The Holy Quran 34:17 — Surah Saba

Arabic text

ذَٰلِكَ جَزَيْنَـٰهُم بِمَا كَفَرُوا۟ ۖ وَهَلْ نُجَـٰزِىٓ إِلَّا ٱلْكَفُورَ

Translation

This was the punishment We gave them for their ingratitude. We punish only the extremely ungrateful ones.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Such a severe punishment is given to the greatly ungrateful. And what ingratitude could be greater than disbelief? In Surah An-Naml it has already passed: وَجَدْتُّهَا وَقَوْمَهَا يَسْجُدُوْنَ لِلشَّمْسِ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ “I found her and her people prostrating to the sun instead of Allah” and so on (An-Naml, ruku' (section) 2).

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