Surah Saad in Arabic and English
Saad is surah 38 of the Quran; it is Meccan and has 88 ayahs. In the Diyanet mushaf it is in juz 23, on pages 453–458. Below are the Arabic text, transliteration and English translation of every ayah.
- Surah 38
- Meccan
- 88 ayahs
- Juz 23 · page 453–458
Surah Saad: Arabic, transliteration and translation
Basmala: بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحٖيمِ
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Saad 38:1
صٓ وَالْقُرْاٰنِ ذِي الذِّ كْرِؕ
TransliterationṢād waalqurāni thee alththikri
TranslationSad. By the Qur'an containing reminder...
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Saad 38:2
بَلِ الَّذٖينَ كَفَرُوا فٖي عِزَّةٍ وَشِقَاقٍ
TransliterationBali allatheena kafaroo fee ʿizzatin washiqāqin
TranslationBut those who disbelieve are in pride and dissension.
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Saad 38:3
كَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنْ قَرْنٍ فَنَادَوْا وَلَاتَ حٖينَ مَنَاصٍ
TransliterationKam ahlaknā min qablihim min qarnin fanādaw walāta ḥeena manāṣin
TranslationHow many a generation have We destroyed before them, and they [then] called out; but it was not a time for escape.
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Saad 38:4
وَعَجِبُٓوا اَنْ جَٓاءَهُمْ مُنْذِرٌ مِنْهُمْؗ وَقَالَ الْكَافِرُونَ هٰذَا سَاحِرٌ كَذَّابٌۚ
TransliterationWaʿajiboo an jāahum munthirun minhum waqāla alkāfiroona hāthā sāḥirun kaththābun
TranslationAnd they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves. And the disbelievers say, "This is a magician and a liar.
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Saad 38:5
اَجَعَلَ الْاٰلِهَةَ اِلٰهاً وَاحِداًۚ اِنَّ هٰذَا لَشَيْءٌ عُجَابٌ
TransliterationAjaʿala alālihata ilāhan wāḥidan inna hāthā lashayon ʿujābun
TranslationHas he made the gods [only] one God? Indeed, this is a curious thing."
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Saad 38:6
وَانْطَلَقَ الْمَلَأُ مِنْهُمْ اَنِ امْشُوا وَاصْبِرُوا عَلٰٓى اٰلِهَتِكُمْۚ اِنَّ هٰذَا لَشَيْءٌ يُرَادُۚ
TransliterationWainṭalaqa almalao minhum ani imshoo waiṣbiroo ʿalā ālihatikum inna hāthā lashayon yurādu
TranslationAnd the eminent among them went forth, [saying], "Continue, and be patient over [the defense of] your gods. Indeed, this is a thing intended.
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Saad 38:7
مَا سَمِعْنَا بِهٰذَا فِي الْمِلَّةِ الْاٰخِرَةِۚ اِنْ هٰذَٓا اِلَّا اخْتِلَاقٌۚ
TransliterationMā samiʿnā bihāthā fee almillati alākhirati in hāthā illā ikhtilāqun
TranslationWe have not heard of this in the latest religion. This is not but a fabrication.
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Saad 38:8
ءَاُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ الذِّكْرُ مِنْ بَيْنِنَاؕ بَلْ هُمْ فٖي شَكٍّ مِنْ ذِ كْرٖيۚ بَلْ لَمَّا يَذُوقُوا عَذَابِؕ
TransliterationAonzila ʿalayhi alththikru min bayninā bal hum fee shakkin min thikree bal lammā yathooqoo ʿathābi
TranslationHas 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.
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Saad 38:9
اَمْ عِنْدَهُمْ خَزَٓائِنُ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّكَ الْعَزٖيزِ الْوَهَّابِۚ
TransliterationAm ʿindahum khazāinu raḥmati rabbika alʿazeezi alwahhābi
TranslationOr do they have the depositories of the mercy of your Lord, the Exalted in Might, the Bestower?
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Saad 38:10
اَمْ لَهُمْ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَاࣞ فَلْيَرْتَقُوا فِي الْاَسْبَابِ
TransliterationAm lahum mulku alssamāwāti waalarḏi wamā baynahumā falyartaqoo fee alasbābi
TranslationOr is theirs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and what is between them? Then let them ascend through [any] ways of access.
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Saad 38:11
جُنْدٌ مَا هُنَالِكَ مَهْزُومٌ مِنَ الْاَحْزَابِ
TransliterationJundun mā hunālika mahzoomun mina alaḥzābi
Translation[They are but] soldiers [who will be] defeated there among the companies [of disbelievers].
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Saad 38:12
كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ ذُو الْاَوْتَادِۙ
TransliterationKaththabat qablahum qawmu nooḥin waʿādun wafirʿawnu thoo alawtādi
TranslationThe people of Noah denied before them, and [the tribe of] 'Aad and Pharaoh, the owner of stakes,
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Saad 38:13
وَثَمُودُ وَقَوْمُ لُوطٍ وَاَصْحَابُ لْـَٔيْكَةِؕ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الْاَحْزَابُ
TransliterationWathamoodu waqawmu looṭin waaṣḥābu alaykati olāika alaḥzābu
TranslationAnd [the tribe of] Thamud and the people of Lot and the companions of the thicket. Those are the companies.
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Saad 38:14
اِنْ كُلٌّ اِلَّا كَذَّبَ الرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ عِقَابِࣖ
TransliterationIn kullun illā kaththaba alrrusula faḥaqqa ʿiqābi
TranslationEach of them denied the messengers, so My penalty was justified.
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Saad 38:15
وَمَا يَنْظُرُ هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ اِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً مَا لَهَا مِنْ فَوَاقٍ
TransliterationWamā yanthuru hāolāi illā ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan mā lahā min fawāqin
TranslationAnd these [disbelievers] await not but one blast [of the Horn]; for it there will be no delay.
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Saad 38:16
وَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا عَجِّلْ لَنَا قِطَّنَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ
TransliterationWaqāloo rabbanā ʿajjil lanā qiṭṭanā qabla yawmi alḥisābi
TranslationAnd they say, "Our Lord, hasten for us our share [of the punishment] before the Day of Account"
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Saad 38:17
اِصْبِرْ عَلٰى مَا يَقُولُونَ وَاذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَا دَاوُ۫دَ ذَا الْاَيْدِۚ اِنَّـهُٓ اَوَّابٌ
TransliterationIṣbir ʿalā mā yaqooloona waothkur ʿabdanā dāwooda thā alaydi innahu awwābun
TranslationBe patient over what they say and remember Our servant, David, the possessor of strength; indeed, he was one who repeatedly turned back [to Allah].
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Saad 38:18
اِنَّا سَخَّرْنَا الْجِبَالَ مَعَهُ يُسَبِّحْنَ بِالْعَشِيِّ وَالْاِشْرَاقِۙ
TransliterationInnā sakhkharnā aljibāla maʿahu yusabbiḥna bialʿashiyyi waalishrāqi
TranslationIndeed, We subjected the mountains [to praise] with him, exalting [Allah] in the [late] afternoon and [after] sunrise.
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Saad 38:19
وَالطَّيْرَ مَحْشُورَةًؕ كُلٌّ لَـهُٓ اَوَّابٌ
TransliterationWaalṭṭayra maḥshooratan kullun lahu awwābun
TranslationAnd the birds were assembled, all with him repeating [praises].
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Saad 38:20
وَشَدَدْنَا مُلْكَهُ وَاٰتَيْنَاهُ الْحِكْمَةَ وَفَصْلَ الْخِطَابِ
TransliterationWashadadnā mulkahu waātaynāhu alḥikmata wafaṣla alkhiṭābi
TranslationAnd We strengthened his kingdom and gave him wisdom and discernment in speech.
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Saad 38:21
وَهَلْ اَتٰيكَ نَـبَؤُا الْخَصْمِۘ اِذْ تَسَوَّرُوا الْمِحْرَابَۙ
TransliterationWahal atāka nabao alkhaṣmi ith tasawwaroo almiḥrāba
TranslationAnd has there come to you the news of the adversaries, when they climbed over the wall of [his] prayer chamber -
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Saad 38:22
اِذْ دَخَلُوا عَلٰى دَاوُ۫دَ فَفَزِعَ مِنْهُمْ قَالُوا لَا تَخَفْۚ خَصْمَانِ بَغٰى بَعْضُنَا عَلٰى بَعْضٍ فَاحْكُمْ بَيْنَنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا تُشْطِطْ وَاهْدِنَٓا اِلٰى سَوَٓاءِ الصِّرَاطِ
TransliterationIth dakhaloo ʿalā dāwooda fafaziʿa minhum qāloo lā takhaf khaṣmāni baghā baʿḏunā ʿalā baʿḏin faoḥkum baynanā bialḥaqqi walā tushṭiṭ waihdinā ilā sawāi alṣṣirāṭi
TranslationWhen 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.
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Saad 38:23
اِنَّ هٰذَٓا اَخٖي لَهُ تِسْعٌ وَتِسْعُونَ نَعْجَةً وَلِيَ نَعْجَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ فَقَالَ اَكْفِلْنٖيهَا وَعَزَّنٖي فِي الْخِطَابِ
TransliterationInna hāthā akhee lahu tisʿun watisʿoona naʿjatan waliya naʿjatun wāḥidatun faqāla akfilneehā waʿazzanee fee alkhiṭābi
TranslationIndeed 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."
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Saad 38:24
قَالَ لَقَدْ ظَلَمَكَ بِسُؤَالِ نَعْجَتِكَ اِلٰى نِعَاجِهٖؕ وَاِنَّ كَثٖيراً مِنَ الْخُلَطَٓاءِ لَيَبْغٖي بَعْضُهُمْ عَلٰى بَعْضٍ اِلَّا الَّذٖينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَقَلٖيلٌ مَا هُمْؕ وَظَنَّ دَاوُ۫دُ اَنَّمَا فَتَنَّاهُ فَاسْتَغْفَرَ رَبَّهُ وَخَرَّ رَاكِعاً وَاَنَابَ
TransliterationQāla laqad thalamaka bisuāli naʿjatika ilā niʿājihi wainna katheeran mina alkhulaṭāi layabghee baʿḏuhum ʿalā baʿḏin illā allatheena āmanoo waʿamiloo alṣṣāliḥāti waqaleelun mā hum wathanna dāwoodu annamā fatannāhu faistaghfara rabbahu wakharra rākiʿan waanāba
Translation[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].
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Saad 38:25
فَغَفَرْنَا لَهُ ذٰلِكَؕ وَاِنَّ لَهُ عِنْدَنَا لَزُلْفٰى وَحُسْنَ مَاٰبٍ
TransliterationFaghafarnā lahu thālika wainna lahu ʿindanā lazulfā waḥusna maābin
TranslationSo We forgave him that; and indeed, for him is nearness to Us and a good place of return.
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Saad 38:26
يَا دَاوُ۫دُ اِنَّا جَعَلْنَاكَ خَلٖيفَةً فِي الْاَرْضِ فَاحْكُمْ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعِ الْهَوٰى فَيُضِلَّكَ عَنْ سَبٖيلِ اللّٰهِؕ اِنَّ الَّذٖينَ يَضِلُّونَ عَنْ سَبٖيلِ اللّٰهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدٖيدٌ بِمَا نَسُوا يَوْمَ الْحِسَابِࣖ
TransliterationYā dāwoodu innā jaʿalnāka khaleefatan fee alarḏi faoḥkum bayna alnnāsi bialḥaqqi walā tattabiʿi alhawā fayuḏillaka ʿan sabeeli Allāhi inna allatheena yaḏilloona ʿan sabeeli Allāhi lahum ʿathābun shadeedun bimā nasoo yawma alḥisābi
Translation[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.
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Saad 38:27
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَٓاءَ وَالْاَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا بَاطِلاًؕ ذٰلِكَ ظَنُّ الَّذٖينَ كَفَرُواۚ فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذٖينَ كَفَرُوا مِنَ النَّارِؕ
TransliterationWamā khalaqnā alssamāa waalarḏa wamā baynahumā bāṭilan thālika thannu allatheena kafaroo fawaylun lillatheena kafaroo mina alnnāri
TranslationAnd 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.
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Saad 38:28
اَمْ نَجْعَلُ الَّذٖينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ كَالْمُفْسِدٖينَ فِي الْاَرْضِؗ اَمْ نَجْعَلُ الْمُتَّقٖينَ كَالْفُجَّارِ
TransliterationAm najʿalu allatheena āmanoo waʿamiloo alṣṣāliḥāti kaalmufsideena fee alarḏi am najʿalu almuttaqeena kaalfujjāri
TranslationOr 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?
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Saad 38:29
كِتَابٌ اَنْزَلْنَاهُ اِلَيْكَ مُبَارَكٌ لِيَدَّبَّرُٓوا اٰيَاتِهٖ وَلِيَتَذَكَّرَ اُو۬لُوا الْاَلْبَابِ
TransliterationKitābun anzalnāhu ilayka mubārakun liyaddabbaroo āyātihi waliyatathakkara oloo alalbābi
Translation[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.
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Saad 38:30
وَوَهَبْنَا لِدَاوُ۫دَ سُلَيْمٰنَؕ نِعْمَ الْعَبْدُؕ اِنَّهُٓ اَوَّابٌؕ
TransliterationWawahabnā lidāwooda sulaymāna niʿma alʿabdu innahu awwābun
TranslationAnd to David We gave Solomon. An excellent servant, indeed he was one repeatedly turning back [to Allah].
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Saad 38:31
اِذْ عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ بِالْعَشِيِّ الصَّافِنَاتُ الْجِيَادُۙ
TransliterationIth ʿuriḏa ʿalayhi bialʿashiyyi alṣṣāfinātu aljiyādu
Translation[Mention] when there were exhibited before him in the afternoon the poised [standing] racehorses.
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Saad 38:32
فَقَالَ اِنّٖٓي اَحْبَبْتُ حُبَّ الْخَيْرِ عَنْ ذِ كْرِ رَبّٖيۚ حَتّٰى تَوَارَتْ بِالْحِجَابِࣞ
TransliterationFaqāla innee aḥbabtu ḥubba alkhayri ʿan thikri rabbee ḥattā tawārat bialḥijābi
TranslationAnd 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]."
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Saad 38:33
رُدُّوهَا عَلَيَّؕ فَطَفِقَ مَسْحاً بِالسُّوقِ وَالْاَعْنَاقِ
TransliterationRuddoohā ʿalayya faṭafiqa masḥan bialssooqi waalaʿnāqi
Translation[He said], "Return them to me," and set about striking [their] legs and necks.
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Saad 38:34
وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا سُلَيْمٰنَ وَاَلْقَيْنَا عَلٰى كُرْسِيِّهٖ جَسَداً ثُمَّ اَنَابَ
TransliterationWalaqad fatannā sulaymāna waalqaynā ʿalā kursiyyihi jasadan thumma anāba
TranslationAnd We certainly tried Solomon and placed on his throne a body; then he returned.
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Saad 38:35
قَالَ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لٖي وَهَبْ لٖي مُلْكاً لَا يَنْبَغٖي لِاَحَدٍ مِنْ بَعْدٖيۚ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ
TransliterationQāla rabbi ighfir lee wahab lee mulkan lā yanbaghee liaḥadin min baʿdee innaka anta alwahhābu
TranslationHe said, "My Lord, forgive me and grant me a kingdom such as will not belong to anyone after me. Indeed, You are the Bestower."
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Saad 38:36
فَسَخَّرْنَا لَهُ الرّٖيحَ تَجْرٖي بِاَمْرِهٖ رُخَٓاءً حَيْثُ اَصَابَۙ
TransliterationFasakhkharnā lahu alrreeḥa tajree biamrihi rukhāan ḥaythu aṣāba
TranslationSo We subjected to him the wind blowing by his command, gently, wherever he directed,
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Saad 38:37
وَالشَّيَاطٖينَ كُلَّ بَنَّٓاءٍ وَغَوَّاصٍۙ
TransliterationWaalshshayāṭeena kulla bannāin waghawwāṣin
TranslationAnd [also] the devils [of jinn] - every builder and diver
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Saad 38:38
وَاٰخَرٖينَ مُقَرَّنٖينَ فِي الْاَصْفَادِ
TransliterationWaākhareena muqarraneena fee alaṣfādi
TranslationAnd others bound together in shackles.
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Saad 38:39
هٰذَا عَطَٓاؤُ۬نَا فَامْنُنْ اَوْ اَمْسِكْ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ
TransliterationHāthā ʿaṭāonā faomnun aw amsik bighayri ḥisābin
Translation[We said], "This is Our gift, so grant or withhold without account."
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Saad 38:40
وَاِنَّ لَهُ عِنْدَنَا لَزُلْفٰى وَحُسْنَ مَاٰبٍࣖ
TransliterationWainna lahu ʿindanā lazulfā waḥusna maābin
TranslationAnd indeed, for him is nearness to Us and a good place of return.
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Saad 38:41
وَاذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَٓا اَيُّوبَۘ اِذْ نَادٰى رَبَّهُٓ اَنّٖي مَسَّنِيَ الشَّيْطَانُ بِنُصْبٍ وَعَذَابٍؕ
TransliterationWaothkur ʿabdanā ayyooba ith nādā rabbahu annee massaniya alshshayṭānu binuṣbin waʿathābin
TranslationAnd remember Our servant Job, when he called to his Lord, "Indeed, Satan has touched me with hardship and torment."
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Saad 38:42
اُرْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَۚ هٰذَا مُغْتَسَلٌ بَارِدٌ وَشَرَابٌ
TransliterationOrkuḏ birijlika hāthā mughtasalun bāridun washarābun
Translation[So he was told], "Strike [the ground] with your foot; this is a [spring for] a cool bath and drink."
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Saad 38:43
وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُٓ اَهْلَهُ وَمِثْلَهُمْ مَعَهُمْ رَحْمَةً مِنَّا وَذِ كْرٰى لِاُو۬لِي الْاَلْبَابِ
TransliterationWawahabnā lahu ahlahu wamithlahum maʿahum raḥmatan minnā wathikrā liolee alalbābi
TranslationAnd We granted him his family and a like [number] with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for those of understanding.
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Saad 38:44
وَخُذْ بِيَدِكَ ضِغْثاً فَاضْرِبْ بِهٖ وَلَا تَحْنَثْؕ اِنَّا وَجَدْنَاهُ صَابِراًؕ نِعْمَ الْعَبْدُؕ اِنَّهُٓ اَوَّابٌ
TransliterationWakhuth biyadika ḏighthan faiḏrib bihi walā taḥnath innā wajadnāhu ṣābiran niʿma alʿabdu innahu awwābun
Translation[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].
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Saad 38:45
وَاذْكُرْ عِبَادَنَٓا اِبْرٰهٖيمَ وَاِسْحٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ اُو۬لِي الْاَيْدٖي وَالْاَبْصَارِ
TransliterationWaothkur ʿibādanā ibrāheema waisḥāqa wayaʿqooba olee alaydee waalabṣāri
TranslationAnd remember Our servants, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - those of strength and [religious] vision.
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Saad 38:46
اِنَّٓا اَخْلَصْنَاهُمْ بِخَالِصَةٍ ذِكْرَى الدَّارِۚ
TransliterationInnā akhlaṣnāhum bikhāliṣatin thikrā alddāri
TranslationIndeed, We chose them for an exclusive quality: remembrance of the home [of the Hereafter].
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Saad 38:47
وَاِنَّهُمْ عِنْدَنَا لَمِنَ الْمُصْطَفَيْنَ الْاَخْيَارِ
TransliterationWainnahum ʿindanā lamina almuṣṭafayna alakhyāri
TranslationAnd indeed they are, to Us, among the chosen and outstanding.
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Saad 38:48
وَاذْكُرْ اِسْمٰعٖيلَ وَالْيَسَعَ وَذَا الْكِفْلِؕ وَكُلٌّ مِنَ الْاَخْيَارِؕ
TransliterationWaothkur ismāʿeela wailyasaʿa wathā alkifli wakullun mina alakhyāri
TranslationAnd remember Ishmael, Elisha and Dhul-Kifl, and all are among the outstanding.
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Saad 38:49
هٰذَا ذِ كْرٌؕ وَاِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقٖينَ لَحُسْنَ مَاٰبٍۙ
TransliterationHāthā thikrun wainna lilmuttaqeena laḥusna maābin
TranslationThis is a reminder. And indeed, for the righteous is a good place of return
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Saad 38:50
جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ مُفَتَّحَةً لَهُمُ الْاَبْوَابُۚ
TransliterationJannāti ʿadnin mufattaḥatan lahumu alabwābu
TranslationGardens of perpetual residence, whose doors will be opened to them.
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Saad 38:51
مُتَّكِـٖٔينَ فٖيهَا يَدْعُونَ فٖيهَا بِفَاكِهَةٍ كَثٖيرَةٍ وَشَرَابٍ
TransliterationMuttakieena feehā yadʿoona feehā bifākihatin katheeratin washarābin
TranslationReclining within them, they will call therein for abundant fruit and drink.
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Saad 38:52
وَعِنْدَهُمْ قَاصِرَاتُ الطَّرْفِ اَتْرَابٌ
TransliterationWaʿindahum qāṣirātu alṭṭarfi atrābun
TranslationAnd with them will be women limiting [their] glances and of equal age.
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Saad 38:53
هٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِيَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ
TransliterationHāthā mā tooʿadoona liyawmi alḥisābi
TranslationThis is what you, [the righteous], are promised for the Day of Account.
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Saad 38:54
اِنَّ هٰذَا لَرِزْقُنَا مَا لَهُ مِنْ نَفَادٍۚ
TransliterationInna hāthā larizqunā mā lahu min nafādin
TranslationIndeed, this is Our provision; for it there is no depletion.
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Saad 38:55
هٰذَاؕ وَاِنَّ لِلطَّاغٖينَ لَشَرَّ مَاٰبٍۙ
TransliterationHāthā wainna lilṭṭāgheena lasharra maābin
TranslationThis [is so]. But indeed, for the transgressors is an evil place of return -
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Saad 38:56
جَهَنَّمَۚ يَصْلَوْنَهَاۚ فَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ
TransliterationJahannama yaṣlawnahā fabisa almihādu
TranslationHell, which they will [enter to] burn, and wretched is the resting place.
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Saad 38:57
هٰذَاۙ فَلْيَذُوقُوهُ حَمٖيمٌ وَغَسَّاقٌۙ
TransliterationHāthā falyathooqoohu ḥameemun waghassāqun
TranslationThis - so let them taste it - is scalding water and [foul] purulence.
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Saad 38:58
وَاٰخَرُ مِنْ شَكْلِهٖٓ اَزْوَاجٌؕ
TransliterationWaākharu min shaklihi azwājun
TranslationAnd other [punishments] of its type [in various] kinds.
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Saad 38:59
هٰذَا فَوْجٌ مُقْتَحِمٌ مَعَكُمْۚ لَا مَرْحَباً بِهِمْؕ اِنَّهُمْ صَالُوا النَّارِ
TransliterationHāthā fawjun muqtaḥimun maʿakum lā marḥaban bihim innahum ṣāloo alnnāri
Translation[Its inhabitants will say], "This is a company bursting in with you. No welcome for them. Indeed, they will burn in the Fire."
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Saad 38:60
قَالُوا بَلْ اَنْتُمْࣞ لَا مَرْحَباً بِكُمْؕ اَنْتُمْ قَدَّمْتُمُوهُ لَنَاۚ فَبِئْسَ الْقَرَارُ
TransliterationQāloo bal antum lā marḥaban bikum antum qaddamtumoohu lanā fabisa alqarāru
TranslationThey will say, "Nor you! No welcome for you. You, [our leaders], brought this upon us, and wretched is the settlement."
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Saad 38:61
قَالُوا رَبَّـنَا مَنْ قَدَّمَ لَنَا هٰذَا فَزِدْهُ عَذَاباً ضِعْفاً فِي النَّارِ
TransliterationQāloo rabbanā man qaddama lanā hāthā fazidhu ʿathāban ḏiʿfan fee alnnāri
TranslationThey will say, "Our Lord, whoever brought this upon us - increase for him double punishment in the Fire."
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Saad 38:62
وَقَالُوا مَا لَنَا لَا نَرٰى رِجَالاً كُنَّا نَعُدُّهُمْ مِنَ الْاَشْرَارِؕ
TransliterationWaqāloo mā lanā lā narā rijālan kunnā naʿudduhum mina alashrāri
TranslationAnd they will say, "Why do we not see men whom we used to count among the worst?
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Saad 38:63
اَتَّخَذْنَاهُمْ سِخْرِياًّ اَمْ زَاغَتْ عَنْهُمُ الْاَبْصَارُ
TransliterationAttakhathnāhum sikhriyyan am zāghat ʿanhumu alabṣāru
TranslationIs it [because] we took them in ridicule, or has [our] vision turned away from them?"
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Saad 38:64
اِنَّ ذٰلِكَ لَحَقٌّ تَخَاصُمُ اَهْلِ النَّارِࣖ
TransliterationInna thālika laḥaqqun takhāṣumu ahli alnnāri
TranslationIndeed, that is truth - the quarreling of the people of the Fire.
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Saad 38:65
قُلْ اِنَّـمَٓا اَنَا۬ مُنْذِرٌࣗ وَمَا مِنْ اِلٰهٍ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُۚ
TransliterationQul innamā anā munthirun wamā min ilāhin illā Allāhu alwāḥidu alqahhāru
TranslationSay, [O Muhammad], "I am only a warner, and there is not any deity except Allah, the One, the Prevailing.
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Saad 38:66
رَبُّ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الْعَزٖيزُ الْغَفَّارُ
TransliterationRabbu alssamāwāti waalarḏi wamā baynahumā alʿazeezu alghaffāru
TranslationLord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver."
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Saad 38:67
قُلْ هُوَ نَبَؤٌ۬ا عَظٖيمٌۙ
TransliterationQul huwa nabaon ʿatheemun
TranslationSay, "It is great news
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Saad 38:68
اَنْتُمْ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضُونَ
TransliterationAntum ʿanhu muʿriḏoona
TranslationFrom which you turn away.
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Saad 38:69
مَا كَانَ لِيَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ بِالْمَلَأِ الْاَعْلٰٓى اِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ
TransliterationMā kāna liya min ʿilmin bialmalai alaʿlā ith yakhtaṣimoona
TranslationI had no knowledge of the exalted assembly [of angels] when they were disputing [the creation of Adam].
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Saad 38:70
اِنْ يُوحٰٓى اِلَيَّ اِلَّٓا اَنَّمَٓا اَنَا۬ نَذٖيرٌ مُبٖينٌ
TransliterationIn yooḥā ilayya illā annamā anā natheerun mubeenun
TranslationIt has not been revealed to me except that I am a clear warner."
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Saad 38:71
اِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ اِنّٖي خَالِقٌ بَشَراً مِنْ طٖينٍ
TransliterationIth qāla rabbuka lilmalāikati innee khāliqun basharan min ṭeenin
Translation[So mention] when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I am going to create a human being from clay.
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Saad 38:72
فَاِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَنَفَخْتُ فٖيهِ مِنْ رُوحٖي فَقَعُوا لَهُ سَاجِدٖينَ
TransliterationFaithā sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu feehi min rooḥee faqaʿoo lahu sājideena
TranslationSo when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration."
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Saad 38:73
فَسَجَدَ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ اَجْمَعُونَۙ
TransliterationFasajada almalāikatu kulluhum ajmaʿoona
TranslationSo the angels prostrated - all of them entirely.
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Saad 38:74
اِلَّٓا اِبْلٖيسَؕ اِسْتَكْـبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ الْكَافِرٖينَ
TransliterationIllā ibleesa istakbara wakāna mina alkāfireena
TranslationExcept Iblees; he was arrogant and became among the disbelievers.
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Saad 38:75
قَالَ يَٓا اِبْلٖيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ اَنْ تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَيَّؕ اَسْتَكْـبَرْتَ اَمْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الْعَالٖينَ
TransliterationQāla yā ibleesu mā manaʿaka an tasjuda limā khalaqtu biyadayya astakbarta am kunta mina alʿāleena
Translation[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?"
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Saad 38:76
قَالَ اَنَا۬ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُؕ خَلَقْتَنٖي مِنْ نَارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُ مِنْ طٖينٍ
TransliterationQāla anā khayrun minhu khalaqtanee min nārin wakhalaqtahu min ṭeenin
TranslationHe said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."
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Saad 38:77
قَالَ فَاخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَاِنَّكَ رَجٖيمٌۚ
TransliterationQāla faokhruj minhā fainnaka rajeemun
Translation[Allah] said, "Then get out of Paradise, for indeed, you are expelled.
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Saad 38:78
وَاِنَّ عَلَيْكَ لَعْنَتٖٓي اِلٰى يَوْمِ الدّٖينِ
TransliterationWainna ʿalayka laʿnatee ilā yawmi alddeeni
TranslationAnd indeed, upon you is My curse until the Day of Recompense."
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Saad 38:79
قَالَ رَبِّ فَاَنْظِرْنٖٓي اِلٰى يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ
TransliterationQāla rabbi faanthirnee ilā yawmi yubʿathoona
TranslationHe said, "My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."
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Saad 38:80
قَالَ فَاِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنْظَرٖينَۙ
TransliterationQāla fainnaka mina almunthareena
Translation[Allah] said, "So indeed, you are of those reprieved
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Saad 38:81
اِلٰى يَوْمِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُومِ
TransliterationIlā yawmi alwaqti almaʿloomi
TranslationUntil the Day of the time well-known."
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Saad 38:82
قَالَ فَبِعِزَّتِكَ لَاُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ اَجْمَعٖينَۙ
TransliterationQāla fabiʿizzatika laoghwiyannahum ajmaʿeena
Translation[Iblees] said, "By your might, I will surely mislead them all
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Saad 38:83
اِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصٖينَ
TransliterationIllā ʿibādaka minhumu almukhlaṣeena
TranslationExcept, among them, Your chosen servants."
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Saad 38:84
قَالَ فَالْحَقُّؗ وَالْحَقَّ اَقُولُۚ
TransliterationQāla faalḥaqqu waalḥaqqa aqoolu
Translation[Allah] said, "The truth [is My oath], and the truth I say -
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Saad 38:85
لَاَمْلَـَٔنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنْكَ وَمِمَّنْ تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ اَجْمَعٖينَ
TransliterationLaamlaanna jahannama minka wamimman tabiʿaka minhum ajmaʿeena
Translation[That] I will surely fill Hell with you and those of them that follow you all together."
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Saad 38:86
قُلْ مَٓا اَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ اَجْرٍ وَمَٓا اَنَا۬ مِنَ الْمُتَكَلِّفٖينَ
TransliterationQul mā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin wamā anā mina almutakallifeena
TranslationSay, [O Muhammad], "I do not ask you for the Qur'an any payment, and I am not of the pretentious
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Saad 38:87
اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَمٖينَ
TransliterationIn huwa illā thikrun lilʿālameena
TranslationIt is but a reminder to the worlds.
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Saad 38:88
وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ نَبَاَهُ بَعْدَ حٖينٍ
TransliterationWalataʿlamunna nabaahu baʿda ḥeenin
TranslationAnd you will surely know [the truth of] its information after a time."
Translation: Saheeh International. Arabic text: Mushaf of the Presidency of Religious Affairs of Türkiye (Diyanet), 605 pages; kuran.diyanet.gov.tr. Transliteration: Açık Kuran (acikkuran.com).
Surah Saad: FAQ
How many ayahs are in Surah Saad?
Surah Saad has 88 ayahs.
Which page is Surah Saad on?
Saad is surah 38 of the Quran. In the Diyanet mushaf it is in juz 23, on pages 453–458.
Is Surah Saad Meccan or Medinan?
In the Quran data of the Tevazu app, Surah Saad is classified as Meccan.