AL QUR'AN | CHAPTER NUMBER THIRTY FOUR VERSE NUMBER ONE

SABAʾ

Sheba

 سبإ

CHAPTER NUMBER 34 • 54 SIGNS

Whoso recites this surah and surah al Fatir in the night would be in divine protection throughout the night, and whoso recites these two surahs in the morning would be in divine protection throughout the day; and the recompense in this world and in the hereafter would be beyond imagination.
Whoso recites this surah would have a smooth sailing on the day of judgement.
Whoso writes this surah on paper and wears it around the neck four-footed beasts of prey would not attack him. Whoso writes this surah on a china plate, washes it with clean water, drinks it and washes his face, fear would not come near him.
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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
BI-SMI LLĀHI R-RAḤMĀNI R-RAḤĪM^I  

1 | VERSE NUMBER ONE

TRANSLITERATION:

^al-ḥamdu li-llāhi lladhī lahū mā fī s-samāwāti wa-mā fī l-ʾarḍi wa-lahu l-ḥamdu fī l-ʾākhirati wa-huwa l-ḥakīmu l-khabīr^u

TRANSLATION:

All praise belongs to Allah to whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth. To Him belongs all praise in the Hereafter, and He is the All-wise, the All-aware.

[Pooya/Ali Commentary 34:1]

This verse repudiates the polytheistic view of dividing the universe into separate regions each with a different god as ruler. Everything in the heavens and the earth and in between them belongs to none but the one and only creator Lord, Allah, hence praise of every kind and in any degree is His. This most important fact of faith has been mentioned many times in the Quran so as to enable every sensible human being to be ever mindful of the true and only benefactor. If a man believes and knows without doubt that Allah alone is the source of all good, he naturally does nothing except good, and necessarily avoids anything that displeases his Lord. He remains adoring Allah, celebrating His praise and offering all gratitude to Him.