Sura 38: Saad (S) - Quran Inspector

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِbis'miٱللَّهِl-lahiٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmi

[38:1] S. (Saad),* and the Quran that contains the proof.**

صٓsadوَٱلْقُرْءَانِwal-qur'āniذِىdhīٱلذِّكْرِl-dhik'ri ﴿١﴾

*38:1 This Initial (Saad) occurs in suras 7, 19, & 38 a total of 152 times, 19x8 (Appendix 1). **38:1 The word "Zikr" is made distinct from the Quran and clearly points at the Quran's miraculous mathematical code. See 15:6, 9; 16:44; 21:2, 24; 26:5; & 36:11, 69.

[38:2] Those who disbelieve have plunged into arrogance and defiance.

بَلِbaliٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaكَفَرُوا۟kafarūفِىfīعِزَّةٍʿizzatinوَشِقَاقٍwashiqāqin ﴿٢﴾

[38:3] Many a generation before them we annihilated. They called for help; in vain.

كَمْkamأَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāمِنminقَبْلِهِمqablihimمِّنminقَرْنٍqarninفَنَادَوا۟fanādawوَّلَاتَwalātaحِينَḥīnaمَنَاصٍmanāṣin ﴿٣﴾

[38:4] They wondered that a warner should come to them, from among them. The disbelievers said, "A magician; a liar.

وَعَجِبُوٓا۟waʿajibūأَنanجَآءَهُمjāahumمُّنذِرٌmundhirunمِّنْهُمْmin'humوَقَالَwaqālaٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūnaهَـٰذَاhādhāسَـٰحِرٌsāḥirunكَذَّابٌkadhābun ﴿٤﴾

[38:5] "Did he make the gods into one god? This is really strange."

أَجَعَلَajaʿalaٱلْـَٔالِهَةَl-ālihataإِلَـٰهًاilāhanوَٰحِدًاwāḥidanإِنَّinnaهَـٰذَاhādhāلَشَىْءٌlashayonعُجَابٌʿujābun ﴿٥﴾

[38:6] The leaders announced, "Go and steadfastly persevere in worshiping your gods. This is what is desired.

وَٱنطَلَقَwa-inṭalaqaٱلْمَلَأُl-mala-uمِنْهُمْmin'humأَنِaniٱمْشُوا۟im'shūوَٱصْبِرُوا۟wa-iṣ'birūعَلَىٰٓʿalāءَالِهَتِكُمْālihatikumإِنَّinnaهَـٰذَاhādhāلَشَىْءٌlashayonيُرَادُyurādu ﴿٦﴾

[38:7] "We never heard of this from the religion of our fathers. This is a lie.

مَاmāسَمِعْنَاsamiʿ'nāبِهَـٰذَاbihādhāفِىfīٱلْمِلَّةِl-milatiٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratiإِنْinهَـٰذَآhādhāإِلَّاillāٱخْتِلَـٰقٌikh'tilāqun ﴿٧﴾

[38:8] "Why did the proof come down to him, instead of us?" Indeed, they are doubtful of My proof. Indeed, they have not yet tasted My retribution.

أَءُنزِلَa-unzilaعَلَيْهِʿalayhiٱلذِّكْرُl-dhik'ruمِنۢminبَيْنِنَاbaynināبَلْbalهُمْhumفِىfīشَكٍّshakkinمِّنminذِكْرِىdhik'rīبَلbalلَّمَّاlammāيَذُوقُوا۟yadhūqūعَذَابِʿadhābi ﴿٨﴾

[38:9] Do they own the treasures of mercy of your Lord, the Almighty, the Grantor?

أَمْamعِندَهُمْʿindahumخَزَآئِنُkhazāinuرَحْمَةِraḥmatiرَبِّكَrabbikaٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīziٱلْوَهَّابِl-wahābi ﴿٩﴾

[38:10] Do they possess the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, and everything between them? Let them help themselves.

أَمْamلَهُمlahumمُّلْكُmul'kuٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiوَمَاwamāبَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumāفَلْيَرْتَقُوا۟falyartaqūفِىfīٱلْأَسْبَـٰبِl-asbābi ﴿١٠﴾

[38:11] Instead, whatever forces they can muster - even if all their parties banded together - will be defeated.

جُندٌjundunمَّاmāهُنَالِكَhunālikaمَهْزُومٌmahzūmunمِّنَminaٱلْأَحْزَابِl-aḥzābi ﴿١١﴾

[38:12] Disbelieving before them were the people of Noah, 'Ãd, and the mighty Pharaoh.

كَذَّبَتْkadhabatقَبْلَهُمْqablahumقَوْمُqawmuنُوحٍnūḥinوَعَادٌwaʿādunوَفِرْعَوْنُwafir'ʿawnuذُوdhūٱلْأَوْتَادِl-awtādi ﴿١٢﴾

[38:13] Also, Thamûd, the people of Lot, the dwellers of the Woods (of Midyan); those were the opponents.

وَثَمُودُwathamūduوَقَوْمُwaqawmuلُوطٍlūṭinوَأَصْحَـٰبُwa-aṣḥābuلْـَٔيْكَةِal'aykatiأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaٱلْأَحْزَابُl-aḥzābu ﴿١٣﴾

[38:14] Each of them disbelieved the messengers and thus, My retribution was inevitable.

إِنinكُلٌّkullunإِلَّاillāكَذَّبَkadhabaٱلرُّسُلَl-rusulaفَحَقَّfaḥaqqaعِقَابِʿiqābi ﴿١٤﴾

[38:15] These people can expect a single blow, from which they never recover.

وَمَاwamāيَنظُرُyanẓuruهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāiإِلَّاillāصَيْحَةًṣayḥatanوَٰحِدَةًwāḥidatanمَّاmāلَهَاlahāمِنminفَوَاقٍfawāqin ﴿١٥﴾

[38:16] They challenged: "Our Lord, why do you not rush the retribution for us, before the Day of Reckoning."

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūرَبَّنَاrabbanāعَجِّلʿajjilلَّنَاlanāقِطَّنَاqiṭṭanāقَبْلَqablaيَوْمِyawmiٱلْحِسَابِl-ḥisābi ﴿١٦﴾

[38:17] Be patient in the face of their utterances, and remember our servant David, the resourceful; he was obedient.

ٱصْبِرْiṣ'birعَلَىٰʿalāمَاmāيَقُولُونَyaqūlūnaوَٱذْكُرْwa-udh'kurعَبْدَنَاʿabdanāدَاوُۥدَdāwūdaذَاdhāٱلْأَيْدِl-aydiإِنَّهُۥٓinnahuأَوَّابٌawwābun ﴿١٧﴾

[38:18] We committed the mountains in his service, glorifying with him night and day.

إِنَّاinnāسَخَّرْنَاsakharnāٱلْجِبَالَl-jibālaمَعَهُۥmaʿahuيُسَبِّحْنَyusabbiḥ'naبِٱلْعَشِىِّbil-ʿashiyiوَٱلْإِشْرَاقِwal-ish'rāqi ﴿١٨﴾

[38:19] Also the birds were committed to serve him; all were obedient to him.

وَٱلطَّيْرَwal-ṭayraمَحْشُورَةًmaḥshūratanكُلٌّkullunلَّهُۥٓlahuأَوَّابٌawwābun ﴿١٩﴾

[38:20] We strengthened his kingship, and endowed him with wisdom and good logic.

وَشَدَدْنَاwashadadnāمُلْكَهُۥmul'kahuوَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُwaātaynāhuٱلْحِكْمَةَl-ḥik'mataوَفَصْلَwafaṣlaٱلْخِطَابِl-khiṭābi ﴿٢٠﴾

[38:21] Have you received news of the feuding men who sneaked into his sanctuary?

وَهَلْwahalأَتَىٰكَatākaنَبَؤُا۟naba-uٱلْخَصْمِl-khaṣmiإِذْidhتَسَوَّرُوا۟tasawwarūٱلْمِحْرَابَl-miḥ'rāba ﴿٢١﴾

[38:22] When they entered his room, he was startled. They said, "Have no fear. We are feuding with one another, and we are seeking your fair judgment. Do not wrong us, and guide us in the right path.

إِذْidhدَخَلُوا۟dakhalūعَلَىٰʿalāدَاوُۥدَdāwūdaفَفَزِعَfafaziʿaمِنْهُمْmin'humقَالُوا۟qālūلَاlāتَخَفْtakhafخَصْمَانِkhaṣmāniبَغَىٰbaghāبَعْضُنَاbaʿḍunāعَلَىٰʿalāبَعْضٍbaʿḍinفَٱحْكُمfa-uḥ'kumبَيْنَنَاbaynanāبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiوَلَاwalāتُشْطِطْtush'ṭiṭوَٱهْدِنَآwa-ih'dināإِلَىٰilāسَوَآءِsawāiٱلصِّرَٰطِl-ṣirāṭi ﴿٢٢﴾

[38:23] "This brother of mine owns ninety-nine* sheep, while I own one sheep. He wants to mix my sheep with his, and continues to pressure me."

إِنَّinnaهَـٰذَآhādhāأَخِىakhīلَهُۥlahuتِسْعٌtis'ʿunوَتِسْعُونَwatis'ʿūnaنَعْجَةًnaʿjatanوَلِىَwaliyaنَعْجَةٌnaʿjatunوَٰحِدَةٌwāḥidatunفَقَالَfaqālaأَكْفِلْنِيهَاakfil'nīhāوَعَزَّنِىwaʿazzanīفِىfīٱلْخِطَابِl-khiṭābi ﴿٢٣﴾

*38:23 This is the only place where the number 99 occurs. Thirty different numbers are mentioned in the Quran, and their total comes to 162146, 19x8534. See Appendix 1.

[38:24] He said, "He is being unfair to you by asking to combine your sheep with his. Most people who combine their properties treat each other unfairly, except those who believe and work righteousness, and these are so few." Afterwards, David wondered if he made the right judgment. He thought that we were testing him. He then implored his Lord for forgiveness, bowed down, and repented.*

قَالَqālaلَقَدْlaqadظَلَمَكَẓalamakaبِسُؤَالِbisuāliنَعْجَتِكَnaʿjatikaإِلَىٰilāنِعَاجِهِۦniʿājihiوَإِنَّwa-innaكَثِيرًاkathīranمِّنَminaٱلْخُلَطَآءِl-khulaṭāiلَيَبْغِىlayabghīبَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumعَلَىٰʿalāبَعْضٍbaʿḍinإِلَّاillāٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaءَامَنُوا۟āmanūوَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātiوَقَلِيلٌwaqalīlunمَّاmāهُمْhumوَظَنَّwaẓannaدَاوُۥدُdāwūduأَنَّمَاannamāفَتَنَّـٰهُfatannāhuفَٱسْتَغْفَرَfa-is'taghfaraرَبَّهُۥrabbahuوَخَرَّwakharraرَاكِعًاrākiʿanوَأَنَابَwa-anāba ﴿٢٤﴾

*38:24 In this clear example, 99 on one side vs 1 on the other side, David's extreme care to render the correct judgment caused him to ask forgiveness. Are we this careful?

[38:25] We forgave him in this matter. We have granted him a position of honor with us, and a beautiful abode.

فَغَفَرْنَاfaghafarnāلَهُۥlahuذَٰلِكَdhālikaوَإِنَّwa-innaلَهُۥlahuعِندَنَاʿindanāلَزُلْفَىٰlazul'fāوَحُسْنَwaḥus'naمَـَٔابٍmaābin ﴿٢٥﴾

[38:26] O David, we have made you a ruler on earth. Therefore, you shall judge among the people equitably, and do not follow your personal opinion, lest it diverts you from the way of GOD. Surely, those who stray off the way of GOD incur severe retribution for forgetting the Day of Reckoning.

يَـٰدَاوُۥدُyādāwūduإِنَّاinnāجَعَلْنَـٰكَjaʿalnākaخَلِيفَةًkhalīfatanفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiفَٱحْكُمfa-uḥ'kumبَيْنَbaynaٱلنَّاسِl-nāsiبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiوَلَاwalāتَتَّبِعِtattabiʿiٱلْهَوَىٰl-hawāفَيُضِلَّكَfayuḍillakaعَنʿanسَبِيلِsabīliٱللَّهِl-lahiإِنَّinnaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaيَضِلُّونَyaḍillūnaعَنʿanسَبِيلِsabīliٱللَّهِl-lahiلَهُمْlahumعَذَابٌʿadhābunشَدِيدٌۢshadīdunبِمَاbimāنَسُوا۟nasūيَوْمَyawmaٱلْحِسَابِl-ḥisābi ﴿٢٦﴾

[38:27] We did not create the heaven and the earth, and everything between them, in vain. Such is the thinking of those who disbelieve. Therefore, woe to those who disbelieve; they will suffer in Hell.

وَمَاwamāخَلَقْنَاkhalaqnāٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāaوَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaوَمَاwamāبَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumāبَـٰطِلًاbāṭilanذَٰلِكَdhālikaظَنُّẓannuٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaكَفَرُوا۟kafarūفَوَيْلٌfawaylunلِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnaكَفَرُوا۟kafarūمِنَminaٱلنَّارِl-nāri ﴿٢٧﴾

[38:28] Shall we treat those who believe and lead a righteous life as we treat those who commit evil on earth? Shall we treat the righteous as we treat the wicked?

أَمْamٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātiنَجْعَلُnajʿaluكَٱلْمُفْسِدِينَkal-muf'sidīnaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaفِىfīءَامَنُوا۟āmanūٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiوَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūأَمْamنَجْعَلُnajʿaluٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīnaكَٱلْفُجَّارِkal-fujāri ﴿٢٨﴾

[38:29] This is a scripture that we sent down to you, that is sacred - perhaps they reflect on its verses. Those who possess intelligence will take heed.

كِتَـٰبٌkitābunأَنزَلْنَـٰهُanzalnāhuإِلَيْكَilaykaمُبَـٰرَكٌmubārakunلِّيَدَّبَّرُوٓا۟liyaddabbarūءَايَـٰتِهِۦāyātihiوَلِيَتَذَكَّرَwaliyatadhakkaraأُو۟لُوا۟ulūٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِl-albābi ﴿٢٩﴾

[38:30] To David we granted Solomon; a good and obedient servant.

وَوَهَبْنَاwawahabnāلِدَاوُۥدَlidāwūdaسُلَيْمَـٰنَsulaymānaنِعْمَniʿ'maٱلْعَبْدُl-ʿabduإِنَّهُۥٓinnahuأَوَّابٌawwābun ﴿٣٠﴾

[38:31] One day he became preoccupied with beautiful horses, until the night fell.

إِذْidhعُرِضَʿuriḍaعَلَيْهِʿalayhiبِٱلْعَشِىِّbil-ʿashiyiٱلصَّـٰفِنَـٰتُl-ṣāfinātuٱلْجِيَادُl-jiyādu ﴿٣١﴾

[38:32] He then said, "I enjoyed the material things more than I enjoyed worshiping my Lord, until the sun was gone.*

فَقَالَfaqālaإِنِّىٓinnīأَحْبَبْتُaḥbabtuحُبَّḥubbaٱلْخَيْرِl-khayriعَنʿanذِكْرِdhik'riرَبِّىrabbīحَتَّىٰḥattāتَوَارَتْtawāratبِٱلْحِجَابِbil-ḥijābi ﴿٣٢﴾

*38:32 Solomon missed his afternoon prayer because of his horses. To nullify Satan's possible claim that Solomon loved his horses more than loving God, he got rid of his horses.

[38:33] "Bring them back." (To bid farewell,) he rubbed their legs and necks.

رُدُّوهَاruddūhāعَلَىَّʿalayyaفَطَفِقَfaṭafiqaمَسْحًۢاmasḥanبِٱلسُّوقِbil-sūqiوَٱلْأَعْنَاقِwal-aʿnāqi ﴿٣٣﴾

[38:34] We thus put Solomon to the test; we blessed him with vast material wealth, but he steadfastly submitted.*

وَلَقَدْwalaqadفَتَنَّاfatannāسُلَيْمَـٰنَsulaymānaوَأَلْقَيْنَاwa-alqaynāعَلَىٰʿalāكُرْسِيِّهِۦkur'siyyihiجَسَدًاjasadanثُمَّthummaأَنَابَanāba ﴿٣٤﴾

*38:34 & 41 Solomon and Job represent both ends of the testing spectrum. We are put to the test through wealth, health, or lack of them, to see if we worship God alone under all circumstances.

[38:35] He said, "My Lord, forgive me, and grant me a kingship never attained by anyone else. You are the Grantor."

قَالَqālaرَبِّrabbiٱغْفِرْigh'firلِىlīوَهَبْwahabلِىlīمُلْكًاmul'kanلَّاlāيَنۢبَغِىyanbaghīلِأَحَدٍli-aḥadinمِّنۢminبَعْدِىٓbaʿdīإِنَّكَinnakaأَنتَantaٱلْوَهَّابُl-wahābu ﴿٣٥﴾

[38:36] We (answered his prayer and) committed the wind at his disposal, pouring rain wherever he wanted.

رُخَآءًrukhāanفَسَخَّرْنَاfasakharnāلَهُlahuٱلرِّيحَl-rīḥaتَجْرِىtajrīبِأَمْرِهِۦbi-amrihiحَيْثُḥaythuأَصَابَaṣāba ﴿٣٦﴾

[38:37] And the devils, building and diving.

وَٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَwal-shayāṭīnaكُلَّkullaبَنَّآءٍbannāinوَغَوَّاصٍwaghawwāṣin ﴿٣٧﴾

[38:38] Others were placed at his disposal.

وَءَاخَرِينَwaākharīnaمُقَرَّنِينَmuqarranīnaفِىfīٱلْأَصْفَادِl-aṣfādi ﴿٣٨﴾

[38:39] "This is our provision to you; you may give generously, or withhold, without limits."

هَـٰذَاhādhāعَطَآؤُنَاʿaṭāunāفَٱمْنُنْfa-um'nunأَوْawأَمْسِكْamsikبِغَيْرِbighayriحِسَابٍḥisābin ﴿٣٩﴾

[38:40] He has deserved an honorable position with us, and a wonderful abode.

وَإِنَّwa-innaلَهُۥlahuعِندَنَاʿindanāلَزُلْفَىٰlazul'fāوَحُسْنَwaḥus'naمَـَٔابٍmaābin ﴿٤٠﴾

[38:41] Remember our servant Job: he called upon his Lord, "The devil has afflicted me with hardship and pain."

وَٱذْكُرْwa-udh'kurعَبْدَنَآʿabdanāأَيُّوبَayyūbaإِذْidhنَادَىٰnādāرَبَّهُۥٓrabbahuأَنِّىannīمَسَّنِىَmassaniyaٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuبِنُصْبٍbinuṣ'binوَعَذَابٍwaʿadhābin ﴿٤١﴾

[38:42] "Strike the ground with your foot. A spring will give you healing and a drink."

ٱرْكُضْur'kuḍبِرِجْلِكَbirij'likaهَـٰذَاhādhāمُغْتَسَلٌۢmugh'tasalunبَارِدٌbāridunوَشَرَابٌwasharābun ﴿٤٢﴾

[38:43] We restored his family for him; twice as many. Such is our mercy; a reminder for those who possess intelligence.

وَوَهَبْنَاwawahabnāلَهُۥٓlahuأَهْلَهُۥahlahuوَمِثْلَهُمwamith'lahumمَّعَهُمْmaʿahumرَحْمَةًraḥmatanمِّنَّاminnāوَذِكْرَىٰwadhik'rāلِأُو۟لِىli-ulīٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِl-albābi ﴿٤٣﴾

[38:44] "Now, you shall travel the land and preach the message, to fulfill your pledge." We found him steadfast. What a good servant! He was a submitter.

وَخُذْwakhudhبِيَدِكَbiyadikaضِغْثًاḍigh'thanفَٱضْرِبfa-iḍ'ribبِّهِۦbihiوَلَاwalāتَحْنَثْtaḥnathإِنَّاinnāوَجَدْنَـٰهُwajadnāhuصَابِرًاṣābiranنِّعْمَniʿ'maٱلْعَبْدُl-ʿabduإِنَّهُۥٓinnahuأَوَّابٌawwābun ﴿٤٤﴾

[38:45] Remember also our servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. They were resourceful, and possessed vision.

وَٱذْكُرْwa-udh'kurعِبَـٰدَنَآʿibādanāإِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaوَإِسْحَـٰقَwa-is'ḥāqaوَيَعْقُوبَwayaʿqūbaأُو۟لِىulīٱلْأَيْدِىl-aydīوَٱلْأَبْصَـٰرِwal-abṣāri ﴿٤٥﴾

[38:46] We bestowed upon them a great blessing: awareness of the Hereafter.

إِنَّآinnāأَخْلَصْنَـٰهُمakhlaṣnāhumبِخَالِصَةٍbikhāliṣatinذِكْرَىdhik'rāٱلدَّارِl-dāri ﴿٤٦﴾

[38:47] They were chosen, for they were among the most righteous.

وَإِنَّهُمْwa-innahumعِندَنَاʿindanāلَمِنَlaminaٱلْمُصْطَفَيْنَl-muṣ'ṭafaynaٱلْأَخْيَارِl-akhyāri ﴿٤٧﴾

[38:48] Remember Ismail, Elisha, and Zal-Kifl; among the most righteous.

وَٱذْكُرْwa-udh'kurإِسْمَـٰعِيلَis'māʿīlaوَٱلْيَسَعَwal-yasaʿaوَذَاwadhā ٱلْكِفْلِl-kif'liوَكُلٌّwakullunمِّنَminaٱلْأَخْيَارِl-akhyāri ﴿٤٨﴾

[38:49] This is a reminder: The righteous have deserved a wonderful destiny.

هَـٰذَاhādhāذِكْرٌdhik'runوَإِنَّwa-innaلِلْمُتَّقِينَlil'muttaqīnaلَحُسْنَlaḥus'naمَـَٔابٍmaābin ﴿٤٩﴾

[38:50] The gardens of Eden will open up their gates for them.

جَنَّـٰتِjannātiعَدْنٍʿadninمُّفَتَّحَةًmufattaḥatanلَّهُمُlahumuٱلْأَبْوَٰبُl-abwābu ﴿٥٠﴾

[38:51] Relaxing therein, they will be given many kinds of fruits and drinks.

مُتَّكِـِٔينَmuttakiīnaفِيهَاfīhāيَدْعُونَyadʿūnaفِيهَاfīhāبِفَـٰكِهَةٍbifākihatinكَثِيرَةٍkathīratinوَشَرَابٍwasharābin ﴿٥١﴾

[38:52] They will have wonderful spouses.

وَعِندَهُمْwaʿindahumقَـٰصِرَٰتُqāṣirātuٱلطَّرْفِl-ṭarfiأَتْرَابٌatrābun ﴿٥٢﴾

[38:53] This is what you have deserved on the Day of Reckoning.

هَـٰذَاhādhāمَاmāتُوعَدُونَtūʿadūnaلِيَوْمِliyawmiٱلْحِسَابِl-ḥisābi ﴿٥٣﴾

[38:54] Our provisions are inexhaustible.

إِنَّinnaهَـٰذَاhādhāلَرِزْقُنَاlariz'qunāمَاmāلَهُۥlahuمِنminنَّفَادٍnafādin ﴿٥٤﴾

[38:55] As for the transgressors, they have incurred a miserable destiny.

هَـٰذَاhādhāوَإِنَّwa-innaلِلطَّـٰغِينَlilṭṭāghīnaلَشَرَّlasharraمَـَٔابٍmaābin ﴿٥٥﴾

[38:56] Hell is where they burn; what a miserable abode!

جَهَنَّمَjahannamaيَصْلَوْنَهَاyaṣlawnahāفَبِئْسَfabi'saٱلْمِهَادُl-mihādu ﴿٥٦﴾

[38:57] What they taste therein will be hellish drinks and bitter food.

هَـٰذَاhādhāفَلْيَذُوقُوهُfalyadhūqūhuحَمِيمٌḥamīmunوَغَسَّاقٌwaghassāqun ﴿٥٧﴾

[38:58] And much more of the same kind.

وَءَاخَرُwaākharuمِنminشَكْلِهِۦٓshaklihiأَزْوَٰجٌazwājun ﴿٥٨﴾

[38:59] "This is a group to be thrown into Hell with you." They will not be welcomed (by the residents of Hell). They have deserved to burn in the hellfire.

هَـٰذَاhādhāفَوْجٌfawjunمُّقْتَحِمٌmuq'taḥimunمَّعَكُمْmaʿakumلَاlāمَرْحَبًۢاmarḥabanبِهِمْbihimإِنَّهُمْinnahumصَالُوا۟ṣālūٱلنَّارِl-nāri ﴿٥٩﴾

[38:60] The newcomers will respond, "Nor are you welcomed. You are the ones who preceded us and misled us. Therefore, suffer this miserable end."

قَالُوا۟qālūبَلْbalأَنتُمْantumلَاlāمَرْحَبًۢاmarḥabanبِكُمْbikumأَنتُمْantumقَدَّمْتُمُوهُqaddamtumūhuلَنَاlanāفَبِئْسَfabi'saٱلْقَرَارُl-qarāru ﴿٦٠﴾

[38:61] They will also say, "Our Lord, these are the ones who led us into this; double the retribution of hellfire for them."

قَالُوا۟qālūرَبَّنَاrabbanāمَنmanقَدَّمَqaddamaلَنَاlanāهَـٰذَاhādhāفَزِدْهُfazid'huعَذَابًاʿadhābanضِعْفًاḍiʿ'fanفِىfīٱلنَّارِl-nāri ﴿٦١﴾

[38:62] They will say, "How come we do not see (in Hell) people we used to count among the wicked?

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūمَاmāلَنَاlanāلَاlāنَرَىٰnarāرِجَالًاrijālanكُنَّاkunnāنَعُدُّهُمnaʿudduhumمِّنَminaٱلْأَشْرَارِl-ashrāri ﴿٦٢﴾

[38:63] "We used to ridicule them; we used to turn our eyes away from them."

أَتَّخَذْنَـٰهُمْattakhadhnāhumسِخْرِيًّاsikh'riyyanأَمْamزَاغَتْzāghatعَنْهُمُʿanhumuٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُl-abṣāru ﴿٦٣﴾

[38:64] This is a predetermined fact: the people of Hell will feud with one another.

إِنَّinnaذَٰلِكَdhālikaلَحَقٌّlaḥaqqunتَخَاصُمُtakhāṣumuأَهْلِahliٱلنَّارِl-nāri ﴿٦٤﴾

[38:65] Say, "I warn you; there is no other god beside GOD, the One, the Supreme.

قُلْqulإِنَّمَآinnamāأَنَا۠anāمُنذِرٌmundhirunوَمَاwamāمِنْminإِلَـٰهٍilāhinإِلَّاillāٱللَّهُl-lahuٱلْوَٰحِدُl-wāḥiduٱلْقَهَّارُl-qahāru ﴿٦٥﴾

[38:66] "The Lord of the heavens and the earth, and everything between them; the Almighty, the Forgiving."

رَبُّrabbuٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiوَمَاwamāبَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumāٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuٱلْغَفَّـٰرُl-ghafāru ﴿٦٦﴾

[38:67] Say, "Here is awesome news.

قُلْqulهُوَhuwaنَبَؤٌا۟naba-onعَظِيمٌʿaẓīmun ﴿٦٧﴾

[38:68] "That you are totally oblivious to.

أَنتُمْantumعَنْهُʿanhuمُعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūna ﴿٦٨﴾

[38:69] "I had no knowledge previously, about the feud in the High Society.*

مَاmāكَانَkānaلِىَliyaمِنْminعِلْمٍۭʿil'minبِٱلْمَلَإِbil-mala-iٱلْأَعْلَىٰٓl-aʿlāإِذْidhيَخْتَصِمُونَyakhtaṣimūna ﴿٦٩﴾

*38:69 The feud in the High Society was triggered by Satan's challenge to God's absolute authority. This is definitely the most important event in the history of the human race. We failed to make a firm stand regarding God's absolute authority. This life represents the third and final chance to redeem ourselves (See the Introduction and Appendix 7).

[38:70] "I am inspired that my sole mission is to deliver the warnings to you."

إِنinيُوحَىٰٓyūḥāإِلَىَّilayyaإِلَّآillāأَنَّمَآannamāأَنَا۠anāنَذِيرٌnadhīrunمُّبِينٌmubīnun ﴿٧٠﴾

[38:71] Your Lord said to the angels, "I am creating a human being from clay.

إِذْidhقَالَqālaرَبُّكَrabbukaلِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِlil'malāikatiإِنِّىinnīخَـٰلِقٌۢkhāliqunبَشَرًاbasharanمِّنminطِينٍṭīnin ﴿٧١﴾

[38:72] "Once I design him, and blow into him from My spirit, you shall fall prostrate before him."

فَإِذَاfa-idhāسَوَّيْتُهُۥsawwaytuhuوَنَفَخْتُwanafakhtuفِيهِfīhiمِنminرُّوحِىrūḥīفَقَعُوا۟faqaʿūلَهُۥlahuسَـٰجِدِينَsājidīna ﴿٧٢﴾

[38:73] The angels fell prostrate, all of them,

فَسَجَدَfasajadaٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuكُلُّهُمْkulluhumأَجْمَعُونَajmaʿūna ﴿٧٣﴾

[38:74] except Satan; he refused, and was too arrogant, unappreciative.

إِلَّآillāإِبْلِيسَib'līsaٱسْتَكْبَرَis'takbaraوَكَانَwakānaمِنَminaٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna ﴿٧٤﴾

[38:75] He said, "O Satan, what prevented you from prostrating before what I created with My hands? Are you too arrogant? Have you rebelled?"

قَالَqālaيَـٰٓإِبْلِيسُyāib'līsuمَاmāمَنَعَكَmanaʿakaأَنanتَسْجُدَtasjudaلِمَاlimāخَلَقْتُkhalaqtuبِيَدَىَّbiyadayyaأَسْتَكْبَرْتَastakbartaأَمْamكُنتَkuntaمِنَminaٱلْعَالِينَl-ʿālīna ﴿٧٥﴾

[38:76] He said, "I am better than he; You created me from fire, and created him from clay."

قَالَqālaأَنَا۠anāخَيْرٌkhayrunمِّنْهُmin'huخَلَقْتَنِىkhalaqtanīمِنminنَّارٍnārinوَخَلَقْتَهُۥwakhalaqtahuمِنminطِينٍṭīnin ﴿٧٦﴾

[38:77] He said, "Therefore, you must be exiled, you will be banished.

قَالَqālaفَٱخْرُجْfa-ukh'rujمِنْهَاmin'hāفَإِنَّكَfa-innakaرَجِيمٌrajīmun ﴿٧٧﴾

[38:78] "You have incurred My condemnation until the Day of Judgment."

وَإِنَّwa-innaعَلَيْكَʿalaykaلَعْنَتِىٓlaʿnatīإِلَىٰilāيَوْمِyawmiٱلدِّينِl-dīni ﴿٧٨﴾

[38:79] He said, "My Lord, respite me till the Day of Resurrection."

قَالَqālaرَبِّrabbiفَأَنظِرْنِىٓfa-anẓir'nīإِلَىٰilāيَوْمِyawmiيُبْعَثُونَyub'ʿathūna ﴿٧٩﴾

[38:80] He said, "You are respited.

قَالَqālaفَإِنَّكَfa-innakaمِنَminaٱلْمُنظَرِينَl-munẓarīna ﴿٨٠﴾

[38:81] "Until the appointed day."

إِلَىٰilāيَوْمِyawmiٱلْوَقْتِl-waqtiٱلْمَعْلُومِl-maʿlūmi ﴿٨١﴾

[38:82] He said, "I swear by Your majesty, that I will send them all astray.

قَالَqālaفَبِعِزَّتِكَfabiʿizzatikaلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْla-ugh'wiyannahumأَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīna ﴿٨٢﴾

[38:83] "Except Your worshipers who are devoted absolutely to You alone."

إِلَّاillāعِبَادَكَʿibādakaمِنْهُمُmin'humuٱلْمُخْلَصِينَl-mukh'laṣīna ﴿٨٣﴾

[38:84] He said, "This is the truth, and the truth is all that I utter.

قَالَqālaفَٱلْحَقُّfal-ḥaquوَٱلْحَقَّwal-ḥaqaأَقُولُaqūlu ﴿٨٤﴾

[38:85] I will fill Hell with you and all those who follow you.

لَأَمْلَأَنَّla-amla-annaجَهَنَّمَjahannamaمِنكَminkaوَمِمَّنwamimmanتَبِعَكَtabiʿakaمِنْهُمْmin'humأَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīna ﴿٨٥﴾

[38:86] Say, "I do not ask you for any wage, and I am not an imposter.

قُلْqulمَآmāأَسْـَٔلُكُمْasalukumعَلَيْهِʿalayhiمِنْminأَجْرٍajrinوَمَآwamāأَنَا۠anāمِنَminaٱلْمُتَكَلِّفِينَl-mutakalifīna ﴿٨٦﴾

[38:87] "This is a reminder for the world.

إِنْinهُوَhuwaإِلَّاillāذِكْرٌdhik'runلِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَlil'ʿālamīna ﴿٨٧﴾

[38:88] "And you will certainly find out in awhile."

وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّwalataʿlamunnaنَبَأَهُۥnaba-ahuبَعْدَbaʿdaحِينٍۭḥīnin ﴿٨٨﴾

Sura 38: Saad (S) ص

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