Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

“Return thou to them: ‘We will come to them with forces they have no power to resist, and we will drive them therefrom in abjection; and they will be brought low.’”

اِرْجِعْ اِلَيْهِمْ فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّهُمْ بِجُنُودٍ لَا قِبَلَ لَهُمْ بِهَا وَلَنُخْرِجَنَّهُمْ مِنْهَٓا اَذِلَّةً وَهُمْ صَاغِرُونَ
IrjiAA ilayhim falana/tiyannahum bijunoodinla qibala lahum biha walanukhrijannahum minhaathillatan wahum saghiroon
#wordmeaningroot
1ir'jiʿReturnرجع
2ilayhimto them
3falanatiyannahumsurely, we will come to themاتي
4bijunūdinwith hostsجند
5not
6qibala(is) resistanceقبل
7lahumfor them
8bihāof it
9walanukh'rijannahumand surely, we will drive them outخرج
10min'hāfrom there
11adhillatan(in) humiliationذلل
12wahumand they
13ṣāghirūna(will be) abasedصغر
  • Aisha Bewley

    Return to them. We will come to them with troops they cannot face and we will expel them from it abased and humiliated.’

  • Progressive Muslims

    "Return to them. For we shall come to them with soldiers the like of which they have never seen, and we will drive them out humiliated, while they are feeble."

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Solomon said to the envoys, "Go back to them, (and tell them that) we verily will come to them with forces they cannot withstand. We shall drive the leaders out of power and humiliate them to shame." (Historically the Kingdom of Sheba flourished from 1100 to 115 B.C. At their zenith they were the richest nation in the world. Their economy was based on excellent agriculture and international trade. They had the most advanced irrigation systems of the times, with great water dams. Their Kingdom included today's whole of Yemen, Somalia and Ethiopia, and boasting a strong army, they frequently had expansive designs further south and up north. As the inevitable result of worshiping multiple false deities, including the sun, their society was not without inequities of caste and creed. Solomon, the King and the Prophet, planned to subdue the Sheba Empire to thwart their aggressive designs and to protect the region from oppression. And he succeeded magnificently. Queen Bilqis of Sheba and her nation embraced Solomon's Message and reverted to the worship and obedience of the One True God).

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    “Return thou to them: ‘We will come to them with forces they have no power to resist, and we will drive them therefrom in abjection; and they will be brought low.’”

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    "Go back to them. For we shall come to them with soldiers the like of which they have never seen, and we will drive them out humiliated, while they are feeble."

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    "Return to them. For we shall come to them with soldiers the like of which they have never seen, and we will drive them out humiliated, while they are feeble."

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    (To the hoopoe, he said,) "Go back to them (and let them know that) we will come to them with forces they cannot imagine. We will evict them, humiliated and debased."

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Go back to them. We shall soon come with our armies which they will not be able to face. We shall drive them out of (the land) with ignominy, and they will be humbled."

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    Return to them, for we will surely come to them with soldiers that they will be powerless to encounter, and we will surely expel them therefrom in humiliation, and they will be debased. "

  • Muhammad Asad

    "Go thou back unto them ! For, ‘We shall most certainly come upon them with forces which they will never be able to withstand, and shall most certainly cause them to be driven from that , despicable and humbled!’"

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Return unto them. We verily shall come unto them with hosts that they cannot resist, and we shall drive them out from thence with shame, and they will be abased.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Envoy, go back to those who sent you and we shall certainly come upon them with hosts* whom they will be unable to resist. We shall drive them out from there, and they will suffer humiliation and disgrace."

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    "Go back to them. We will confront them with such forces as they can never withstand and oust them from thence and drive them away humbled and humiliated"

  • Bijan Moeinian

    "Go back and let them know that we will come to destroy the with such a mighty army that they can not resist. "

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    : "Go back to them. We verily shall come to them with hosts that they cannot resist, and we shall drive them out from there in disgrace, and they will be abased."

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    "Go back to them, and be sure we shall come to them with such hosts as they will never be able to meet: We shall expel them from there in disgrace, and they will feel humbled (indeed)."

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Go back to them, for we will certainly mobilize against them forces which they can never resist, and we will drive them out from there in disgrace, fully humbled." 

  • Taqi Usmani

    Go back to them, and we will bring to them forces they have no power to face, and we will certainly drive them out from there in humiliation while they are disgraced."

  • Abdul Haleem

    Go back to your people: we shall certainly come upon them with irresistible forces, and drive them, disgraced and humbled, from their land.’

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Return thou to them; we shall assuredly come against them with hosts they have not power to resist, and we shall expel them from there, abased and utterly humbled. '

  • E. Henry Palmer

    return to them, for we will surely come to them with hosts which they cannot confront; and we will surely drive them out therefrom mean and made small!'

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And when the envoy came to Solomon, he (Solomon) said, "Do you offer me wealth, when what Allah has given me is better than what He has given to you? Nay, it is you (not I) who rejoice (exult) in your gifts.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Return to them. So indeed we will definitely come up against them with hosts they cannot withstand (Literally: of no withstanding). Indeed, we will definitely drive them out there from humiliated, and they will be (utterly) belittled."

  • George Sale

    Return unto the people of Saba. We will surely come unto them with forces, which they shall not be able to withstand; and we will drive them out from their city, humbled; and they shall become contemptible.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    "Go back to them, and be sure we will come to them with strong armies that they will never be able to meet: And we shall remove them from there in disgrace, and they will feel in low position. "

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    `Go back to them (and tell your people that), we shall certainly come down upon them with hosts they have no power to withstand and we shall, surely, drive them out from there (- their country) disgraced, while they are subjugated?'

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Go back to them, for we will come at them with hosts which they cannot face, and we will expel them from it, abased, and they shall be degraded. ’