38

Surah Sad

ص · The Letter Sad · Meccan · 88 verses

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

38:1

صۤ ۗوَالْقُرْاٰنِ ذِى الذِّكْرِۗ ۝١

Ṣōd, wal-qur'āni żiż-żikr

1. Saad. By the renowned Quran.

38:2

بَلِ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا فِيْ عِزَّةٍ وَّشِقَاقٍ ۝٢

Balil-lażīna kafarū fī ‘izzatiw wa syiqōq

2. Those who disbelieve are steeped in arrogance and defiance.

38:3

كَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِّنْ قَرْنٍ فَنَادَوْا وَّلَاتَ حِيْنَ مَنَاصٍ ۝٣

Kam ahlaknā min qoblihim min qornin fanādaw wa lāta ḥīna manāṣ

3. How many generations have We destroyed before them? They cried out when it was too late to escape.

38:4

وَعَجِبُوْٓا اَنْ جَاۤءَهُمْ مُّنْذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ ۖوَقَالَ الْكٰفِرُوْنَ هٰذَا سٰحِرٌ كَذَّابٌۚ ۝٤

Wa ‘ajibū an jā-ahum munżirum minhum, wa qōlal-kāfirūna hāżā sāḥirun każżāb

4. And they marveled that a warner has come to them from among them. The disbelievers said, “This is a lying magician.”

38:5

اَجَعَلَ الْاٰلِهَةَ اِلٰهًا وَّاحِدًا ۖاِنَّ هٰذَا لَشَيْءٌ عُجَابٌ ۝٥

Aja‘alal-ālihata ilāhaw wāḥidā, inna hāżā lasyai'un ‘ujāb

5. “Did he turn all the gods into one God? This is something strange.”

38:6

وَانْطَلَقَ الْمَلَاُ مِنْهُمْ اَنِ امْشُوْا وَاصْبِرُوْا عَلٰٓى اٰلِهَتِكُمْ ۖاِنَّ هٰذَا لَشَيْءٌ يُّرَادُ ۖ ۝٦

Wanṭolaqol-mala'u minhum animsyū waṣbirū ‘alā ālihatikum, inna hāżā lasyai'uy yurōd

6. The notables among them announced: “Go on, and hold fast to your gods. This is something planned.

38:7

مَا سَمِعْنَا بِهٰذَا فِى الْمِلَّةِ الْاٰخِرَةِ ۖاِنْ هٰذَآ اِلَّا اخْتِلَاقٌۚ ۝٧

Mā sami‘nā bihāżā fil-millatil-ākhiroh, in hāżā illakhtilāq

7. We never heard of this in the former faith. This is nothing but a fabrication.

38:8

اَؤُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ الذِّكْرُ مِنْۢ بَيْنِنَا ۗبَلْ هُمْ فِيْ شَكٍّ مِّنْ ذِكْرِيْۚ بَلْ لَّمَّا يَذُوْقُوْا عَذَابِ ۗ ۝٨

A'unzila ‘alaihiż-żikru mim baininā, bal hum fī syakkim min żikrī, bal lammā yażūqū ‘ażāb

8. Was the message sent down to him, out of all of us?” In fact, they are doubtful of My warning. In fact, they have not yet tasted My punishment.

38:9

اَمْ عِنْدَهُمْ خَزَاۤىِٕنُ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّكَ الْعَزِيْزِ الْوَهَّابِۚ ۝٩

Am ‘indahum khozā-inu roḥmati robbikal-‘azīzil-wahhāb

9. Or do they possess the treasuries of the mercy of your Lord—the Majestic, the Giver?

38:10

اَمْ لَهُمْ مُّلْكُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۗفَلْيَرْتَقُوْا فِى الْاَسْبَابِ ۝١٠

Am lahum mulkus-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā bainahumā, falyartaqū fil-asbāb

10. Or do they possess the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and what is between them? Then let them ascend the ropes.

38:11

جُنْدٌ مَّا هُنَالِكَ مَهْزُوْمٌ مِّنَ الْاَحْزَابِ ۝١١

Jundum mā hunālika mahzūmum minal-aḥzāb

11. An army of confederates will be defeated there.

38:12

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوْحٍ وَّعَادٌ وَّفِرْعَوْنُ ذُو الْاَوْتَادِۙ ۝١٢

Każżabat qoblahum qoumu nūḥiw wa ‘āduw wa fir‘aunu żul-autād

12. Before them the people of Noah denied the truth; as did Aad, and Pharaoh of the Stakes.

38:13

وَثَمُوْدُ وَقَوْمُ لُوْطٍ وَّاَصْحٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ ۗ اُولٰۤىِٕكَ الْاَحْزَابُ ۝١٣

Wa ṡamūdu wa qoumu lūṭiw wa aṣḥābul-aikah, ulā-ikal-aḥzāb

13. And Thamood, and the people of Lot, and the dwellers of the Woods—these were the confederates.

38:14

اِنْ كُلٌّ اِلَّا كَذَّبَ الرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ عِقَابِ ࣖ ۝١٤

In kullun illā każżabar-rusula faḥaqqo ‘iqōb

14. None of them but denied the messengers, so My retribution was deserved.

38:15

وَمَا يَنْظُرُ هٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ اِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَّاحِدَةً مَّا لَهَا مِنْ فَوَاقٍ ۝١٥

Wa mā yanẓuru hā-ulā-i illā ṣoiḥataw wāḥidatam mā lahā min fawāq

15. These can expect only a single scream, from which there is no recovery.

38:16

وَقَالُوْا رَبَّنَا عَجِّلْ لَّنَا قِطَّنَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ ۝١٦

Wa qōlū robbanā ‘ajjil lanā qiṭṭonā qobla yaumil-ḥisāb

16. And they say, “Our Lord, hasten Your writ upon us, before the Day of Account.”

38:17

اِصْبِرْ عَلٰى مَا يَقُوْلُوْنَ وَاذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَا دَاوٗدَ ذَا الْاَيْدِۚ اِنَّهٗٓ اَوَّابٌ ۝١٧

Iṣbir ‘alā mā yaqūlūna ważkur ‘abdanā dāwūda żal-aid, innahū awwāb

17. Be patient in the face of what they say, and mention Our servant David, the resourceful. He was obedient.

38:18

اِنَّا سَخَّرْنَا الْجِبَالَ مَعَهٗ يُسَبِّحْنَ بِالْعَشِيِّ وَالْاِشْرَاقِۙ ۝١٨

Innā sakhkhornal-jibāla ma‘ahū yusabbiḥna bil-‘asyiyyi wal-isyrōq

18. We committed the mountains to glorify with him, in the evening and at daybreak.

38:19

وَالطَّيْرَمَحْشُوْرَةً ۗ كُلٌّ لَّهٗٓ اَوَّابٌ ۝١٩

Waṭ-ṭoiro maḥsyūroh, kullul lahū awwāb

19. And the birds, gathered together. All obedient to him.

38:20

وَشَدَدْنَا مُلْكَهٗ وَاٰتَيْنٰهُ الْحِكْمَةَ وَفَصْلَ الْخِطَابِ ۝٢٠

Wa syadadnā mulkahū wa ātaināhul-ḥikmata wa faṣlal-khiṭōb

20. And We strengthened his kingdom, and gave him wisdom and decisive speech.

38:21

وَهَلْ اَتٰىكَ نَبَؤُا الْخَصْمِۘ اِذْ تَسَوَّرُوا الْمِحْرَابَۙ ۝٢١

Wa hal atāka naba'ul-khoṣm, iż tasawwarul-miḥrōb

21. Has the story of the two disputants reached you? When they scaled the sanctuary?

38:22

اِذْ دَخَلُوْا عَلٰى دَاوٗدَ فَفَزِعَ مِنْهُمْ قَالُوْا لَا تَخَفْۚ خَصْمٰنِ بَغٰى بَعْضُنَا عَلٰى بَعْضٍ فَاحْكُمْ بَيْنَنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا تُشْطِطْ وَاهْدِنَآ اِلٰى سَوَاۤءِ الصِّرَاطِ ۝٢٢

Iż dakholū ‘alā dāwūda fafazi‘a minhum qōlū lā takhof, khoṣmāni baghō ba‘ḍunā ‘alā ba‘ḍin faḥkum bainanā bil-ḥaqqi wa lā tusyṭiṭ wahdinā ilā sawā-iṣ-ṣirōṭ

22. When they entered upon David, and he was startled by them. They said, “Do not fear. Two disputants; one of us has wronged the other; so judge between us fairly, and do not be biased, and guide us to the straight way.”

38:23

اِنَّ هٰذَآ اَخِيْ ۗ لَهٗ تِسْعٌ وَّتِسْعُوْنَ نَعْجَةً وَّلِيَ نَعْجَةٌ وَّاحِدَةٌ ۗفَقَالَ اَكْفِلْنِيْهَا وَعَزَّنِيْ فِى الْخِطَابِ ۝٢٣

Inna hāżā akhī, lahū tis‘uw wa tis‘ūna na‘jataw wa liya na‘jatuw wāḥidah, faqōla aqfilnīhā wa ‘azzanī fil-khiṭōb

23. “This brother of mine has ninety-nine ewes, and I have one ewe, and he said, ‘Entrust it to me,’ and he pressured me with words.”

38:24

قَالَ لَقَدْ ظَلَمَكَ بِسُؤَالِ نَعْجَتِكَ اِلٰى نِعَاجِهٖۗ وَاِنَّ كَثِيْرًا مِّنَ الْخُلَطَاۤءِ لَيَبْغِيْ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلٰى بَعْضٍ اِلَّا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ وَقَلِيْلٌ مَّا هُمْۗ وَظَنَّ دَاوٗدُ اَنَّمَا فَتَنّٰهُ فَاسْتَغْفَرَ رَبَّهٗ وَخَرَّ رَاكِعًا وَّاَنَابَ ۩ ۝٢٤

Qōla laqod ẓolamaka bisu'āli na‘jatika ilā ni‘ājih, wa inna kaṡīrom minal-khulaṭō-i layabghī ba‘ḍuhum ‘alā ba‘ḍin illal-lażīna āmanū wa ‘amiluṣ-ṣōliḥāti wa qolīlum mā hum, wa ẓonna dāwūdu annamā fatannāhu fastaghfaro robbahū wa khorro rōki‘aw wa anāb

24. He said, “He has done you wrong by asking your ewe in addition to his ewes. Many partners take advantage of one another, except those who believe and do good deeds, but these are so few.” David realized that We were testing him, so he sought forgiveness from his Lord, and fell down to his knees, and repented.

38:25

فَغَفَرْنَا لَهٗ ذٰلِكَۗ وَاِنَّ لَهٗ عِنْدَنَا لَزُلْفٰى وَحُسْنَ مَاٰبٍ ۝٢٥

Fa ghofarnā lahū żālik, wa inna lahū ‘indanā lazulfā wa ḥusna ma'āb

25. So We forgave him that. And for him is nearness to Us, and a good place of return.

38:26

يٰدَاوٗدُ اِنَّا جَعَلْنٰكَ خَلِيْفَةً فِى الْاَرْضِ فَاحْكُمْ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعِ الْهَوٰى فَيُضِلَّكَ عَنْ سَبِيْلِ اللّٰهِ ۗاِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ يَضِلُّوْنَ عَنْ سَبِيْلِ اللّٰهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيْدٌ ۢبِمَا نَسُوْا يَوْمَ الْحِسَابِ ࣖ ۝٢٦

Yā dāwūdu innā ja‘alnāka kholīfatan fil-arḍi faḥkum bainan nāsi bil-ḥaqqi wa lā tattabi‘il-hawā fa yuḍillaka ‘an sabīlillāh, innal-lażīna yaḍillūna ‘an sabīlillāhi lahum ‘ażābun syadīdum bimā nasū yaumal-ḥisāb

26. “O David, We made you a ruler in the land, so judge between the people with justice, and do not follow desire, lest it diverts you from Allah’s path. Those who stray from Allah’s path will have a painful punishment, for having ignored the Day of Account.”

38:27

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاۤءَ وَالْاَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا بَاطِلًا ۗذٰلِكَ ظَنُّ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا مِنَ النَّارِۗ ۝٢٧

Wa mā kholaqnas-samā-a wal-arḍo wa mā bainahumā bāṭilā, żālika ẓonnul-lażīna kafarū, fawailul lil-lażīna kafarū minan-nār

27. We did not create the heaven and the earth and everything between them in vain. That is the assumption of those who disbelieve—so woe to those who disbelieve because of the Fire.

38:28

اَمْ نَجْعَلُ الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ كَالْمُفْسِدِيْنَ فِى الْاَرْضِۖ اَمْ نَجْعَلُ الْمُتَّقِيْنَ كَالْفُجَّارِ ۝٢٨

Am naj‘alul-lażīna āmanū wa ‘amiluṣ-ṣōliḥāti kal-mufsidīna fil-arḍ, am naj‘alul-muttaqīna kal-fujjār

28. Or are We to treat those who believe and do righteous deeds like those who make trouble on earth? Or are We to treat the pious like the shameless?

38:29

كِتٰبٌ اَنْزَلْنٰهُ اِلَيْكَ مُبٰرَكٌ لِّيَدَّبَّرُوْٓا اٰيٰتِهٖ وَلِيَتَذَكَّرَ اُولُوا الْاَلْبَابِ ۝٢٩

Kitābun anzalnāhu ilaika mubārokul liyaddabbarū āyātihī wa liyatażakkaro ulul-albāb

29. A blessed Book that We sent down to you, that they may ponder its Verses, and for those with intelligence to take heed.

38:30

وَوَهَبْنَا لِدَاوٗدَ سُلَيْمٰنَۗ نِعْمَ الْعَبْدُ ۗاِنَّهٗٓ اَوَّابٌۗ ۝٣٠

Wa wahabnā lidāwūda wa sulaimān, ni‘mal-‘abd, innahū awwāb

30. And We granted David, Solomon, an excellent servant. He was penitent.

38:31

اِذْ عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ بِالْعَشِيِّ الصّٰفِنٰتُ الْجِيَادُۙ ۝٣١

Iż ‘uriḍo ‘alaihi bil-‘asyiyyiṣ-ṣōfinātul-jiyād

31. When the beautiful horses were paraded before him in the evening.

38:32

فَقَالَ اِنِّيْٓ اَحْبَبْتُ حُبَّ الْخَيْرِ عَنْ ذِكْرِ رَبِّيْۚ حَتّٰى تَوَارَتْ بِالْحِجَابِۗ ۝٣٢

Fa qōla innī aḥbabtu ḥubbal-khoiri ‘an żikri robbī, ḥattā tawārot bil-ḥijāb

32. He said, “I have preferred the love of niceties to the remembrance of my Lord—until it disappeared behind the veil.

38:33

رُدُّوْهَا عَلَيَّ ۚفَطَفِقَ مَسْحًا ۢبِالسُّوْقِ وَالْاَعْنَاقِ ۝٣٣

Ruddūhā ‘alayy, faṭofiqo masḥam bis-sūqi wal-a‘nāq

33. Bring them back to me.” And he began caressing their legs and necks.

38:34

وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا سُلَيْمٰنَ وَاَلْقَيْنَا عَلٰى كُرْسِيِّهٖ جَسَدًا ثُمَّ اَنَابَ ۝٣٤

Wa laqod fatannā sulaimāna wa alqoinā ‘alā kursiyyihī jasadan ṡumma anāb

34. We tested Solomon, and placed a body on his throne; then he repented.

38:35

قَالَ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِيْ وَهَبْ لِيْ مُلْكًا لَّا يَنْۢبَغِيْ لِاَحَدٍ مِّنْۢ بَعْدِيْۚ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ ۝٣٥

Qōla robbighfir lī wa hab lī mulkal lā yambaghī li'aḥadim mim ba‘dī, innaka antal-wahhāb

35. He said, “My Lord, forgive me, and grant me a kingdom never to be attained by anyone after me. You are the Giver.”

38:36

فَسَخَّرْنَا لَهُ الرِّيْحَ تَجْرِيْ بِاَمْرِهٖ رُخَاۤءً حَيْثُ اَصَابَۙ ۝٣٦

Fasakhkhornā lahur-rīḥa tajrī bi'amrihī rukhō-an ḥaiṡu aṣōb

36. So We placed the wind at his service, blowing gently by his command, wherever he directed.

38:37

وَالشَّيٰطِيْنَ كُلَّ بَنَّاۤءٍ وَّغَوَّاصٍۙ ۝٣٧

Wasy-syayāṭīna kulla bannā-iw wa ghowwāṣ

37. And the demons—every builder and diver.

38:38

وَّاٰخَرِيْنَ مُقَرَّنِيْنَ فِى الْاَصْفَادِ ۝٣٨

Wa ākhorīna muqorronīna fil-aṣfād

38. And others fettered in chains.

38:39

هٰذَا عَطَاۤؤُنَا فَامْنُنْ اَوْ اَمْسِكْ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ ۝٣٩

Hāżā ‘aṭō-unā famnun au amsik bighoiri ḥisāb

39. “This is Our gift; so give generously, or withhold; without account.”

38:40

وَاِنَّ لَهٗ عِنْدَنَا لَزُلْفٰى وَحُسْنَ مَاٰبٍ ࣖ ۝٤٠

Wa inna lahū ‘indanā lazulfā wa ḥusna ma'āb

40. For him is nearness to Us, and a beautiful resort.

38:41

وَاذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَآ اَيُّوْبَۘ اِذْ نَادٰى رَبَّهٗٓ اَنِّيْ مَسَّنِيَ الشَّيْطٰنُ بِنُصْبٍ وَّعَذَابٍۗ ۝٤١

Ważkur ‘abdanā ayyūb, iż nādā robbahū annī massaniyasy-syaiṭōnu binuṣbiw wa ‘ażāb

41. And mention Our servant Job, when he called out to his Lord, “Satan has afflicted me with hardship and pain.”

38:42

اُرْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَۚ هٰذَا مُغْتَسَلٌۢ بَارِدٌ وَّشَرَابٌ ۝٤٢

Urkuḍ birijlik, hāżā mughtasalum bāriduw wa syarōb

42. “Stamp with your foot—here is cool water to wash with, and to drink.”

38:43

وَوَهَبْنَا لَهٗٓ اَهْلَهٗ وَمِثْلَهُمْ مَّعَهُمْ رَحْمَةً مِّنَّا وَذِكْرٰى لِاُولِى الْاَلْبَابِ ۝٤٣

Wa wahabnā lahū ahlahū wa miṡlahum ma‘ahum roḥmatam minnā wa żikrō li'ulil-albāb

43. And We restored his family for him, and their like with them; as a mercy from Us, and a lesson for those who possess insight.

38:44

وَخُذْ بِيَدِكَ ضِغْثًا فَاضْرِبْ بِّهٖ وَلَا تَحْنَثْ ۗاِنَّا وَجَدْنٰهُ صَابِرًا ۗنِعْمَ الْعَبْدُ ۗاِنَّهٗٓ اَوَّابٌ ۝٤٤

Wa khuż biyadika ḍighṡan faḍrib bihī wa lā taḥnaṡ, innā wajadnāhu ṣōbirō, ni‘mal-‘abd, innahū awwāb

44. “Take with your hand a bundle, and strike with it, and do not break your oath.” We found him patient. What an excellent servant! He was obedient.

38:45

وَاذْكُرْ عِبٰدَنَآ اِبْرٰهِيْمَ وَاِسْحٰقَ وَيَعْقُوْبَ اُولِى الْاَيْدِيْ وَالْاَبْصَارِ ۝٤٥

Ważkur ‘ibādanā ibrōhīma wa isḥāqo wa ya‘qūba ulil-aidī wal-abṣōr

45. And mention Our servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—endowed with ability and vision.

38:46

اِنَّآ اَخْلَصْنٰهُمْ بِخَالِصَةٍ ذِكْرَى الدَّارِۚ ۝٤٦

Innā akhlaṣnāhum bikhōliṣotin żikrod-dār

46. We distinguished them with a distinct quality: the remembrance of the Home.

38:47

وَاِنَّهُمْ عِنْدَنَا لَمِنَ الْمُصْطَفَيْنَ الْاَخْيَارِۗ ۝٤٧

Wa innahum ‘indanā laminal-muṣṭofainal-akhyār

47. To Us they are among the chosen, the outstanding.

38:48

وَاذْكُرْ اِسْمٰعِيْلَ وَالْيَسَعَ وَذَا الْكِفْلِ ۗوَكُلٌّ مِّنَ الْاَخْيَارِۗ ۝٤٨

Ważkur ismā‘īla wal-yasa‘a wa żal-kifl, wa kullum minal-akhyār

48. And mention Ishmael, Elisha, and Ezekiel; all are among the outstanding.

38:49

هٰذَا ذِكْرٌ ۗوَاِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِيْنَ لَحُسْنَ مَاٰبٍۙ ۝٤٩

Hāżā żikr, wa inna lil-muttaqīna laḥusna ma'āb

49. This is a reminder. The devout will have a good place of return.

38:50

جَنّٰتِ عَدْنٍ مُّفَتَّحَةً لَّهُمُ الْاَبْوَابُۚ ۝٥٠

Jannāti ‘adnim mufattaḥatal lahumul-abwāb

50. The Gardens of Eden, with their doors wide-open for them.

38:51

مُتَّكِـِٕيْنَ فِيْهَا يَدْعُوْنَ فِيْهَا بِفَاكِهَةٍ كَثِيْرَةٍ وَّشَرَابٍ ۝٥١

Muttaki'īna fīhā yad‘ūna fīhā bifākihatin kaṡīrotiw wa syarōb

51. Relaxing therein, and calling for abundant fruit and beverage.

38:52

وَعِنْدَهُمْ قٰصِرٰتُ الطَّرْفِ اَتْرَابٌ ۝٥٢

Wa ‘indahum qōṣirōtuṭ-ṭorfi atrōb

52. With them will be attendants with modest gaze, of same age.

38:53

هٰذَا مَا تُوْعَدُوْنَ لِيَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ ۝٥٣

Hāżā mā tū‘adūna liyaumil-ḥisāb

53. This is what you are promised for the Day of Account.

38:54

اِنَّ هٰذَا لَرِزْقُنَا مَا لَهٗ مِنْ نَّفَادٍۚ ۝٥٤

Ina hāżā larizqunā mā lahū min nafād

54. Such is Our bounty, inexhaustible.

38:55

هٰذَا ۗوَاِنَّ لِلطّٰغِيْنَ لَشَرَّ مَاٰبٍۙ ۝٥٥

Hāżā, wa inna liṭ-ṭōghīna lasyarro ma'āb

55. All this. But the transgressors will have a miserable return.

38:56

جَهَنَّمَۚ يَصْلَوْنَهَاۚ فَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ ۝٥٦

Jahannam, yaṣlaunahā, fabi'sal-mihād

56. Hell; in which they will roast; what a miserable abode!

38:57

هٰذَاۙ فَلْيَذُوْقُوْهُ حَمِيْمٌ وَّغَسَّاقٌۙ ۝٥٧

Hāżā, falyażūqūhu ḥamīmuw wa ghossāq

57. All this. Let them taste it—boiling and bitter cold.

38:58

وَّاٰخَرُ مِنْ شَكْلِهٖٓ اَزْوَاجٌۗ ۝٥٨

Wa ākhoru min syaklihī azwāj

58. And similar torments of diverse kinds.

38:59

هٰذَا فَوْجٌ مُّقْتَحِمٌ مَّعَكُمْۚ لَا مَرْحَبًا ۢبِهِمْ ۗ اِنَّهُمْ صَالُوا النَّارِ ۝٥٩

Hāżā faujum muqtaḥimum ma‘akum, lā marḥabam bihim, innahum ṣōlun-nār

59. “This is a crowd rushing headlong with you.” There is no welcome for them. They will be scorched by the Fire.

38:60

قَالُوْا بَلْ اَنْتُمْ لَا مَرْحَبًاۢ بِكُمْ ۗ اَنْتُمْ قَدَّمْتُمُوْهُ لَنَاۚ فَبِئْسَ الْقَرَارُ ۝٦٠

Qōlū bal antum lā marḥabam bikum, antum qoddamtumūhu lanā, fabi'sal-qorōr

60. They will say, “But it is you! There is no welcome for you! It is you who brought it upon us! What a miserable end!”

38:61

قَالُوْا رَبَّنَا مَنْ قَدَّمَ لَنَا هٰذَا فَزِدْهُ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا فِى النَّارِ ۝٦١

Qōlū robbanā man qoddama lanā hāżā fazid-hu ‘ażāban ḍi‘fan fin-nār

61. They will say, “Our Lord, whoever brought this upon us, give him double torment in the Fire.”

38:62

وَقَالُوْا مَا لَنَا لَا نَرٰى رِجَالًا كُنَّا نَعُدُّهُمْ مِّنَ الْاَشْرَارِ ۝٦٢

Wa qōlū mā lanā lā narō rijālan kunnā na‘udduhum minal-asyrōr

62. And they will say, “What is it with us that we do not see men we used to count among the wicked?

38:63

اَتَّخَذْنٰهُمْ سِخْرِيًّا اَمْ زَاغَتْ عَنْهُمُ الْاَبْصَارُ ۝٦٣

Attakhożnāhum sikhriyyan am zāghot ‘anhumul-abṣōr

63. Did we take them for mockery, or have our eyes swerved from them?”

38:64

اِنَّ ذٰلِكَ لَحَقٌّ تَخَاصُمُ اَهْلِ النَّارِ ࣖ ۝٦٤

Inna żālika laḥaqqun takhōṣumu ahlin-nār

64. This is certainly true—the feuding of the people of the Fire.

38:65

قُلْ اِنَّمَآ اَنَا۠ مُنْذِرٌ ۖوَّمَا مِنْ اِلٰهٍ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ ۝٦٥

Qul innamā ana munżir, wa mā min ilāhin illallāhul-wāḥidul-qohhār

65. Say, “I am only a warner, and there is no god except Allah—the One, the Conqueror.

38:66

رَبُّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الْعَزِيْزُ الْغَفَّارُ ۝٦٦

Robbus-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā bainahumal-‘azīzul-ghoffār

66. The Lord of the heavens and the earth, and everything between them; the Mighty, the Forgiver.”

38:67

قُلْ هُوَ نَبَؤٌا عَظِيْمٌۙ ۝٦٧

Qul huwa naba'un ‘aẓīm

67. Say, “It is a message of great importance.

38:68

اَنْتُمْ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضُوْنَ ۝٦٨

Antum ‘anhu mu‘riḍūn

68. From which you are turning away.

38:69

مَا كَانَ لِيَ مِنْ عِلْمٍۢ بِالْمَلَاِ الْاَعْلٰٓى اِذْ يَخْتَصِمُوْنَ ۝٦٩

Mā kāna liya min ‘ilmim bil-mala'il-a‘lā iż yakhtaṣimūn

69. I have no knowledge of the Highest Assembly as they dispute.

38:70

اِنْ يُّوْحٰىٓ اِلَيَّ اِلَّآ اَنَّمَآ اَنَا۠ نَذِيْرٌ مُّبِيْنٌ ۝٧٠

Iy yūḥā ilayya illā annamā ana nażīrum mubīn

70. It is only revealed to me that I am a clear warner.”

38:71

اِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةِ اِنِّيْ خَالِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّنْ طِيْنٍ ۝٧١

Iż qōla robbuka lil-malā-ikati innī khōliqum basyarom min ṭīn

71. Your Lord said to the angels, “I am creating a human being from clay.

38:72

فَاِذَا سَوَّيْتُهٗ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيْهِ مِنْ رُّوْحِيْ فَقَعُوْا لَهٗ سٰجِدِيْنَ ۝٧٢

Fa'iżā sawwaituhū wa nafakhtu fīhi mir rūḥī faqo‘ū lahū sājidīn

72. When I have formed him, and breathed into him of My spirit, fall prostrate before him.”

38:73

فَسَجَدَ الْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ اَجْمَعُوْنَۙ ۝٧٣

Fasajadal-malā-ikatu kulluhum ajma‘ūn

73. So the angels fell prostrate, all of them.

38:74

اِلَّآ اِبْلِيْسَۗ اِسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ الْكٰفِرِيْنَ ۝٧٤

Illā iblīs, istakbaro wa kāna minal-kafirīn

74. Except for Satan. He was too proud, and one of the faithless.

38:75

قَالَ يٰٓاِبْلِيْسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ اَنْ تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَيَّ ۗ اَسْتَكْبَرْتَ اَمْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الْعَالِيْنَ ۝٧٥

Qōla yā iblīsu mā mana‘aka an tasjuda limā kholaqtu biyadayy, astakbarta am kunta minal-‘ālīn

75. He said, “O Satan, what prevented you from prostrating before what I created with My own hands? Are you too proud, or were you one of the exalted?”

38:76

قَالَ اَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِيْ مِنْ نَّارٍ وَّخَلَقْتَهٗ مِنْ طِيْنٍ ۝٧٦

Qōla ana khoirum minhu kholaqtanī min nāriw wa kholaqtahū min ṭīn

76. He said, “I am better than he; You created me from fire, and You created him from clay.”

38:77

قَالَ فَاخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَاِنَّكَ رَجِيْمٌۖ ۝٧٧

Qōla fakhruj minhā fa'innaka rojīm

77. He said, “Then get out of here! You are an outcast!

38:78

وَّاِنَّ عَلَيْكَ لَعْنَتِيْٓ اِلٰى يَوْمِ الدِّيْنِ ۝٧٨

Wa inna ‘alaika la‘natī ilā yaumid-dīn

78. And My curse will be upon you until the Day of Judgment.”

38:79

قَالَ رَبِّ فَاَنْظِرْنِيْٓ اِلٰى يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُوْنَ ۝٧٩

Qōla robbi fa'anẓirnī ilā yaumi yub‘aṡūn

79. He said, “Lord, defer me until the Day they are resurrected.”

38:80

قَالَ فَاِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنْظَرِيْنَۙ ۝٨٠

Qōla fa'innaka minal-munẓorīn

80. He said, “You are one of those deferred.

38:81

اِلٰى يَوْمِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُوْمِ ۝٨١

Ilā yaumil-waqtil-ma‘lūm

81. Until the Day of the time appointed.”

38:82

قَالَ فَبِعِزَّتِكَ لَاُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ اَجْمَعِيْنَۙ ۝٨٢

Qōla fabi‘izzatika la'ughwiyannahum ajma‘īn

82. He said, “By Your majesty, I will seduce them all.

38:83

اِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصِيْنَ ۝٨٣

Illā ‘ibādaka minhumul-mukhlaṣīn

83. Except for Your loyal servants among them.”

38:84

قَالَ فَالْحَقُّۖ وَالْحَقَّ اَقُوْلُۚ ۝٨٤

Qōla fal-ḥaqq, wal-ḥaqqo aqūl

84. He said, “The truth is, and I say the truth.

38:85

لَاَمْلَـَٔنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنْكَ وَمِمَّنْ تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ اَجْمَعِيْنَ ۝٨٥

La'amla'anna jahannama minka wa mimman tabi‘aka minhum ajma‘īn

85. I will fill Hell with you, and with every one of them who follows you.”

38:86

قُلْ مَآ اَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ اَجْرٍ وَّمَآ اَنَا۠ مِنَ الْمُتَكَلِّفِيْنَ ۝٨٦

Qul mā as'alukum ‘alaihi min ajriw wa mā ana minal-mutakallifīn

86. Say, “I ask of you no wage for this, and I am not a pretender.

38:87

اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۝٨٧

In huwa illā żikrul lil-‘ālamīn

87. It is but a reminder to mankind.

38:88

وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ نَبَاَهٗ بَعْدَ حِيْنٍ ࣖ ۝٨٨

Wa lata‘lamunna naba'ahū ba‘da ḥīn

88. And you will know its message after a while.”

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Surah Sad (The Letter Sad) is surah number 38 of the Quran. It has 88 verses and is a Meccan surah. Read the Arabic, transliteration and translation verse by verse or as continuous text; every verse also has its own page.

Arabic text: Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia (Kemenag RI). Transliteration: Aplikita. English translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com (CC BY-ND 4.0).