Sad
The One Who Keeps Turning Back
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. Ṣad.
ٮسم الله الرحمں الرحٮم ص
By the Recitation charged with the Reminder,
والڡراں دى الدكر
no! Those who disown are steeped in might and rupture.
ٮل الدٮں كڡروا ڡى عره وسڡاٯ
How many generations did We annihilate before them! They cried out, but it was no longer the time for a way out.
كم اهلكٮا مں ڡٮلهم مں ڡرں ڡٮادوا ولاٮ حٮں مٮاص
And they marveled that a warner should come to them from among themselves,
وعحٮوا اں حاهم مٮدر مٮهم
and those who disown said: "This is a worker of illusion, a great liar. Has he made the deities a single deity? This is surely an astonishing thing!"
وڡال الكڡروں هدا سحر كداٮ احعل الالهه الها وحدا اں هدا لسى عحاٮ
And the court, among them, set out, saying: "Go, and remain firm toward your deities! This is surely something intended. We have not heard of this in the last doctrine; this is nothing but a creation out of whole cloth. Was the Reminder sent down upon him, out of all of us?"
واٮطلٯ الملا مٮهم اں امسوا واصٮروا على الهٮكم اں هدا لسى ٮراد ما سمعٮا ٮهدا ڡى المله الاحره اں هدا الا احٮلٯ اٮرل علٮه الدكر مں ٮٮٮٮا
No, they are in doubt about My Reminder; no, they have not yet tasted My punishment.
ٮل هم ڡى سك مں دكرى ٮل لما ٮدوڡوا عداٮ
Or do they hold the treasuries of the benevolence of your Guardian, the All-Powerful, the Bestower?
ام عٮدهم حراٮں رحمه رٮك العرٮر الوهاٮ
Or do they own the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them?
ام لهم ملك السموٮ والارص وما ٮٮٮهما
Then let them ascend by the means!
ڡلٮرٮڡوا ڡى الاسٮٮ
It is but an army among the parties, doomed to defeat.
حٮد ما هٮالك مهروم مں الاحراٮ
Before them, the people of Nuh denied, and the Aad, and Fir'awn of the stakes, the Thamud, the people of Lut, and the companions of the Thicket.
كدٮٮ ڡٮلهم ڡوم ٮوح وعاد وڡرعوں دو الاوٮاد وٮمود وڡوم لوط واصحٮ لٮكه
Those are the parties.
اولٮك الاحراٮ
Each of them did nothing but deny the messengers, and so My sanction proved true.
اں كل الا كدٮ الرسل ڡحٯ عڡاٮ
And these await nothing but a single cry, with no respite.
وما ٮٮطر هولا الا صٮحه وحده ما لها مں ڡواٯ
And they said: "Our Guardian, hasten for us our share, before the Day of Reckoning."
وڡالوا رٮٮا عحل لٮا ڡطٮا ڡٮل ٮوم الحساٮ
Be patient with what they say,
اصٮر على ما ٮڡولوں
and remember Our obedient one Dawud, endowed with strength,
وادكر عٮدٮا داود دا الاٮد
he was ever-returning.
اٮه اواٮ
We subjected the mountains to glorify with him, in the evening and at daybreak, and the birds gathered together:
اٮا سحرٮا الحٮال معه ٮسٮحں ٮالعسى والاسراٯ والطٮر محسوره
each of them was ever-returning to Him.
كل له اواٮ
And We strengthened his dominion and gave him wisdom and the address that separates.
وسددٮا ملكه واٮٮٮه الحكمه وڡصل الحطاٮ
And has the information concerning the opposing parties reached you, when they scaled the oratory, when they entered upon Dawud, and he took fright at them? They said: "Do not fear;
وهل اٮٮك ٮٮوا الحصم اد ٮسوروا المحراٮ اد دحلوا على داود ڡڡرع مٮهم ڡالوا لا ٮحڡ
we are two opposing parties, one of us has committed iniquity against the other; so judge between us with truth, without excess,
حصماں ٮعى ٮعصٮا على ٮعص ڡاحكم ٮٮٮٮا ٮالحٯ ولا ٮسطط
and guide us to the middle of the path."
واهدٮا الى 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 address."
اں هدا احى له ٮسع وٮسعوں ٮعحه ولى ٮعحه وحده ڡڡال اكڡلٮٮها وعرٮى ڡى الحطاٮ
He said: "He has certainly wronged you in demanding your ewe to add to his own;
ڡال لڡد طلمك ٮسوال ٮعحٮك الى ٮعاحه
and surely, many of those who mix their affairs commit iniquity against one another, except those who have believed and done sound deeds —
واں كٮٮرا مں الحلطا لٮٮعى ٮعصهم على ٮعص الا الدٮں امٮوا وعملوا الصلحٮ
and how few they are."
وڡلٮل ما هم
And Dawud presumed that We had tried him; he sought his Guardian's forgiveness, fell down kneeling, and had recourse to Him.
وطں داود اٮما ڡٮٮه ڡاسٮعڡر رٮه وحر راكعا واٮاٮ
So We forgave him that;
ڡعڡرٮا له دلك
and he surely has, with Us, closeness and a fine place of return.
واں له عٮدٮا لرلڡى وحسں ماٮ
"O Dawud, We have made you a successor on earth; so judge among mankind with truth, and do not follow emotion, lest it lead you astray from the way of God.
ٮداود اٮا حعلٮك حلٮڡه ڡى الارص ڡاحكم ٮٮں الٮاس ٮالحٯ ولا ٮٮٮع الهوى ڡٮصلك عں سٮٮل الله
Indeed, those who stray from the way of God will have a severe punishment, for having forgotten the Day of Reckoning."
اں الدٮں ٮصلوں عں سٮٮل الله لهم عداٮ سدٮد ٮما ٮسوا ٮوم الحساٮ
We did not create the heaven and the earth and all that is between them in vain.
وما حلڡٮا السما والارص وما ٮٮٮهما ٮطلا
Such is the presumption of those who disown;
دلك طں الدٮں كڡروا
so woe to those who disown, because of the Fire!
ڡوٮل للدٮں كڡروا مں الٮار
Or should We treat those who have believed and done sound deeds like the corrupters on earth?
ام ٮحعل الدٮں امٮوا وعملوا الصلحٮ كالمڡسدٮں ڡى الارص
Or should We treat those who guard themselves like the depraved?
ام ٮحعل المٮڡٮں كالڡحار
Here is a blessed Scripture that We sent down to you, so that they may ponder its signs, and so that the possessors of intelligence may remember.
كٮٮ اٮرلٮه الٮك مٮرك لٮدٮروا اٮٮه ولٮٮدكر اولوا الالٮٮ
And We bestowed Sulayman on Dawud —
ووهٮٮا لداود سلٮمں
what an excellent obedient one!
ٮعم العٮد
He was ever-returning.
اٮه اواٮ
When there were displayed to him, in the evening, the standing, well-bred horses, he said: "I have indeed loved the love of the good more than the remembrance of my Guardian," until they were concealed behind the veil.
اد عرص علٮه ٮالعسى الصڡٮٮ الحٮاد ڡڡال اٮى احٮٮٮ حٮ الحٮر عں دكر رٮى حٮى ٮوارٮ ٮالححاٮ
"Bring them back to me!" And he set about stroking their legs and necks.
ردوها على ڡطڡٯ مسحا ٮالسوٯ والاعٮاٯ
And We certainly tried Sulayman: We cast upon his throne-seat a body; then he had recourse to Us.
ولڡد ڡٮٮا سلٮمں والڡٮٮا على كرسٮه حسدا ٮم اٮاٮ
He said: "My Guardian, forgive me, and bestow on me a dominion that will not befit anyone after me;
ڡال رٮ اعڡر لى وهٮ لى ملكا لا ٮٮٮعى لاحد مں ٮعدى
You, indeed, are the Bestower."
اٮك اٮٮ الوهاٮ
So We subjected the wind to him, running at his command, gently, wherever he aimed; and the Diverters, every builder and diver, and others bound together in fetters.
ڡسحرٮا له الرٮح ٮحرى ٮامره رحا حٮٮ اصاٮ والسٮطٮں كل ٮٮا وعواص واحرٮں مڡرٮٮں ڡى الاصڡاد
"This is Our endowment: grace others with it or retain it, without account to render."
هدا عطاوٮا ڡامٮں او امسك ٮعٮر حساٮ
And he surely has, with Us, closeness and a fine place of return.
واں له عٮدٮا لرلڡى وحسں ماٮ
And remember Our obedient one Ayyub, when he called upon his Guardian: "The Diverter has touched me with fatigue and suffering."
وادكر عٮدٮا اٮوٮ اد ٮادى رٮه اٮى مسٮى السٮطں ٮٮصٮ وعداٮ
"Run with your foot:
اركص ٮرحلك
here is cool water for washing and for drinking."
هدا معٮسل ٮارد وسراٮ
And We bestowed on him his family, and as many again with them, as a benevolence from Us, and as a reminder for the possessors of intelligence.
ووهٮٮا له اهله ومٮلهم معهم رحمه مٮا ودكرى لاولى الالٮٮ
"And take in your hand a bundle, and strike with it, and do not break your oath."
وحد ٮٮدك صعٮا ڡاصرٮ ٮه ولا ٮحٮٮ
We found him patient,
اٮا وحدٮه صاٮرا
what an excellent obedient one!
ٮعم العٮد
He was ever-returning.
اٮه اواٮ
And remember Our obedient ones Ibrahim, Ishaq, and Yaacoub, endowed with strength and insight.
وادكر عٮدٮا اٮرهٮم واسحٯ وٮعڡوٮ اولى الاٮدى والاٮصر
We refined them with something refined: the remembrance of the Abode.
اٮا احلصٮهم ٮحالصه دكرى الدار
And they are surely, with Us, among the chosen, the best.
واٮهم عٮدٮا لمں المصطڡٮں الاحٮار
And remember Isma'il, Al-Yasa', and Dhul-Kifl,
وادكر اسمعٮل والٮسع ودا الكڡل
and each among the best.
وكل مں الاحٮار
This is a reminder.
هدا دكر
And those who guard themselves shall surely have a fine place of return:
واں للمٮڡٮں لحسں ماٮ
Gardens of permanence, whose gates will be opened for them, reclining therein, calling for abundant savoury fruit and drink.
حٮٮ عدں مڡٮحه لهم الاٮوٮ مٮكٮں ڡٮها ٮدعوں ڡٮها ٮڡكهه كٮٮره وسراٮ
And beside them will be companions of reserved gaze, fertile and of shared stock.
وعٮدهم ڡصرٮ الطرڡ اٮراٮ
This is what they are promised for the Day of Reckoning.
هدا ما ٮوعدوں لٮوم الحساٮ
This is surely Our provision, which knows no end.
اں هدا لررڡٮا ما له مں ٮڡاد
So it is. And those who exceed all measure shall surely have the worst place of return: Jahannam, wherein they will burn,
هدا واں للطعٮں لسر ماٮ حهٮم ٮصلوٮها
what an evil bed!
ڡٮٮس المهاد
This — let them taste it: boiling water, and a foul, dark fluid, and other of the same kind, in pairs.
هدا ڡلٮدوڡوه حمٮم وعساٯ واحر مں سكله اروح
"Here is a crowd rushing in with you."
هدا ڡوح مڡٮحم معكم
"No welcome for them!
لا مرحٮا ٮهم
They will indeed burn in the Fire."
اٮهم صالوا الٮار
They will say: "Rather it is you! No welcome for you! It is you who prepared it for us.
ڡالوا ٮل اٮٮم لا مرحٮا ٮكم اٮٮم ڡدمٮموه لٮا
What a wretched haven!"
ڡٮٮس الڡرار
They will say: "Our Guardian, whoever prepared this for us, give him double punishment in the Fire."
ڡالوا رٮٮا مں ڡدم لٮا هدا ڡرده عداٮا صعڡا ڡى الٮار
And they will say: "Why do we not see men we used to number among the wicked?
وڡالوا ما لٮا لا ٮرى رحالا كٮا ٮعدهم مں الاسرار
Did we take them as objects of scoffing, or have our sights deviated from them?"
اٮحدٮهم سحرٮا ام راعٮ عٮهم الاٮصر
This is surely true: such is the quarrel of the people of the Fire.
اں دلك لحٯ ٮحاصم اهل الٮار
Say: "I am only a warner,
ڡل اٮما اٮا مٮدر
and there is no deity but God, the One, the Subjugator,
وما مں اله الا الله الوحد الڡهار
Guardian of the heavens and the earth and what is between them,
رٮ السموٮ والارص وما ٮٮٮهما
the All-Powerful, the Great Forgiver."
العرٮر العڡر
Say: "This is immense Information, from which you turn away:
ڡل هو ٮٮوا عطٮم اٮٮم عٮه معرصوں
I had no knowledge of the sublime court when it quarreled;
ما كاں لى مں علم ٮالملا الاعلى اد ٮحٮصموں
nothing is revealed to me except that I am a clear warner."
اں ٮوحى الى الا اٮما اٮا ٮدٮر مٮٮں
When your Guardian said to the Agents: "I am about to create a human of clay; when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My Influx, bow before him, prostrating."
اد ڡال رٮك للملٮكه اٮى حلٯ ٮسرا مں طٮں ڡادا سوٮٮه وٮڡحٮ ڡٮه مں روحى ڡڡعوا له سحدٮں
The Agents then prostrated, all together, except Iblis: he grew proud and was among those who disown.
ڡسحد الملٮكه كلهم احمعوں الا اٮلٮس اسٮكٮر وكاں مں الكڡرٮں
He said: "O Iblis, what prevented you from prostrating before what I created with My own two hands? Did you grow proud, or were you among the exalted?"
ڡال ٮاٮلٮس ما مٮعك اں ٮسحد لما حلڡٮ ٮٮدى اسٮكٮرٮ ام كٮٮ مں العالٮں
He said: "I am better than him: You created me from fire, and You created him from clay."
ڡال اٮا حٮر مٮه حلڡٮٮى مں ٮار وحلڡٮه مں طٮں
He said: "Then get out of here, for you are banished, and My curse is indeed upon you until the Day of the Due."
ڡال ڡاحرح مٮها ڡاٮك رحٮم واں علٮك لعٮٮى الى ٮوم الدٮں
He said: "My Guardian, grant me then a delay until the day they are raised."
ڡال رٮ ڡاٮطرٮى الى ٮوم ٮٮعٮوں
He said: "You are among those granted a delay, until the day of the known moment."
ڡال ڡاٮك مں المٮطرٮں الى ٮوم الوڡٮ المعلوم
He said: "By Your might, I will make them all err, except Your refined obedient ones among them."
ڡال ڡٮعرٮك لاعوٮٮهم احمعٮں الا عٮادك مٮهم المحلصٮں
He said: "Here then is the truth — and I speak the truth:
ڡال ڡالحٯ والحٯ اڡول
I will surely fill Jahannam with you and with all of those among them who follow you."
لاملاں حهٮم مٮك وممں ٮٮعك مٮهم احمعٮں
Say: "I ask you no reward for this, and I am not one of those who pretend to be what they are not.
ڡل ما اسلكم علٮه مں احر وما اٮا مں المٮكلڡٮں
It is only a reminder for all beings,
اں هو الا دكر للعلمٮں
and you will surely know its information after a time."
ولٮعلمں ٮٮاه ٮعد حٮں