Surah Sad

Verse 38:1

صٓ وَالْقُرْاٰنِ ذِی الذِّكْرِ ۟ؕ

ṢAAAD Wal-Q̣urʹaani Ẓiẓ Ẓikr.

Ṣãd. By the Quran, full of reminders!

Verse 38:2

بَلِ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا فِیْ عِزَّةٍ وَّشِقَاقٍ ۟

Balil laẓeena kafaroo fee ʻizzatiñw Washiq̣aaq̣.

˹This is the truth,˺ yet the disbelievers are ˹entrenched˺ in arrogance and opposition.

Verse 38:3

كَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِّنْ قَرْنٍ فَنَادَوْا وَّلَاتَ حِیْنَ مَنَاصٍ ۟

Kam ʹahlaknaa miñ q̣ablihim miñ q̣arniñ fanaadaw walaata ḥeena manaaṣ!

˹Imagine˺ how many peoples We destroyed before them, and they cried out when it was too late to escape.

Verse 38:4

وَعَجِبُوْۤا اَنْ جَآءَهُمْ مُّنْذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ ؗ وَقَالَ الْكٰفِرُوْنَ هٰذَا سٰحِرٌ كَذَّابٌ ۟ۖۚ

Wa-ʻajibooo ʹañ jaaaʹahum Muñẓirun minhum! Wa-q̣aalal Kaafiroonna haaẓaa saaḥiruñ kaẓẓaab!

Now, the pagans are astonished that a warner has come to them from among themselves. And the disbelievers say, “This is a magician, a total liar!

Verse 38:5

اَجَعَلَ الْاٰلِهَةَ اِلٰهًا وَّاحِدًا ۖۚ اِنَّ هٰذَا لَشَیْءٌ عُجَابٌ ۟

ʹAjaʻalal ʹaalihata ʹIlaahañw Waaḥidaa? ʹInna haaẓaa lashayʹun ʻujaab!

Has he reduced ˹all˺ the gods to One God? Indeed, this is something totally astonishing.”

Verse 38:6

وَانْطَلَقَ الْمَلَاُ مِنْهُمْ اَنِ امْشُوْا وَاصْبِرُوْا عَلٰۤی اٰلِهَتِكُمْ ۖۚ اِنَّ هٰذَا لَشَیْءٌ یُّرَادُ ۟ۖۚ

Wañṭalaq̣al malaʹu minhum ʻanim shoo waṣbiroo ʻalaaa ʹaalihatikum! ʹInna haaẓaa lashayʹuñy yuraad!

The chiefs among them went forth saying, “Carry on, and stand firm in devotion to your gods. Certainly this is just a scheme ˹for power˺.

Verse 38:7

مَا سَمِعْنَا بِهٰذَا فِی الْمِلَّةِ الْاٰخِرَةِ ۖۚ اِنْ هٰذَاۤ اِلَّا اخْتِلَاقٌ ۟ۖۚ

Maa- samiʻnaa bihaaẓaa fil millatil ʹaakhirah: ʹin haaẓaaa ʹillakh tilaaq̣!

We have never heard of this in the previous faith. This is nothing but a fabrication.

Verse 38:8

ءَاُنْزِلَ عَلَیْهِ الذِّكْرُ مِنْ بَیْنِنَا ؕ بَلْ هُمْ فِیْ شَكٍّ مِّنْ ذِكْرِیْ ۚ بَلْ لَّمَّا یَذُوْقُوْا عَذَابِ ۟ؕ

ʹA-ʹuñzila ʻalayhiẓ Ẓikru mim bayninaa? Bal hum fee shakkim miñ Ẓikree! Bal lammaa yaẓooq̣oo ʻAẓaab!

Has the Reminder been revealed ˹only˺ to him out of ˹all of˺ us?” In fact, they are ˹only˺ in doubt of My ˹revealed˺ Reminder. In fact, ˹they do so because˺ they have not yet tasted My punishment.

Verse 38:9

اَمْ عِنْدَهُمْ خَزَآىِٕنُ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّكَ الْعَزِیْزِ الْوَهَّابِ ۟ۚ

ʹAm ʻiñdahum khazaaaʹinu Raḥmati Rabbikal ʻAzeezil Wahhaab?

Or ˹is it because˺ they possess the treasuries of the mercy of your Lord—the Almighty, the Giver ˹of all bounties˺.

Verse 38:10

اَمْ لَهُمْ مُّلْكُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَیْنَهُمَا ۫ فَلْیَرْتَقُوْا فِی الْاَسْبَابِ ۟

ʹAm lahum mulkus samaawaati wal-ʹarḍi wa-maa baynahumaa? Falyartaq̣oo fil ʹasbaab!

Or ˹is it because˺ the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and everything in between belongs to them? Let them then climb their way ˹to heaven, if their claim is true˺.

Verse 38:11

جُنْدٌ مَّا هُنَالِكَ مَهْزُوْمٌ مِّنَ الْاَحْزَابِ ۟

Juñdum maa hunaalika mahzoomum minal ʹaḥzaab.

This is just another ˹enemy˺ force bound for defeat out there.

Verse 38:12

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوْحٍ وَّعَادٌ وَّفِرْعَوْنُ ذُو الْاَوْتَادِ ۟ۙ

Kaẓẓabat q̣ablahum Q̣awmu Nooḥiñw WaʻAaduñw Wa-Firʻawnu Ẓul ʹawtaad,

Before them, the people of Noah denied ˹the truth˺, as did ’Âd, Pharaoh of the mighty structures,

Verse 38:13

وَثَمُوْدُ وَقَوْمُ لُوْطٍ وَّاَصْحٰبُ لْـَٔیْكَةِ ؕ اُولٰٓىِٕكَ الْاَحْزَابُ ۟

Wa-S̤amoodu wa-Q̣awmu Looṭiñw waʹAṣḥaabul ʹAykah;― ʹulaaaʹikal ʹAḥzaab.

Thamûd, the people of Lot, and the residents of the Forest. These were ˹all˺ enemy forces.

Verse 38:14

اِنْ كُلٌّ اِلَّا كَذَّبَ الرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ عِقَابِ ۟۠

ʹIñ kullun ʹillaa kaẓẓabar rusula faḥaq̣q̣a ʻIq̣aab.

Each rejected their messenger, so My punishment was justified.

Verse 38:15

وَمَا یَنْظُرُ هٰۤؤُلَآءِ اِلَّا صَیْحَةً وَّاحِدَةً مَّا لَهَا مِنْ فَوَاقٍ ۟

Wa-maa yañz̤̣uru haaaʹulaaaʹi ʹillaa Ṣayḥatañw waaḥidatam maa lahaa miñ fawaaq̣.

These ˹pagans˺ are awaiting nothing but a single Blast that cannot be stopped.

Verse 38:16

وَقَالُوْا رَبَّنَا عَجِّلْ لَّنَا قِطَّنَا قَبْلَ یَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ ۟

Wa-q̣aaloo Rabbanaa ʻajjil lanaa q̣iṭṭanaa q̣abla Yawmil Ḥisaab!

They say ˹mockingly˺, “Our Lord! Hasten for us our share ˹of the punishment˺ before the Day of Reckoning.”

Verse 38:17

اِصْبِرْ عَلٰی مَا یَقُوْلُوْنَ وَاذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَا دَاوٗدَ ذَا الْاَیْدِ ۚ اِنَّهٗۤ اَوَّابٌ ۟

ʹIṣbir ʻalaa maa- yaq̣ooloona waẓkur ʻAbdanaa Daawooda Ẓal ʹayd: ʹinnahooo ʹawwaab.

Be patient ˹O Prophet˺ with what they say. And remember Our servant, David, the man of strength. Indeed, he ˹constantly˺ turned ˹to Allah˺.

Verse 38:18

اِنَّا سَخَّرْنَا الْجِبَالَ مَعَهٗ یُسَبِّحْنَ بِالْعَشِیِّ وَالْاِشْرَاقِ ۟ۙ

ʹInnaa sakhkharnal jibaala maʻahoo yusabbiḥna bilʻashiyyi wal-ʹishraaq̣,

We truly subjected the mountains to hymn ˹Our praises˺ along with him in the evening and after sunrise.

Verse 38:19

وَالطَّیْرَ مَحْشُوْرَةً ؕ كُلٌّ لَّهٗۤ اَوَّابٌ ۟

Waṭṭayra maḥshoorah: kullul lahooo ʹawwaab.

And ˹We subjected˺ the birds, flocking together. All turned to him ˹echoing his hymns˺.

Verse 38:20

وَشَدَدْنَا مُلْكَهٗ وَاٰتَیْنٰهُ الْحِكْمَةَ وَفَصْلَ الْخِطَابِ ۟

Wa-shadadnaa mulkahoo wa-ʹaataynaahul ḥikmata wa-faṣlal khiṭaab.

We strengthened his kingship, and gave him wisdom and sound judgment.

Verse 38:21

وَهَلْ اَتٰىكَ نَبَؤُا الْخَصْمِ ۘ اِذْ تَسَوَّرُوا الْمِحْرَابَ ۟ۙ

Wa-hal ʹataaka nabaʹul khaṣm? ʹIẓ tasawwarul miḥraab;

Has the story of the two plaintiffs, who scaled the ˹wall of David’s˺ sanctuary, reached you ˹O Prophet˺?

Verse 38:22

اِذْ دَخَلُوْا عَلٰی دَاوٗدَ فَفَزِعَ مِنْهُمْ قَالُوْا لَا تَخَفْ ۚ خَصْمٰنِ بَغٰی بَعْضُنَا عَلٰی بَعْضٍ فَاحْكُمْ بَیْنَنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا تُشْطِطْ وَاهْدِنَاۤ اِلٰی سَوَآءِ الصِّرَاطِ ۟

ʹIẓ dakhaloo ʻalaa Daawooda fafaziʻa minhum q̣aaloo laa- takhaf: khaṣmaani bag̣aa baʻḍunaa ʻalaa baʻḍiñ faḥkum̃ baynanaa bilḥaq̣q̣i wa-laa tushṭiṭ wahdinaaa ʹilaa sawaaaʹiṣ ṣiraaṭ...

When they came into David’s presence, he was startled by them. They said, “Have no fear. ˹We are merely˺ two in a dispute: one of us has wronged the other. So judge between us with truth—do not go beyond ˹it˺—and guide us to the right way.

Verse 38:23

اِنَّ هٰذَاۤ اَخِیْ ۫ لَهٗ تِسْعٌ وَّتِسْعُوْنَ نَعْجَةً وَّلِیَ نَعْجَةٌ وَّاحِدَةٌ ۫ فَقَالَ اَكْفِلْنِیْهَا وَعَزَّنِیْ فِی الْخِطَابِ ۟

ʹInna haaẓaaa ʹakhee: lahoo tisʻuñw watisʻoona naʻjatañw waliya naʻjatuñw waaḥidah: faq̣aala ʹakfilneehaa wa-ʻazzanee fil khiṭaab.

This is my brother. He has ninety-nine sheep while I have ˹only˺ one. ˹Still˺ he asked me to give it up to him, overwhelming me with ˹his˺ argument.”

Verse 38:24

قَالَ لَقَدْ ظَلَمَكَ بِسُؤَالِ نَعْجَتِكَ اِلٰی نِعَاجِهٖ ؕ وَاِنَّ كَثِیْرًا مِّنَ الْخُلَطَآءِ لَیَبْغِیْ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلٰی بَعْضٍ اِلَّا الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ وَقَلِیْلٌ مَّا هُمْ ؕ وَظَنَّ دَاوٗدُ اَنَّمَا فَتَنّٰهُ فَاسْتَغْفَرَ رَبَّهٗ وَخَرَّ رَاكِعًا وَّاَنَابَ ۟

Q̣aala laq̣ad z̤̣alamaka bisuʹaali naʻjatika ʹilaa niʻaajih: wa-ʹinna kas̤eeram minal khulaṭaaaʹi layabg̣ee baʻḍuhum ʻalaa baʻḍin ʹillal laẓeena ʹaamanoo wa-ʻamiluṣ ṣaaliḥaati wa-q̣aleelum maa hum! Wa-z̤̣anna Daawoodu ʹannamaa fatannaahu fastag̣fara Rabbahoo wa-kharra raakiʻañw waʹanaab.

David ˹eventually˺ ruled, “He has definitely wronged you in demanding ˹to add˺ your sheep to his. And certainly many partners wrong each other, except those who believe and do good—but how few are they!” Then David realized that We had tested him so he asked for his Lord’s forgiveness, fell down in prostration, and turned ˹to Him in repentance˺.

Verse 38:25

فَغَفَرْنَا لَهٗ ذٰلِكَ ؕ وَاِنَّ لَهٗ عِنْدَنَا لَزُلْفٰی وَحُسْنَ مَاٰبٍ ۟

Fag̣afarnaa lahoo ẓaalik: wa-ʹinna lahoo ʻiñdanaa lazulfaa wa-ḥusna maʹaab.

So We forgave that for him. And he will indeed have ˹a status of˺ closeness to Us and an honourable destination!

Verse 38:26

یٰدَاوٗدُ اِنَّا جَعَلْنٰكَ خَلِیْفَةً فِی الْاَرْضِ فَاحْكُمْ بَیْنَ النَّاسِ بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعِ الْهَوٰی فَیُضِلَّكَ عَنْ سَبِیْلِ اللّٰهِ ؕ اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ یَضِلُّوْنَ عَنْ سَبِیْلِ اللّٰهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِیْدٌۢ بِمَا نَسُوْا یَوْمَ الْحِسَابِ ۟۠

Yaa-Daawoodu ʹinnaa jaʻalnaaka Khaleefatañ fil ʹarḍi faḥkum̃ baynan naasi bilḥaq̣q̣i wa-laa tattabiʻil hawaa fayuḍillaka ʻañ Sabeelil laah: ʹinnal laẓeena yaḍilloona ʻañ Sabeelil laahi lahum ʻaẓaabuñ shadeedum bimaa nasoo Yawmal Ḥisaab.

˹We instructed him:˺ “O David! We have surely made you an authority in the land, so judge between people with truth. And do not follow ˹your˺ desires or they will lead you astray from Allah’s Way. Surely those who go astray from Allah’s Way will suffer a severe punishment for neglecting the Day of Reckoning.”

Verse 38:27

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَآءَ وَالْاَرْضَ وَمَا بَیْنَهُمَا بَاطِلًا ؕ ذٰلِكَ ظَنُّ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا ۚ فَوَیْلٌ لِّلَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا مِنَ النَّارِ ۟ؕ

Wa-maa khalaq̣nas samaaaʹa wal-ʹarḍa wa-maa baynahumaa baaṭilaa! Ẓaalika z̤̣annul laẓeena kafaroo! Fawaylul lil-laẓeena kafaroo minan Naar!

We have not created the heavens and earth and everything in between without purpose—as the disbelievers think. So woe to the disbelievers because of the Fire!

Verse 38:28

اَمْ نَجْعَلُ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ كَالْمُفْسِدِیْنَ فِی الْاَرْضِ ؗ اَمْ نَجْعَلُ الْمُتَّقِیْنَ كَالْفُجَّارِ ۟

ʹAm najʻalul laẓeena ʹaamanoo wa-ʻamiluṣ ṣaaliḥaati kalmufsideena fil ʹarḍ? ʹAm najʻalul muttaq̣eena kalfujjaar?

Or should We treat those who believe and do good like those who make mischief throughout the land? Or should We treat the righteous like the wicked?

Verse 38:29

كِتٰبٌ اَنْزَلْنٰهُ اِلَیْكَ مُبٰرَكٌ لِّیَدَّبَّرُوْۤا اٰیٰتِهٖ وَلِیَتَذَكَّرَ اُولُوا الْاَلْبَابِ ۟

Kitaabun ʹañzalnaahu ʹilayka mubaarakul liyaddabbarooo ʹAayaatihee wa-liyataẓakkara ʹulul ʹalbaab.

˹This is˺ a blessed Book which We have revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ so that they may contemplate its verses, and people of reason may be mindful.

Verse 38:30

وَوَهَبْنَا لِدَاوٗدَ سُلَیْمٰنَ ؕ نِعْمَ الْعَبْدُ ؕ اِنَّهٗۤ اَوَّابٌ ۟ؕ

Wa-wahabnaa li-Daawooda Sulaymaan: niʻmal ʻAbd! ʹInnahooo ʹawwaab!

And We blessed David with Solomon—what an excellent servant ˹he was˺! Indeed, he ˹constantly˺ turned ˹to Allah˺.

Verse 38:31

اِذْ عُرِضَ عَلَیْهِ بِالْعَشِیِّ الصّٰفِنٰتُ الْجِیَادُ ۟ۙ

ʹIẓ ʻuriḍa ʻalayhi bilʻashiyyiṣ ṣaafinaatul jiyaad;

˹Remember˺ when the well-trained, swift horses were paraded before him in the evening.

Verse 38:32

فَقَالَ اِنِّیْۤ اَحْبَبْتُ حُبَّ الْخَیْرِ عَنْ ذِكْرِ رَبِّیْ ۚ حَتّٰی تَوَارَتْ بِالْحِجَابِ ۟ۥ

Faq̣aala ʹinneee ʹaḥbabtu ḥubbal khayri ʻañ ẓikri Rabbee,― ḥattaa tawaarat bilḥijaab:

He then proclaimed, “I am truly in love with ˹these˺ fine things out of remembrance for Allah,” until they went out of sight.

Verse 38:33

رُدُّوْهَا عَلَیَّ ؕ فَطَفِقَ مَسْحًا بِالسُّوْقِ وَالْاَعْنَاقِ ۟

Ruddoohaa ʻalayy. faṭafiq̣a mas-ḥam bissooq̣i wal-ʹaʻnaaq̣.

˹He ordered,˺ “Bring them back to me!” Then he began to rub down their legs and necks.

Verse 38:34

وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا سُلَیْمٰنَ وَاَلْقَیْنَا عَلٰی كُرْسِیِّهٖ جَسَدًا ثُمَّ اَنَابَ ۟

Wa-laq̣ad fatannaa Sulaymaana wa-ʹalq̣aynaa ʻalaa kursiyyihee jasadañ s̤umma ʹanaab:

And indeed, We tested Solomon, placing a ˹deformed˺ body on his throne, then he turned ˹to Allah in repentance˺.

Verse 38:35

قَالَ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِیْ وَهَبْ لِیْ مُلْكًا لَّا یَنْۢبَغِیْ لِاَحَدٍ مِّنْ بَعْدِیْ ۚ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ ۟

Q̣aala Rabbig̣ fir lee wa-hab lee Mulkal laa yambag̣ee liʹaḥadim mim baʻdee: ʹinnaka ʹAñtal Wahhaab.

He prayed, “My Lord! Forgive me, and grant me an authority that will never be matched by anyone after me. You are indeed the Giver ˹of all bounties˺.”

Verse 38:36

فَسَخَّرْنَا لَهُ الرِّیْحَ تَجْرِیْ بِاَمْرِهٖ رُخَآءً حَیْثُ اَصَابَ ۟ۙ

Fasakhkharnaa lahur Reeḥa tajree biʹamrihee rukhaaaʹan ḥays̤u ʹaṣaab,―

So We subjected to him the wind, blowing gently at his command to wherever he pleased.

Verse 38:37

وَالشَّیٰطِیْنَ كُلَّ بَنَّآءٍ وَّغَوَّاصٍ ۟ۙ

Washshayaaṭeena kulla bannaaaʹiñw wag̣awwaaṣ,―

And ˹We subjected to him˺ every builder and diver of the jinn,

Verse 38:38

وَّاٰخَرِیْنَ مُقَرَّنِیْنَ فِی الْاَصْفَادِ ۟

Wa-ʹaakhareena muq̣arraneena fil ʹaṣfaad.

and others bound together in chains.

Verse 38:39

هٰذَا عَطَآؤُنَا فَامْنُنْ اَوْ اَمْسِكْ بِغَیْرِ حِسَابٍ ۟

Haaẓaa ʻAṭaaaʹunaa famnun ʹaw ʹamsik big̣ayri ḥisaab.

˹Allah said,˺ “This is Our gift, so give or withhold ˹as you wish˺, never to be called to account.”

Verse 38:40

وَاِنَّ لَهٗ عِنْدَنَا لَزُلْفٰی وَحُسْنَ مَاٰبٍ ۟۠

Wa-ʹinna lahoo ʻiñdanaa lazulfaa waḥusna maʹaab.

And he will indeed have ˹a status of˺ closeness to Us and an honourable destination!

Verse 38:41

وَاذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَاۤ اَیُّوْبَ ۘ اِذْ نَادٰی رَبَّهٗۤ اَنِّیْ مَسَّنِیَ الشَّیْطٰنُ بِنُصْبٍ وَّعَذَابٍ ۟ؕ

Waẓkur ʻAbdanaaa ʹAyyoob. ʹIẓ naadaa Rabbahooo ʹannee massaniyash shayṭaanu binuṣbiñw waʻaẓaab!

And remember Our servant Job, when he cried out to his Lord, “Satan has afflicted me with distress and suffering.”

Verse 38:42

اُرْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَ ۚ هٰذَا مُغْتَسَلٌۢ بَارِدٌ وَّشَرَابٌ ۟

ʹUrkuḍ birijlik: haaẓaa mug̣tasalum baariduñw washaraab.

˹We responded,˺ “Stomp your foot: ˹now˺ here is a cool ˹and refreshing˺ spring for washing and drinking.”

Verse 38:43

وَوَهَبْنَا لَهٗۤ اَهْلَهٗ وَمِثْلَهُمْ مَّعَهُمْ رَحْمَةً مِّنَّا وَذِكْرٰی لِاُولِی الْاَلْبَابِ ۟

Wa-wahabnaa lahooo ʹahlahoo wa-mis̤lahum maʻahum Raḥmatam minnaa wa-ẓikraa liʹUlil ʹalbaab.

And We gave him back his family, twice as many, as a mercy from Us and a lesson for people of reason.

Verse 38:44

وَخُذْ بِیَدِكَ ضِغْثًا فَاضْرِبْ بِّهٖ وَلَا تَحْنَثْ ؕ اِنَّا وَجَدْنٰهُ صَابِرًا ؕ نِعْمَ الْعَبْدُ ؕ اِنَّهٗۤ اَوَّابٌ ۟

Wa-khuẓ biyadika ḍig̣s̤añ faḍrib bihee wa-laa taḥnas̤. ʹInnaa wa-jadnaahu ṣaabiraa. Niʻmal ʻAbd! ʹInnahooo ʹawwaab!

˹And We said to him,˺ “Take in your hand a bundle of grass, and strike ˹your wife˺ with it, and do not break your oath.” We truly found him patient. What an excellent servant ˹he was˺! Indeed, he ˹constantly˺ turned ˹to Allah˺.

Verse 38:45

وَاذْكُرْ عِبٰدَنَاۤ اِبْرٰهِیْمَ وَاِسْحٰقَ وَیَعْقُوْبَ اُولِی الْاَیْدِیْ وَالْاَبْصَارِ ۟

Waẓkur ʻIbaadanaaa ʹIbraaheema wa-ʹIsḥaaq̣a wa-Yaʻq̣ooba ʹUlil ʹAydee walʹAbṣaar.

And remember Our servants: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—the men of strength and insight.

Verse 38:46

اِنَّاۤ اَخْلَصْنٰهُمْ بِخَالِصَةٍ ذِكْرَی الدَّارِ ۟ۚ

ʹInnaaa ʹakhlaṣnaahum̃ bikhaaliṣatiñ Ẓikrad Daar.

We truly chose them for the honour of proclaiming the Hereafter.

Verse 38:47

وَاِنَّهُمْ عِنْدَنَا لَمِنَ الْمُصْطَفَیْنَ الْاَخْیَارِ ۟ؕ

Wa-ʹinnahum ʻiñdanaa laminal Muṣṭafaynal ʹakhyaar.

And in Our sight they are truly among the chosen and the finest.

Verse 38:48

وَاذْكُرْ اِسْمٰعِیْلَ وَالْیَسَعَ وَذَا الْكِفْلِ ؕ وَكُلٌّ مِّنَ الْاَخْیَارِ ۟ؕ

Waẓkur ʹIsmaaʻeela wal yasaʻa wa-Ẓal-Kifl: wa-kullum minal ʹAkhyaar.

Also remember Ishmael, Elisha, and Ⱬul-Kifl. All are among the best.

Verse 38:49

هٰذَا ذِكْرٌ ؕ وَاِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِیْنَ لَحُسْنَ مَاٰبٍ ۟ۙ

Haaẓaa Ẓikr: wa-ʹinna lil-Muttaq̣eena laḥusna maʹaab.

This is ˹all˺ a reminder. And the righteous will certainly have an honourable destination:

Verse 38:50

جَنّٰتِ عَدْنٍ مُّفَتَّحَةً لَّهُمُ الْاَبْوَابُ ۟ۚ

Jannaati ʻAdnim mufattaḥatal lahumul ʹabwaab;

the Gardens of Eternity, whose gates will be open for them.

Verse 38:51

مُتَّكِـِٕیْنَ فِیْهَا یَدْعُوْنَ فِیْهَا بِفَاكِهَةٍ كَثِیْرَةٍ وَّشَرَابٍ ۟

Muttakiʹeena feehaa yadʻoona feehaa bifaakihatiñ kas̤eeratiñw washaraab;

There they will recline, calling for abundant fruit and drink.

Verse 38:52

وَعِنْدَهُمْ قٰصِرٰتُ الطَّرْفِ اَتْرَابٌ ۟

Wa-ʻiñdahum q̣aaṣiratuṭ ṭarfi ʹatraab.

And with them will be maidens of modest gaze and equal age.

Verse 38:53

هٰذَا مَا تُوْعَدُوْنَ لِیَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ ۟

Haaẓaa maa- tooʻadoona li-Yawmil Ḥisaab!

This is what you are promised for the Day of Reckoning.

Verse 38:54

اِنَّ هٰذَا لَرِزْقُنَا مَا لَهٗ مِنْ نَّفَادٍ ۟ۚۖ

ʹInna haaẓaa la-Rizq̣unaa maa- lahoo min nafaad.

This is indeed Our provision that will never end.

Verse 38:55

هٰذَا ؕ وَاِنَّ لِلطّٰغِیْنَ لَشَرَّ مَاٰبٍ ۟ۙ

Haaẓaa! Wa-ʹinna liṭṭaag̣eena lasharra maʹaab!―

That is that. And the transgressors will certainly have the worst destination:

Verse 38:56

جَهَنَّمَ ۚ یَصْلَوْنَهَا ۚ فَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ ۟

Jahannama Yaṣlawnahaa fabiʹsal mihaad!

Hell, where they will burn. What an evil place to rest!

Verse 38:57

هٰذَا ۙ فَلْیَذُوْقُوْهُ حَمِیْمٌ وَّغَسَّاقٌ ۟ۙ

Haaẓaa falyaẓooq̣oohu ḥameemuñw wag̣assaaq̣!

Let them then taste this: boiling water and ˹oozing˺ pus,

Verse 38:58

وَّاٰخَرُ مِنْ شَكْلِهٖۤ اَزْوَاجٌ ۟ؕ

Wa-ʹaakharu miñ shakliheee ʹazwaaj!

and other torments of the same sort!

Verse 38:59

هٰذَا فَوْجٌ مُّقْتَحِمٌ مَّعَكُمْ ۚ لَا مَرْحَبًا بِهِمْ ؕ اِنَّهُمْ صَالُوا النَّارِ ۟

Haaẓaa fawjum muq̣taḥimum maʻakum! Laa- marḥabam bihim! ʹInnahum ṣaalun Naar!

˹The misleaders will say to one another,˺ “Here is a crowd ˹of followers˺ being thrown in with us. They are not welcome, ˹for˺ they ˹too˺ will burn in the Fire.”

Verse 38:60

قَالُوْا بَلْ اَنْتُمْ ۫ لَا مَرْحَبًا بِكُمْ ؕ اَنْتُمْ قَدَّمْتُمُوْهُ لَنَا ۚ فَبِئْسَ الْقَرَارُ ۟

Q̣aaloo bal ʹañtum! Laa- marḥabam bikum! ʹAñtum q̣addamtumoohu lanaa! Fabiʹsal q̣araar!

The followers will respond, “No! You are not welcome! You brought this upon us. What an evil place for settlement!”

Verse 38:61

قَالُوْا رَبَّنَا مَنْ قَدَّمَ لَنَا هٰذَا فَزِدْهُ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا فِی النَّارِ ۟

Q̣aaloo Rabbanaa mañ q̣addama lanaa haaẓaa fazidhu ʻAẓaabañ ḍiʻfañ fin Naar!

Adding, “Our Lord! Whoever brought this upon us, double their punishment in the Fire.”

Verse 38:62

وَقَالُوْا مَا لَنَا لَا نَرٰی رِجَالًا كُنَّا نَعُدُّهُمْ مِّنَ الْاَشْرَارِ ۟ؕ

Waq̣aaloo maa- lanaa laa- naraa rijaalañ kunnaa naʻudduhum minal ʹashraar?

The tyrants will ask ˹one another˺, “But why do we not see those we considered to be lowly?

Verse 38:63

اَتَّخَذْنٰهُمْ سِخْرِیًّا اَمْ زَاغَتْ عَنْهُمُ الْاَبْصَارُ ۟

ʹAttakhaẓnaahum sikhriyyan ʹam zaag̣at ʻanhumul ʹabṣaar?

Were we wrong in mocking them ˹in the world˺? Or do our eyes ˹just˺ fail to see them ˹in the Fire˺?”

Verse 38:64

اِنَّ ذٰلِكَ لَحَقٌّ تَخَاصُمُ اَهْلِ النَّارِ ۟۠

ʹInna ẓaalika laḥaq̣q̣uñ takhaaṣumu ʹAhlin Naar!

This dispute between the residents of the Fire will certainly come to pass.

Verse 38:65

قُلْ اِنَّمَاۤ اَنَا مُنْذِرٌ ۖۗ وَّمَا مِنْ اِلٰهٍ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ ۟ۚ

Q̣ul ʹInnamaaa ʹana Muñẓir: wa-maa min ʹilaahin ʹillal laahul Waaḥidul Q̣ahhaar,―

Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “I am only a warner. And there is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Allah—the One, the Supreme.

Verse 38:66

رَبُّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَیْنَهُمَا الْعَزِیْزُ الْغَفَّارُ ۟

Rabbus samaawaati wal-ʹarḍi wa-maa baynahumal ʻAzeezul G̣affaar.

˹He is the˺ Lord of the heavens and the earth and everything in between—the Almighty, Most Forgiving.”

Verse 38:67

قُلْ هُوَ نَبَؤٌا عَظِیْمٌ ۟ۙ

Q̣ul huwa Nabaʹun ʻAz̤̣eem,

Say, “This ˹Quran˺ is momentous news,

Verse 38:68

اَنْتُمْ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضُوْنَ ۟

ʹAñtum ʻanhu muʻriḍoon!

from which you ˹pagans˺ are turning away.”

Verse 38:69

مَا كَانَ لِیَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ بِالْمَلَاِ الْاَعْلٰۤی اِذْ یَخْتَصِمُوْنَ ۟

Maa- kaana liya min ʻilmim bil-malaʹil ʹaʻlaaa ʹiẓ yakhtaṣimoon.

˹And say,˺ “I had no knowledge of the highest assembly ˹in heaven˺ when they differed ˹concerning Adam˺.

Verse 38:70

اِنْ یُّوْحٰۤی اِلَیَّ اِلَّاۤ اَنَّمَاۤ اَنَا نَذِیْرٌ مُّبِیْنٌ ۟

ʹIñy yooḥaaa ʹilayya ʹillaaa ʹannamaaa ʹana Naẓeerum mubeen.

What is revealed to me is that I am only sent with a clear warning.”

Verse 38:71

اِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلٰٓىِٕكَةِ اِنِّیْ خَالِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّنْ طِیْنٍ ۟

ʹIẓ q̣aala Rabbuka lilmalaaaʹikati ʹinnee khaaliq̣um basharam miñ ṭeen.

˹Remember, O Prophet˺ when your Lord said to the angels, “I am going to create a human being from clay.

Verse 38:72

فَاِذَا سَوَّیْتُهٗ وَنَفَخْتُ فِیْهِ مِنْ رُّوْحِیْ فَقَعُوْا لَهٗ سٰجِدِیْنَ ۟

Faʹiẓaa sawwaytuhoo wa-nafakhtu feehi mir Rooḥee faq̣aʻoo lahoo saajideen.

So when I have fashioned him and had a spirit of My Own ˹creation˺ breathed into him, fall down in prostration to him.”

Verse 38:73

فَسَجَدَ الْمَلٰٓىِٕكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ اَجْمَعُوْنَ ۟ۙ

Fasajadal malaaaʹikatu kulluhum ʹajmaʻoon:

So the angels prostrated all together—

Verse 38:74

اِلَّاۤ اِبْلِیْسَ ؕ اِسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ الْكٰفِرِیْنَ ۟

ʹIllaaa ʹIblees; ʹistakbara wa-kaana minal kaafireen.

but not Iblîs, who acted arrogantly, becoming unfaithful.

Verse 38:75

قَالَ یٰۤاِبْلِیْسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ اَنْ تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِیَدَیَّ ؕ اَسْتَكْبَرْتَ اَمْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الْعَالِیْنَ ۟

Q̣aala YaaaʹIbleesu maa- manaʻaka ʹañ tasjuda limaa khalaq̣tu biyadayy? ʹAs-takbarta ʹam kuñta min alʻaaleen?

Allah asked, “O Iblîs! What prevented you from prostrating to what I created with My Own Hands? Did you ˹just˺ become proud? Or have you always been arrogant?”

Verse 38:76

قَالَ اَنَا خَیْرٌ مِّنْهُ ؕ خَلَقْتَنِیْ مِنْ نَّارٍ وَّخَلَقْتَهٗ مِنْ طِیْنٍ ۟

Q̣aala ʹana khayrum minh: khalaq̣tanee min naariñw wakhalaq̣tahoo miñ ṭeen.

He replied, “I am better than he is: You created me from fire and him from clay.”

Verse 38:77

قَالَ فَاخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَاِنَّكَ رَجِیْمٌ ۟ۚۖ

Q̣aala fakhruj minha faʹinnaka rajeem.

Allah commanded, “Then get out of Paradise, for you are truly cursed.

Verse 38:78

وَّاِنَّ عَلَیْكَ لَعْنَتِیْۤ اِلٰی یَوْمِ الدِّیْنِ ۟

Wa-ʹinna ʻalayka laʻnateee ʹilaa Yawmid Deen.

And surely upon you is My condemnation until the Day of Judgment.”

Verse 38:79

قَالَ رَبِّ فَاَنْظِرْنِیْۤ اِلٰی یَوْمِ یُبْعَثُوْنَ ۟

Q̣aala Rabbi faʹañz̤̣irneee ʹilaa Yawmi yubʻas̤oon.

Satan appealed, “My Lord! Then delay my end until the Day of their resurrection.”

Verse 38:80

قَالَ فَاِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنْظَرِیْنَ ۟ۙ

Q̣aala faʹinnaka minal muñz̤̣areen―

Allah said, “You will be delayed

Verse 38:81

اِلٰی یَوْمِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُوْمِ ۟

ʹIlaa Yawmil Waq̣til Maʻloom.

until the appointed Day.”

Verse 38:82

قَالَ فَبِعِزَّتِكَ لَاُغْوِیَنَّهُمْ اَجْمَعِیْنَ ۟ۙ

Q̣aala fabiʻIzzatika laʹug̣wiyannahum ʹajmaʻeen.―

Satan said, “By Your Glory! I will certainly mislead them all,

Verse 38:83

اِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصِیْنَ ۟

ʹIlaa ʻIbaadaka minhumul mukhlaṣeen.

except Your chosen servants among them.”

Verse 38:84

قَالَ فَالْحَقُّ ؗ وَالْحَقَّ اَقُوْلُ ۟ۚ

Q̣aala falhaq̣q̣u walḥaq̣q̣a ʹaq̣ool―

Allah concluded, “The truth is—and I ˹only˺ say the truth—:

Verse 38:85

لَاَمْلَـَٔنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنْكَ وَمِمَّنْ تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ اَجْمَعِیْنَ ۟

Laʹamlaʹanna Jahannama miñka wa-mimmañ tabiʻaka minhum ʹajmaʻeen.

I will surely fill up Hell with you and whoever follows you from among them, all together.”

Verse 38:86

قُلْ مَاۤ اَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَیْهِ مِنْ اَجْرٍ وَّمَاۤ اَنَا مِنَ الْمُتَكَلِّفِیْنَ ۟

Q̣ul maaa ʹasʹalukum ʻalayhi min ʹajriñw Wamaaa ʹana minal mutakallifeen.

Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “I do not ask you for any reward for this ˹Quran˺, nor do I pretend to be someone I am not.

Verse 38:87

اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعٰلَمِیْنَ ۟

ʹIn huwa ʹillaa Ẓikrul lilʻaalameen.

It is only a reminder to the whole world.

Verse 38:88

وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ نَبَاَهٗ بَعْدَ حِیْنٍ ۟۠

Wa-lataʻlamunna nabaʹahoo baʻda ḥeen.

And you will certainly know its truth before long.”