
iʿ'malū
Work
ءَالَ
āla
O family
دَاوُۥدَ
dāwūda
(of) Dawood
شُكْرًۭا ۚ
shuk'ran
(in) gratitude
وَقَلِيلٌۭ
waqalīlun
But few
مِّنْ
min
of
عِبَادِىَ
ʿibādiya
My slaves
ٱلشَّكُورُ
l-shakūru
(are) grateful
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فَلَمَّا
falammā
Then when
قَضَيْنَا
qaḍaynā
We decreed
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi
for him
ٱلْمَوْتَ
l-mawta
the death
مَا
not
دَلَّهُمْ
dallahum
indicated to them
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
[on]
مَوْتِهِۦٓ
mawtihi
his death
إِلَّا
illā
except
دَآبَّةُ
dābbatu
a creature
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
(of) the earth
تَأْكُلُ
takulu
eating
مِنسَأَتَهُۥ ۖ
minsa-atahu
his staff
فَلَمَّا
falammā
But when
خَرَّ
kharra
he fell down
تَبَيَّنَتِ
tabayyanati
became clear
ٱلْجِنُّ
l-jinu
(to) the jinn
أَن
an
that
لَّوْ
law
if
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they had
يَعْلَمُونَ
yaʿlamūna
known
ٱلْغَيْبَ
l-ghayba
the unseen
مَا
not
لَبِثُوا۟
labithū
they (would have) remained
فِى
in
ٱلْعَذَابِ
l-ʿadhābi
the punishment
ٱلْمُهِينِ
l-muhīni
humiliating
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