(Maka kamakmuran dan kemudahan itu menjadikan mereka sombong dan kufur) lalu berkata: "Wahai Tuhan kami, jauhkanlah jarak perjalanan kami (di antara sebuah bandar dengan yang lain)", dan mereka berlaku zalim kepada diri mereka sendiri; lalu Kami jadikan (kisah perbuatan derhaka) mereka: buah mulut orang ramai, serta kami pecah belahkan mereka berkecai-kecai. Sesungguhnya kisah mereka yang tersebut mengandungi tanda-tanda (yang besar pengajarannya bagi tiap-tiap seorang (mukmin) yang sentiasa bersikap sabar, lagi sentiasa bersyukur.
Penjelasan
The context implies that the people of Sheba were admonished to be grateful to their Lord who had extended their civilisation and made transportation easy between its parts. The first two readings indicate that instead, they called sarcastically for these blessings to be taken away. Yaʿqūb's reading describes another form of mocking, i.e. that these people – who did not actually believe in Allah – complained that things were not easy enough for their liking [Ibn 'Ashur].