ذَٰلِكَ جَزَيْنَٰهُم بِمَا كَفَرُوا۟ ۖ وَهَلْ نُجَٰزِىٓ إِلَّا ٱلْكَفُورَ
Zaalika jazainaahum bimaa kafaroo wa hal nujaazeee illal kafoor
[By] that We repaid them because they disbelieved. And do We [thus] repay except the ungrateful?
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34:17Ayah 154
5 ayahs in Saba are strongly about gratitude. This is one of them.
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That replacement of what they had is what We requited them with for their ingratitude and is anyone but the ingrate ever so requited? read hal yujāzā illā’l-kafūru; or read as hal nujāzī illā’l-kafūra ‘Would We requite anyone but the ingrate?’ in other words it is only the like of such who is called to account.
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