Ayat (verses) 1-2 Praise to the All-wise and Sovereign God 3 Unbelievers shall not escape the judgment-day 4-5 The reward of believers and the punishment of infidels sure 6 Certain Jews accept the Quran as the word of God 7 The Quraish scoff at the doctrine of the resurrection 8 Muhammad accused of being a forger of the Quran and a madman 8-9 Divine judgments threatened against the unbelievers 10-11 David received blessing and knowledge from God 12 Solomon received dominion over the winds and the genii 13 The palaces, statues of Solomon etc constructed by genii 14 Solomon’s death concealed from the genii 15-16 The people of Sabá rebel against God and are punished 19 They are dispersed on account of covetousness 20 All but a few believers follow Iblís 21 The idolaters worship imaginary deities 22 Only those who are permitted shall intercede on the judgment-day 23-26 The bountiful God will judge between true believers and the infidels 27 Muhammad sent to man as a warning 28-29 The infidels will feel God’s threatened punishment in the judgment-day 30-32 Mutual enmity of the idolaters and their leaders on the day of judgment 33 God’s prophets have always been opposed by the affluent 34-35 The Makkans boast in their riches in vain 36 The righteous only shall be saved 37 Muhammad’s adversaries shall be punished 38 The Lord will reward the almsgivers 39-40 The angels shall repudiate their worshippers 41 Idolaters shall be unable to help one another in the judgment 42 The unbelievers call Muhammad a forger of the Quran and blasphemer 43-44 Rejecting their Prophet as did those before them, the Makkans shall receive like punishment 45-49 Muhammad protests the truth of his claims 50-54 Unbelievers shall repent when too late to avail Revelation history The chapter was revealed during the Meccan period of Muhammad's prophethood, therefore, a Meccan sura. Some commentators of the Quran, including Ahmad ibn Ajiba, Mahmud al-Alusi, Ibn al-Jawzi, and Al-Qurtubi opined that the sixth verse was an exception and was revealed in the Medinan period. Name The name of the chapter refers to Sheba, a kingdom mentioned in the Quran and the Bible. Sheba is the subject of verses 15 to 21 of the chapter, although this passage likely does not refer to the kingdom under the famous Queen of Sheba, but rather about a group of people in the same region in