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Quran 34:14

Surah Saba (Sheba), verse 14 of 54 · Juz 22

فَلَمَّا قَضَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ ٱلْمَوْتَ مَا دَلَّهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَوْتِهِۦٓ إِلَّا دَآبَّةُ ٱلْأَرْضِ تَأْكُلُ مِنسَأَتَهُۥ ۖ فَلَمَّا خَرَّ تَبَيَّنَتِ ٱلْجِنُّ أَن لَّوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ ٱلْغَيْبَ مَا لَبِثُوا۟ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْمُهِينِ

Translations of Quran 34:14
EnglishTalal Itani

Then, when We decreed death for him, nothing indicated his death to them except an earthworm eating at his staff. Then, when he fell down, it became clear to the sprites that, had they known the unseen, they would not have remained in the demeaning torment.

EnglishPickthall, 1930

And when We decreed death for him, nothing showed his death to them save a creeping creature of the earth which gnawed away his staff. And when he fell the jinn saw clearly how, if they had known the Unseen, they would not have continued in despised toil.

TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935

Sonra vaktâ ki ona ölümü hukmettik, onlara onun ölümünü sezdiren olmadı, yalnız bir güve böceği (Arza) dayandığı asasını yiyordu, bu sebeble yıkıldığı zaman tebeyyün etti ki Cinler eğer gaybi bilir olsalar o zilleti azâb içinde bekleyib durmazlardı

FrenchKazimirski, 1840

Et lorsque nous décrétâmes qu’il mourût, ce fut un reptile de la terre qui l’apprit le premier à tous : il avait rongé son bâton qui soutenait le cadavre ; et quand celui-ci tomba, les génies reconnurent que, s’ils avaient pénétré le mystère, ils ne seraient pas restés aussi longtemps dans cette peine avilissante

DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French

Toen wij hadden besloten, dat Salomo zou sterven, ontdekte hun niets zijnen dood, behalve het kruipend gedierte der aarde, dat zijn staf doorknaagde. En toen zijn lijk nederviel, begrepen de geniussen volkomen, dat, indien zij hadden geweten wat geheim is, zij niet zoolang in die vernederende straf waren gebleven.

ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French

E quando decretammo ch’ei morisse, fu un rettile della terra che per il primo lo fe noto a tutti: egli aveva roso il bastone (che sosteneva cadavere), è quando questo cadde, i genj riconobbero che, se avessero penetrato il mistero, non sarebbero restati così lungo tempo in questa pena d’avvilimento.

Arabic: Tanzil Project. English: Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com. Other translations: public domain editions, listed in Sources.