38 - Surah Sad ص

Sad. By the Qur'an containing reminder...

sad wal-qur'āni dhī l-dhik'ri

But those who disbelieve are in pride and dissension.

bali alladhīna kafarū fī ʿizzatin washiqāqin

How many a generation have We destroyed before them, and they [then] called out; but it was not a time for escape.

kam ahlaknā min qablihim min qarnin fanādaw walāta ḥīna manāṣin

And they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves. And the disbelievers say, "This is a magician and a liar.

waʿajibū an jāahum mundhirun min'hum waqāla l-kāfirūna hādhā sāḥirun kadhābun

Has he made the gods [only] one God? Indeed, this is a curious thing."

ajaʿala l-ālihata ilāhan wāḥidan inna hādhā lashayon ʿujābun

And the eminent among them went forth, [saying], "Continue, and be patient over [the defense of] your gods. Indeed, this is a thing intended.

wa-inṭalaqa l-mala-u min'hum ani im'shū wa-iṣ'birū ʿalā ālihatikum inna hādhā lashayon yurādu

We have not heard of this in the latest religion. This is not but a fabrication.

mā samiʿ'nā bihādhā fī l-milati l-ākhirati in hādhā illā ikh'tilāqun

Has the message been revealed to him out of [all of] us?" Rather, they are in doubt about My message. Rather, they have not yet tasted My punishment.

a-unzila ʿalayhi l-dhik'ru min bayninā bal hum fī shakkin min dhik'rī bal lammā yadhūqū ʿadhābi

Or do they have the depositories of the mercy of your Lord, the Exalted in Might, the Bestower?

am ʿindahum khazāinu raḥmati rabbika l-ʿazīzi l-wahābi

Or is theirs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and what is between them? Then let them ascend through [any] ways of access.

am lahum mul'ku l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā falyartaqū fī l-asbābi

[They are but] soldiers [who will be] defeated there among the companies [of disbelievers].

jundun mā hunālika mahzūmun mina l-aḥzābi

The people of Noah denied before them, and [the tribe of] 'Aad and Pharaoh, the owner of stakes,

kadhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥin waʿādun wafir'ʿawnu dhū l-awtādi

And [the tribe of] Thamud and the people of Lot and the companions of the thicket. Those are the companies.

wathamūdu waqawmu lūṭin wa-aṣḥābu al'aykati ulāika l-aḥzābu

Each of them denied the messengers, so My penalty was justified.

in kullun illā kadhaba l-rusula faḥaqqa ʿiqābi

And these [disbelievers] await not but one blast [of the Horn]; for it there will be no delay.

wamā yanẓuru hāulāi illā ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan mā lahā min fawāqin

And they say, "Our Lord, hasten for us our share [of the punishment] before the Day of Account"

waqālū rabbanā ʿajjil lanā qiṭṭanā qabla yawmi l-ḥisābi

Be patient over what they say and remember Our servant, David, the possessor of strength; indeed, he was one who repeatedly turned back [to Allah].

iṣ'bir ʿalā mā yaqūlūna wa-udh'kur ʿabdanā dāwūda dhā l-aydi innahu awwābun

Indeed, We subjected the mountains [to praise] with him, exalting [Allah] in the [late] afternoon and [after] sunrise.

innā sakharnā l-jibāla maʿahu yusabbiḥ'na bil-ʿashiyi wal-ish'rāqi

And the birds were assembled, all with him repeating [praises].

wal-ṭayra maḥshūratan kullun lahu awwābun

And We strengthened his kingdom and gave him wisdom and discernment in speech.

washadadnā mul'kahu waātaynāhu l-ḥik'mata wafaṣla l-khiṭābi

And has there come to you the news of the adversaries, when they climbed over the wall of [his] prayer chamber -

wahal atāka naba-u l-khaṣmi idh tasawwarū l-miḥ'rāba

When they entered upon David and he was alarmed by them? They said, "Fear not. [We are] two adversaries, one of whom has wronged the other, so judge between us with truth and do not exceed [it] and guide us to the sound path.

idh dakhalū ʿalā dāwūda fafaziʿa min'hum qālū lā takhaf khaṣmāni baghā baʿḍunā ʿalā baʿḍin fa-uḥ'kum baynanā bil-ḥaqi walā tush'ṭiṭ wa-ih'dinā ilā sawāi l-ṣirāṭi

Indeed this, my brother, has ninety-nine ewes, and I have one ewe; so he said, 'Entrust her to me,' and he overpowered me in speech."

inna hādhā akhī lahu tis'ʿun watis'ʿūna naʿjatan waliya naʿjatun wāḥidatun faqāla akfil'nīhā waʿazzanī fī l-khiṭābi

[David] said, "He has certainly wronged you in demanding your ewe [in addition] to his ewes. And indeed, many associates oppress one another, except for those who believe and do righteous deeds - and few are they." And David became certain that We had tried him, and he asked forgiveness of his Lord and fell down bowing [in prostration] and turned in repentance [to Allah].

qāla laqad ẓalamaka bisuāli naʿjatika ilā niʿājihi wa-inna kathīran mina l-khulaṭāi layabghī baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin illā alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti waqalīlun mā hum waẓanna dāwūdu annamā fatannāhu fa-is'taghfara rabbahu wakharra rākiʿan wa-anāba

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

faghafarnā lahu dhālika wa-inna lahu ʿindanā lazul'fā waḥus'na maābin

[We said], "O David, indeed We have made you a successor upon the earth, so judge between the people in truth and do not follow [your own] desire, as it will lead you astray from the way of Allah." Indeed, those who go astray from the way of Allah will have a severe punishment for having forgotten the Day of Account.

yādāwūdu innā jaʿalnāka khalīfatan fī l-arḍi fa-uḥ'kum bayna l-nāsi bil-ḥaqi walā tattabiʿi l-hawā fayuḍillaka ʿan sabīli l-lahi inna alladhīna yaḍillūna ʿan sabīli l-lahi lahum ʿadhābun shadīdun bimā nasū yawma l-ḥisābi

And We did not create the heaven and the earth and that between them aimlessly. That is the assumption of those who disbelieve, so woe to those who disbelieve from the Fire.

wamā khalaqnā l-samāa wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā bāṭilan dhālika ẓannu alladhīna kafarū fawaylun lilladhīna kafarū mina l-nāri

Or should we treat those who believe and do righteous deeds like corrupters in the land? Or should We treat those who fear Allah like the wicked?

am najʿalu alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti kal-muf'sidīna fī l-arḍi am najʿalu l-mutaqīna kal-fujāri

[This is] a blessed Book which We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], that they might reflect upon its verses and that those of understanding would be reminded.

kitābun anzalnāhu ilayka mubārakun liyaddabbarū āyātihi waliyatadhakkara ulū l-albābi

And to David We gave Solomon. An excellent servant, indeed he was one repeatedly turning back [to Allah].

wawahabnā lidāwūda sulaymāna niʿ'ma l-ʿabdu innahu awwābun

[Mention] when there were exhibited before him in the afternoon the poised [standing] racehorses.

idh ʿuriḍa ʿalayhi bil-ʿashiyi l-ṣāfinātu l-jiyādu

And he said, "Indeed, I gave preference to the love of good [things] over the remembrance of my Lord until the sun disappeared into the curtain [of darkness]."

faqāla innī aḥbabtu ḥubba l-khayri ʿan dhik'ri rabbī ḥattā tawārat bil-ḥijābi

[He said], "Return them to me," and set about striking [their] legs and necks.

ruddūhā ʿalayya faṭafiqa masḥan bil-sūqi wal-aʿnāqi

And We certainly tried Solomon and placed on his throne a body; then he returned.

walaqad fatannā sulaymāna wa-alqaynā ʿalā kur'siyyihi jasadan thumma anāba

He said, "My Lord, forgive me and grant me a kingdom such as will not belong to anyone after me. Indeed, You are the Bestower."

qāla rabbi igh'fir lī wahab lī mul'kan lā yanbaghī li-aḥadin min baʿdī innaka anta l-wahābu

So We subjected to him the wind blowing by his command, gently, wherever he directed,

fasakharnā lahu l-rīḥa tajrī bi-amrihi rukhāan ḥaythu aṣāba

And [also] the devils [of jinn] - every builder and diver

wal-shayāṭīna kulla bannāin waghawwāṣin

And others bound together in shackles.

waākharīna muqarranīna fī l-aṣfādi

[We said], "This is Our gift, so grant or withhold without account."

hādhā ʿaṭāunā fa-um'nun aw amsik bighayri ḥisābin

And indeed, for him is nearness to Us and a good place of return.

wa-inna lahu ʿindanā lazul'fā waḥus'na maābin

And remember Our servant Job, when he called to his Lord, "Indeed, Satan has touched me with hardship and torment."

wa-udh'kur ʿabdanā ayyūba idh nādā rabbahu annī massaniya l-shayṭānu binuṣ'bin waʿadhābin

[So he was told], "Strike [the ground] with your foot; this is a [spring for] a cool bath and drink."

ur'kuḍ birij'lika hādhā mugh'tasalun bāridun washarābun

And We granted him his family and a like [number] with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for those of understanding.

wawahabnā lahu ahlahu wamith'lahum maʿahum raḥmatan minnā wadhik'rā li-ulī l-albābi

[We said], "And take in your hand a bunch [of grass] and strike with it and do not break your oath." Indeed, We found him patient, an excellent servant. Indeed, he was one repeatedly turning back [to Allah].

wakhudh biyadika ḍigh'than fa-iḍ'rib bihi walā taḥnath innā wajadnāhu ṣābiran niʿ'ma l-ʿabdu innahu awwābun

And remember Our servants, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - those of strength and [religious] vision.

wa-udh'kur ʿibādanā ib'rāhīma wa-is'ḥāqa wayaʿqūba ulī l-aydī wal-abṣāri

Indeed, We chose them for an exclusive quality: remembrance of the home [of the Hereafter].

innā akhlaṣnāhum bikhāliṣatin dhik'rā l-dāri

And indeed they are, to Us, among the chosen and outstanding.

wa-innahum ʿindanā lamina l-muṣ'ṭafayna l-akhyāri

And remember Ishmael, Elisha and Dhul-Kifl, and all are among the outstanding.

wa-udh'kur is'māʿīla wal-yasaʿa wadhā l-kif'li wakullun mina l-akhyāri

This is a reminder. And indeed, for the righteous is a good place of return

hādhā dhik'run wa-inna lil'muttaqīna laḥus'na maābin

Gardens of perpetual residence, whose doors will be opened to them.

jannāti ʿadnin mufattaḥatan lahumu l-abwābu

Reclining within them, they will call therein for abundant fruit and drink.

muttakiīna fīhā yadʿūna fīhā bifākihatin kathīratin washarābin

And with them will be women limiting [their] glances and of equal age.

waʿindahum qāṣirātu l-ṭarfi atrābun

This is what you, [the righteous], are promised for the Day of Account.

hādhā mā tūʿadūna liyawmi l-ḥisābi

Indeed, this is Our provision; for it there is no depletion.

inna hādhā lariz'qunā mā lahu min nafādin

This [is so]. But indeed, for the transgressors is an evil place of return -

hādhā wa-inna lilṭṭāghīna lasharra maābin

Hell, which they will [enter to] burn, and wretched is the resting place.

jahannama yaṣlawnahā fabi'sa l-mihādu

This - so let them taste it - is scalding water and [foul] purulence.

hādhā falyadhūqūhu ḥamīmun waghassāqun

And other [punishments] of its type [in various] kinds.

waākharu min shaklihi azwājun

[Its inhabitants will say], "This is a company bursting in with you. No welcome for them. Indeed, they will burn in the Fire."

hādhā fawjun muq'taḥimun maʿakum lā marḥaban bihim innahum ṣālū l-nāri

They will say, "Nor you! No welcome for you. You, [our leaders], brought this upon us, and wretched is the settlement."

qālū bal antum lā marḥaban bikum antum qaddamtumūhu lanā fabi'sa l-qarāru

They will say, "Our Lord, whoever brought this upon us - increase for him double punishment in the Fire."

qālū rabbanā man qaddama lanā hādhā fazid'hu ʿadhāban ḍiʿ'fan fī l-nāri

And they will say, "Why do we not see men whom we used to count among the worst?

waqālū mā lanā lā narā rijālan kunnā naʿudduhum mina l-ashrāri

Is it [because] we took them in ridicule, or has [our] vision turned away from them?"

attakhadhnāhum sikh'riyyan am zāghat ʿanhumu l-abṣāru

Indeed, that is truth - the quarreling of the people of the Fire.

inna dhālika laḥaqqun takhāṣumu ahli l-nāri

Say, [O Muhammad], "I am only a warner, and there is not any deity except Allah, the One, the Prevailing.

qul innamā anā mundhirun wamā min ilāhin illā l-lahu l-wāḥidu l-qahāru

Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver."

rabbu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā l-ʿazīzu l-ghafāru

Say, "It is great news

qul huwa naba-on ʿaẓīmun

From which you turn away.

antum ʿanhu muʿ'riḍūna

I had no knowledge of the exalted assembly [of angels] when they were disputing [the creation of Adam].

mā kāna liya min ʿil'min bil-mala-i l-aʿlā idh yakhtaṣimūna

It has not been revealed to me except that I am a clear warner."

in yūḥā ilayya illā annamā anā nadhīrun mubīnun

[So mention] when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I am going to create a human being from clay.

idh qāla rabbuka lil'malāikati innī khāliqun basharan min ṭīnin

So when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration."

fa-idhā sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu fīhi min rūḥī faqaʿū lahu sājidīna

So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely.

fasajada l-malāikatu kulluhum ajmaʿūna

Except Iblees; he was arrogant and became among the disbelievers.

illā ib'līsa is'takbara wakāna mina l-kāfirīna

[Allah] said, "O Iblees, what prevented you from prostrating to that which I created with My hands? Were you arrogant [then], or were you [already] among the haughty?"

qāla yāib'līsu mā manaʿaka an tasjuda limā khalaqtu biyadayya astakbarta am kunta mina l-ʿālīna

He said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."

qāla anā khayrun min'hu khalaqtanī min nārin wakhalaqtahu min ṭīnin

[Allah] said, "Then get out of Paradise, for indeed, you are expelled.

qāla fa-ukh'ruj min'hā fa-innaka rajīmun

And indeed, upon you is My curse until the Day of Recompense."

wa-inna ʿalayka laʿnatī ilā yawmi l-dīni

He said, "My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."

qāla rabbi fa-anẓir'nī ilā yawmi yub'ʿathūna

[Allah] said, "So indeed, you are of those reprieved

qāla fa-innaka mina l-munẓarīna

Until the Day of the time well-known."

ilā yawmi l-waqti l-maʿlūmi

[Iblees] said, "By your might, I will surely mislead them all

qāla fabiʿizzatika la-ugh'wiyannahum ajmaʿīna

Except, among them, Your chosen servants."

illā ʿibādaka min'humu l-mukh'laṣīna

[Allah] said, "The truth [is My oath], and the truth I say -

qāla fal-ḥaqu wal-ḥaqa aqūlu

[That] I will surely fill Hell with you and those of them that follow you all together."

la-amla-anna jahannama minka wamimman tabiʿaka min'hum ajmaʿīna

Say, [O Muhammad], "I do not ask you for the Qur'an any payment, and I am not of the pretentious

qul mā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin wamā anā mina l-mutakalifīna

It is but a reminder to the worlds.

in huwa illā dhik'run lil'ʿālamīna

And you will surely know [the truth of] its information after a time."

walataʿlamunna naba-ahu baʿda ḥīnin