Sourate Sad (38) original (rasm)

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. Sad.i 1

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ص

By the Recitation charged with the Reminder, 1

والقران ذي الذكر

No! Those who deny are steeped in arrogance and division. 2

بل الذين كفروا في عزه وشقاق

How many generations did We destroy before them! They cried out, but it was no longer time to escape. 3

كم اهلكنا من قبلهم من قرن فنادوا ولات حين مناص

And they marveled that a warner should come to them from among themselves, 4

وعجبوا ان جاهم منذر منهم

and those who deny said: "This is a worker of illusion, a great liar. Has he made the gods a single God? This is indeed a strange thing!" 5

وقال الكفرون هذا سحر كذاب اجعل الالهه الها وحدا ان هذا لشي عجاب

And the court, among them, set out, saying: "Go, and remain firm toward your gods! This is something intended. We have not heard of this in the most recent creed; this is nothing but pure invention. Was the Reminder sent down upon him, out of all of us?" 8

وانطلق الملا منهم ان امشوا واصبروا علي الهتكم ان هذا لشي يراد ما سمعنا بهذا في المله الاخره ان هذا الا اختلق انزل عليه الذكر من بيننا

No, they are in doubt about My Reminder; no, they have not yet tasted My punishment. 8

بل هم في شك من ذكري بل لما يذوقوا عذاب

Or do they hold the treasures of the benevolence of your Guardian, the All-Powerful, the Great Bestower?i 9

ام عندهم خزاين رحمه ربك العزيز الوهاب

Or do they own the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them? 10

ام لهم ملك السموت والارض وما بينهما

Then let them ascend by the means [of access]! 10

فليرتقوا في الاسبب

It is but an army among the coalitions, doomed to defeat. 11

جند ما هنالك مهزوم من الاحزاب

Before them, the people of Nuh denied, and the Recidivists [Aad], and Fir'awn of the stakes, the Depleters [Thamud], the people of Lut, and the companions of the Thicket.i 13

كذبت قبلهم قوم نوح وعاد وفرعون ذو الاوتاد وثمود وقوم لوط واصحب ليكه

Those are the coalitions. 13

اوليك الاحزاب

Each of them did nothing but deny the messengers, and so My punishment proved just. 14

ان كل الا كذب الرسل فحق عقاب

And these await nothing but a single Cry, with no respite. 15

وما ينظر هولا الا صيحه وحده ما لها من فواق

And they said: "Our Guardian, hasten for us our share [of punishment], before the Day of Reckoning." 16

وقالوا ربنا عجل لنا قطنا قبل يوم الحساب

Be patient in the face of what they say, 17

اصبر علي ما يقولون

and remember Our obedient one Dawud, endowed with strength,i 17

واذكر عبدنا داود ذا الايد

he never ceased turning back [to God]. 17

انه اواب

We subjected the mountains to glorify with him, at dusk and at dawn, and the birds gathered together: 19

انا سخرنا الجبال معه يسبحن بالعشي والاشراق والطير محشوره

each of them kept turning back. 19

كل له اواب

We strengthened his rule and gave him wisdom and decisive judgment. 20

وشددنا ملكه واتينه الحكمه وفصل الخطاب

Has the account of the dispute reached you, when they climbed over the wall into the sanctuary, when they entered upon Dawud, and he was alarmed by them? They said: "Do not be afraid;i 22

وهل اتيك نبوا الخصم اذ تسوروا المحراب اذ دخلوا علي داود ففزع منهم قالوا لا تخف

we are two parties in dispute, one of us has wronged the other; so judge between us with truth, without excess, 22

خصمان بغي بعضنا علي بعض فاحكم بيننا بالحق ولا تشطط

and guide us to the even path." 22

واهدنا الي سوا الصرط

"This is my brother; he has ninety-nine ewes, and I have but one ewe. He said: 'Entrust her to me,' and he overpowered me in speech." 23

ان هذا اخي له تسع وتسعون نعجه ولي نعجه وحده فقال اكفلنيها وعزني في الخطاب

He said: "He has certainly wronged you in demanding your ewe to add to his own; 24

قال لقد ظلمك بسوال نعجتك الي نعاجه

and indeed, many partners wrong one another, except those who believe and do righteous deeds — 24

وان كثيرا من الخلطا ليبغي بعضهم علي بعض الا الذين امنوا وعملوا الصلحت

and how few they are." 24

وقليل ما هم

And Dawud understood that We had [thus] tested him; he sought his Guardian's forgiveness, fell down bowing, and turned back [to Him].i 24

وظن داود انما فتنه فاستغفر ربه وخر راكعا واناب

So We forgave him that; 25

فغفرنا له ذلك

and he has, with Us, a place of nearness and a beautiful abode [of return]. 25

وان له عندنا لزلفي وحسن ماب

"O Dawud, We have made you a representative on earth; so judge among the people with truth, and do not follow emotion, lest it lead you astray from the path of God.i 26

يداود انا جعلنك خليفه في الارض فاحكم بين الناس بالحق ولا تتبع الهوي فيضلك عن سبيل الله

Those who stray from the path of God will have a severe punishment, for having forgotten the Day of Reckoning." 26

ان الذين يضلون عن سبيل الله لهم عذاب شديد بما نسوا يوم الحساب

We did not create the heaven and the earth and all that is between them in vain. 27

وما خلقنا السما والارض وما بينهما بطلا

Such is the assumption of those who deny; 27

ذلك ظن الذين كفروا

so woe to those who deny, because of the Fire! 27

فويل للذين كفروا من النار

Should We treat those who believe and do righteous deeds like those who spread corruption on earth? 28

ام نجعل الذين امنوا وعملوا الصلحت كالمفسدين في الارض

Should We treat those who guard themselves like the depraved? 28

ام نجعل المتقين كالفجار

Here is a blessed Scripture that We sent down to you, so that they may reflect on its signs, and so that those endowed with understanding may remember.i 29

كتب انزلنه اليك مبرك ليدبروا ايته وليتذكر اولوا الالبب

And We granted Dawud Sulayman —i 30

ووهبنا لداود سليمن

what an excellent the obedient one! 30

نعم العبد

He never ceased turning back [to God]. 30

انه اواب

When there were displayed to him, at dusk, the standing, well-bred horses, he said: "I have preferred the love of good over the remembrance of my Guardian," until they withdrew behind the veil.i 32

اذ عرض عليه بالعشي الصفنت الجياد فقال اني احببت حب الخير عن ذكر ربي حتي توارت بالحجاب

"Bring them back to me!" And he began to stroke their legs and necks. 33

ردوها علي فطفق مسحا بالسوق والاعناق

And We certainly tried Sulayman: We placed upon his throne-seat a [lifeless] body; then he turned back [to Us].i 34

ولقد فتنا سليمن والقينا علي كرسيه جسدا ثم اناب

He said: "My Guardian, forgive me, and grant me a kingdom that will not befit anyone after me; 35

قال رب اغفر لي وهب لي ملكا لا ينبغي لاحد من بعدي

You are indeed the Great Bestower." 35

انك انت الوهاب

So We subjected the wind to him, running at his command, gently, wherever he directed it; and the Diverters, every builder and diver, and others bound together in chains.i 38

فسخرنا له الريح تجري بامره رخا حيث اصاب والشيطين كل بنا وغواص واخرين مقرنين في الاصفاد

"This is Our gift: dispose of it, grant it or withhold it, without account to render." 39

هذا عطاونا فامنن او امسك بغير حساب

He has, with Us, a place of nearness and a beautiful abode [of return]. 40

وان له عندنا لزلفي وحسن ماب

And remember Our obedient one Ayyub, when he called upon his Guardian: "The Diverter has touched me with hardship and suffering."i 41

واذكر عبدنا ايوب اذ نادي ربه اني مسني الشيطن بنصب وعذاب

"Run with your foot:i 42

اركض برجلك

here is cool water for washing and for drinking." 42

هذا مغتسل بارد وشراب

And We granted him back his family, and as many again with them, as a benevolence from Us, and as a reminder for those endowed with understanding. 43

ووهبنا له اهله ومثلهم معهم رحمه منا وذكري لاولي الالبب

"Take in your hand a bundle [of stalks], and strike with it, and do not break your oath." 44

وخذ بيدك ضغثا فاضرب به ولا تحنث

We found him patient, 44

انا وجدنه صابرا

what an excellent the obedient one! 44

نعم العبد

He never ceased turning back [to God]. 44

انه اواب

And remember Our obedient ones Ibrahim, Ishaq, and Yaacoub, endowed with strength and insight.i 45

واذكر عبدنا ابرهيم واسحق ويعقوب اولي الايدي والابصر

We purified them with a singular purity: the remembrance of the [final] Abode. 46

انا اخلصنهم بخالصه ذكري الدار

And they are, with Us, among the chosen, the best. 47

وانهم عندنا لمن المصطفين الاخيار

And remember Ismail, Elisha, and Dhul-Kifl,i 48

واذكر اسمعيل واليسع وذا الكفل

each among the best. 48

وكل من الاخيار

This is a reminder. 49

هذا ذكر

And those who guard themselves shall indeed have a beautiful abode [of return]: 49

وان للمتقين لحسن ماب

Gardens of Eden, whose gates will be opened for them, reclining therein, calling for abundant fruit and drink. 51

جنت عدن مفتحه لهم الابوب متكين فيها يدعون فيها بفكهه كثيره وشراب

And beside them will be companions of reserved gaze, fertile and of shared stock. 52

وعندهم قصرت الطرف اتراب

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

هذا ما توعدون ليوم الحساب

This is indeed Our provision, which knows no end. 54

ان هذا لرزقنا ما له من نفاد

This is so. And the tyrannical shall have the worst of abodes [of return]: Jahannam, wherein they will burn, 56

هذا وان للطغين لشر ماب جهنم يصلونها

what a wretched bed! 56

فبيس المهاد

This — let them taste it: scalding water, and fetid discharge, and other [torments] of the same kind, in pairs. 58

هذا فليذوقوه حميم وغساق واخر من شكله ازوج

"Here is a crowd rushing in with you [into the Fire]," 59

هذا فوج مقتحم معكم

[it will be said]: "No welcome for them! 59

لا مرحبا بهم

They will burn in the Fire." 59

انهم صالوا النار

They will say: "Rather it is you! No welcome for you! It is you who went before us into this." 60

قالوا بل انتم لا مرحبا بكم انتم قدمتموه لنا

What a wretched dwelling! 60

فبيس القرار

They will say: "Our Guardian, whoever brought this upon us, give him double punishment in the Fire." 61

قالوا ربنا من قدم لنا هذا فزده عذابا ضعفا في النار

And they will say: "Why do we not see men we used to count among the wicked? 62

وقالوا ما لنا لا نري رجالا كنا نعدهم من الاشرار

Did we take them as objects of mockery, or has our sight simply missed them?" 63

اتخذنهم سخريا ام زاغت عنهم الابصر

This is indeed true: it is the dispute of the people of the Fire. 64

ان ذلك لحق تخاصم اهل النار

Say: "I am only a warner, 65

قل انما انا منذر

and there is no god but God, the One, the Dominant, 65

وما من اله الا الله الوحد القهار

Guardian of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, 66

رب السموت والارض وما بينهما

the All-Powerful, the Great Forgiver."i 66

العزيز الغفر

Say: "This is momentous news, from which you turn away: 68

قل هو نبوا عظيم انتم عنه معرضون

I had no knowledge of the sublime assembly when it disputed; 69

ما كان لي من علم بالملا الاعلي اذ يختصمون

nothing is revealed to me except that I am a clear warner." 70

ان يوحي الي الا انما انا نذير مبين

[Recall] when your Guardian said to the Agents: "I am about to create a being of clay; when I have shaped him and breathed into him of My Influx, fall down before him, prostrating."i 72

اذ قال ربك للمليكه اني خلق بشرا من طين فاذا سويته ونفخت فيه من روحي فقعوا له سجدين

So the Agents prostrated, all of them together, except the Despairing One [Iblis]: he swelled with arrogance and was among those who deny-disown.i 74

فسجد المليكه كلهم اجمعون الا ابليس استكبر وكان من الكفرين

He said: "O Iblis, what prevented you from prostrating before what I created with My own two hands? Did you swell with arrogance, or were you among the exalted?"i 75

قال يابليس ما منعك ان تسجد لما خلقت بيدي استكبرت ام كنت من العالين

He said: "I am better than him: You created me from fire, and You created him from clay." 76

قال انا خير منه خلقتني من نار وخلقته من طين

He said: "Then get out of here; you are indeed banished, and My curse is upon you until the Day of Retribution."i 78

قال فاخرج منها فانك رجيم وان عليك لعنتي الي يوم الدين

He said: "My Guardian, grant me a delay until the day they are resurrected." 79

قال رب فانظرني الي يوم يبعثون

He said: "You are among those granted a delay, until the day of the known time." 81

قال فانك من المنظرين الي يوم الوقت المعلوم

He said: "By Your might, I will lead them all astray, except Your purified obedient ones among them." 83

قال فبعزتك لاغوينهم اجمعين الا عبادك منهم المخلصين

[God] said: "Here then is the truth — and I speak the truth:i 84

قال فالحق والحق اقول

I will surely fill Jahannam with you and with all of those among them who follow you." 85

لاملان جهنم منك وممن تبعك منهم اجمعين

Say: "I ask you no reward for this, and I am not one of those who pretend to be what they are not. 86

قل ما اسلكم عليه من اجر وما انا من المتكلفين

This is nothing but a reminder for all beings,i 87

ان هو الا ذكر للعلمين

and you will surely know its truth after a time." 88

ولتعلمن نباه بعد حين