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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.

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  • Surah 38
  • Meccan
  • 88 ayahs
  • Juz 23 · page 453–458

Surah Saad: Arabic, transliteration and translation

Basmala: بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحٖيمِ

  1. Saad 38:1

    صٓ وَالْقُرْاٰنِ ذِي الذِّ كْرِؕ

    Transliteration

    Ṣād waalqurāni thee alththikri

    Translation

    Sad. By the Qur'an containing reminder...

  2. Saad 38:2

    بَلِ الَّذٖينَ كَفَرُوا فٖي عِزَّةٍ وَشِقَاقٍ

    Transliteration

    Bali allatheena kafaroo fee ʿizzatin washiqāqin

    Translation

    But those who disbelieve are in pride and dissension.

  3. Saad 38:3

    كَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنْ قَرْنٍ فَنَادَوْا وَلَاتَ حٖينَ مَنَاصٍ

    Transliteration

    Kam ahlaknā min qablihim min qarnin fanādaw walāta ḥeena manāṣin

    Translation

    How many a generation have We destroyed before them, and they [then] called out; but it was not a time for escape.

  4. Saad 38:4

    وَعَجِبُٓوا اَنْ جَٓاءَهُمْ مُنْذِرٌ مِنْهُمْؗ وَقَالَ الْكَافِرُونَ هٰذَا سَاحِرٌ كَذَّابٌۚ

    Transliteration

    Waʿajiboo an jāahum munthirun minhum waqāla alkāfiroona hāthā sāḥirun kaththābun

    Translation

    And they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves. And the disbelievers say, "This is a magician and a liar.

  5. Saad 38:5

    اَجَعَلَ الْاٰلِهَةَ اِلٰهاً وَاحِداًۚ اِنَّ هٰذَا لَشَيْءٌ عُجَابٌ

    Transliteration

    Ajaʿala alālihata ilāhan wāḥidan inna hāthā lashayon ʿujābun

    Translation

    Has he made the gods [only] one God? Indeed, this is a curious thing."

  6. Saad 38:6

    وَانْطَلَقَ الْمَلَأُ مِنْهُمْ اَنِ امْشُوا وَاصْبِرُوا عَلٰٓى اٰلِهَتِكُمْۚ اِنَّ هٰذَا لَشَيْءٌ يُرَادُۚ

    Transliteration

    Wainṭalaqa almalao minhum ani imshoo waiṣbiroo ʿalā ālihatikum inna hāthā lashayon yurādu

    Translation

    And the eminent among them went forth, [saying], "Continue, and be patient over [the defense of] your gods. Indeed, this is a thing intended.

  7. Saad 38:7

    مَا سَمِعْنَا بِهٰذَا فِي الْمِلَّةِ الْاٰخِرَةِۚ اِنْ هٰذَٓا اِلَّا اخْتِلَاقٌۚ

    Transliteration

    Mā samiʿnā bihāthā fee almillati alākhirati in hāthā illā ikhtilāqun

    Translation

    We have not heard of this in the latest religion. This is not but a fabrication.

  8. Saad 38:8

    ءَاُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ الذِّكْرُ مِنْ بَيْنِنَاؕ بَلْ هُمْ فٖي شَكٍّ مِنْ ذِ كْرٖيۚ بَلْ لَمَّا يَذُوقُوا عَذَابِؕ

    Transliteration

    Aonzila ʿalayhi alththikru min bayninā bal hum fee shakkin min thikree bal lammā yathooqoo ʿathābi

    Translation

    Has 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.

  9. Saad 38:9

    اَمْ عِنْدَهُمْ خَزَٓائِنُ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّكَ الْعَزٖيزِ الْوَهَّابِۚ

    Transliteration

    Am ʿindahum khazāinu raḥmati rabbika alʿazeezi alwahhābi

    Translation

    Or do they have the depositories of the mercy of your Lord, the Exalted in Might, the Bestower?

  10. Saad 38:10

    اَمْ لَهُمْ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَاࣞ فَلْيَرْتَقُوا فِي الْاَسْبَابِ

    Transliteration

    Am lahum mulku alssamāwāti waalarḏi wamā baynahumā falyartaqoo fee alasbābi

    Translation

    Or is theirs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and what is between them? Then let them ascend through [any] ways of access.

  11. Saad 38:11

    جُنْدٌ مَا هُنَالِكَ مَهْزُومٌ مِنَ الْاَحْزَابِ

    Transliteration

    Jundun mā hunālika mahzoomun mina alaḥzābi

    Translation

    [They are but] soldiers [who will be] defeated there among the companies [of disbelievers].

  12. Saad 38:12

    كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ ذُو الْاَوْتَادِۙ

    Transliteration

    Kaththabat qablahum qawmu nooḥin waʿādun wafirʿawnu thoo alawtādi

    Translation

    The people of Noah denied before them, and [the tribe of] 'Aad and Pharaoh, the owner of stakes,

  13. Saad 38:13

    وَثَمُودُ وَقَوْمُ لُوطٍ وَاَصْحَابُ لْـَٔيْكَةِؕ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الْاَحْزَابُ

    Transliteration

    Wathamoodu waqawmu looṭin waaṣḥābu alaykati olāika alaḥzābu

    Translation

    And [the tribe of] Thamud and the people of Lot and the companions of the thicket. Those are the companies.

  14. Saad 38:14

    اِنْ كُلٌّ اِلَّا كَذَّبَ الرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ عِقَابِࣖ

    Transliteration

    In kullun illā kaththaba alrrusula faḥaqqa ʿiqābi

    Translation

    Each of them denied the messengers, so My penalty was justified.

  15. Saad 38:15

    وَمَا يَنْظُرُ هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ اِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً مَا لَهَا مِنْ فَوَاقٍ

    Transliteration

    Wamā yanthuru hāolāi illā ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan mā lahā min fawāqin

    Translation

    And these [disbelievers] await not but one blast [of the Horn]; for it there will be no delay.

  16. Saad 38:16

    وَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا عَجِّلْ لَنَا قِطَّنَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ

    Transliteration

    Waqāloo rabbanā ʿajjil lanā qiṭṭanā qabla yawmi alḥisābi

    Translation

    And they say, "Our Lord, hasten for us our share [of the punishment] before the Day of Account"

  17. Saad 38:17

    اِصْبِرْ عَلٰى مَا يَقُولُونَ وَاذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَا دَاوُ۫دَ ذَا الْاَيْدِۚ اِنَّـهُٓ اَوَّابٌ

    Transliteration

    Iṣbir ʿalā mā yaqooloona waothkur ʿabdanā dāwooda thā alaydi innahu awwābun

    Translation

    Be patient over what they say and remember Our servant, David, the possessor of strength; indeed, he was one who repeatedly turned back [to Allah].

  18. Saad 38:18

    اِنَّا سَخَّرْنَا الْجِبَالَ مَعَهُ يُسَبِّحْنَ بِالْعَشِيِّ وَالْاِشْرَاقِۙ

    Transliteration

    Innā sakhkharnā aljibāla maʿahu yusabbiḥna bialʿashiyyi waalishrāqi

    Translation

    Indeed, We subjected the mountains [to praise] with him, exalting [Allah] in the [late] afternoon and [after] sunrise.

  19. Saad 38:19

    وَالطَّيْرَ مَحْشُورَةًؕ كُلٌّ لَـهُٓ اَوَّابٌ

    Transliteration

    Waalṭṭayra maḥshooratan kullun lahu awwābun

    Translation

    And the birds were assembled, all with him repeating [praises].

  20. Saad 38:20

    وَشَدَدْنَا مُلْكَهُ وَاٰتَيْنَاهُ الْحِكْمَةَ وَفَصْلَ الْخِطَابِ

    Transliteration

    Washadadnā mulkahu waātaynāhu alḥikmata wafaṣla alkhiṭābi

    Translation

    And We strengthened his kingdom and gave him wisdom and discernment in speech.

  21. Saad 38:21

    وَهَلْ اَتٰيكَ نَـبَؤُا الْخَصْمِۘ اِذْ تَسَوَّرُوا الْمِحْرَابَۙ

    Transliteration

    Wahal atāka nabao alkhaṣmi ith tasawwaroo almiḥrāba

    Translation

    And has there come to you the news of the adversaries, when they climbed over the wall of [his] prayer chamber -

  22. 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

    Transliteration

    Ith dakhaloo ʿalā dāwooda fafaziʿa minhum qāloo lā takhaf khaṣmāni baghā baʿḏunā ʿalā baʿḏin faoḥkum baynanā bialḥaqqi walā tushṭiṭ waihdinā ilā sawāi alṣṣirāṭi

    Translation

    When 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.

  23. Saad 38:23

    اِنَّ هٰذَٓا اَخٖي لَهُ تِسْعٌ وَتِسْعُونَ نَعْجَةً وَلِيَ نَعْجَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ فَقَالَ اَكْفِلْنٖيهَا وَعَزَّنٖي فِي الْخِطَابِ

    Transliteration

    Inna hāthā akhee lahu tisʿun watisʿoona naʿjatan waliya naʿjatun wāḥidatun faqāla akfilneehā waʿazzanee fee alkhiṭābi

    Translation

    Indeed 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."

  24. 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

    Transliteration

    Qāla 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].

  25. Saad 38:25

    فَغَفَرْنَا لَهُ ذٰلِكَؕ وَاِنَّ لَهُ عِنْدَنَا لَزُلْفٰى وَحُسْنَ مَاٰبٍ

    Transliteration

    Faghafarnā lahu thālika wainna lahu ʿindanā lazulfā waḥusna maābin

    Translation

    So We forgave him that; and indeed, for him is nearness to Us and a good place of return.

  26. 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

    Transliteration

    Yā 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.

  27. Saad 38:27

    وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَٓاءَ وَالْاَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا بَاطِلاًؕ ذٰلِكَ ظَنُّ الَّذٖينَ كَفَرُواۚ فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذٖينَ كَفَرُوا مِنَ النَّارِؕ

    Transliteration

    Wamā khalaqnā alssamāa waalarḏa wamā baynahumā bāṭilan thālika thannu allatheena kafaroo fawaylun lillatheena kafaroo mina alnnāri

    Translation

    And 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.

  28. Saad 38:28

    اَمْ نَجْعَلُ الَّذٖينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ كَالْمُفْسِدٖينَ فِي الْاَرْضِؗ اَمْ نَجْعَلُ الْمُتَّقٖينَ كَالْفُجَّارِ

    Transliteration

    Am najʿalu allatheena āmanoo waʿamiloo alṣṣāliḥāti kaalmufsideena fee alarḏi am najʿalu almuttaqeena kaalfujjāri

    Translation

    Or 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?

  29. Saad 38:29

    كِتَابٌ اَنْزَلْنَاهُ اِلَيْكَ مُبَارَكٌ لِيَدَّبَّرُٓوا اٰيَاتِهٖ وَلِيَتَذَكَّرَ اُو۬لُوا الْاَلْبَابِ

    Transliteration

    Kitābun 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.

  30. Saad 38:30

    وَوَهَبْنَا لِدَاوُ۫دَ سُلَيْمٰنَؕ نِعْمَ الْعَبْدُؕ اِنَّهُٓ اَوَّابٌؕ

    Transliteration

    Wawahabnā lidāwooda sulaymāna niʿma alʿabdu innahu awwābun

    Translation

    And to David We gave Solomon. An excellent servant, indeed he was one repeatedly turning back [to Allah].

  31. Saad 38:31

    اِذْ عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ بِالْعَشِيِّ الصَّافِنَاتُ الْجِيَادُۙ

    Transliteration

    Ith ʿuriḏa ʿalayhi bialʿashiyyi alṣṣāfinātu aljiyādu

    Translation

    [Mention] when there were exhibited before him in the afternoon the poised [standing] racehorses.

  32. Saad 38:32

    فَقَالَ اِنّٖٓي اَحْبَبْتُ حُبَّ الْخَيْرِ عَنْ ذِ كْرِ رَبّٖيۚ حَتّٰى تَوَارَتْ بِالْحِجَابِࣞ

    Transliteration

    Faqāla innee aḥbabtu ḥubba alkhayri ʿan thikri rabbee ḥattā tawārat bialḥijābi

    Translation

    And 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]."

  33. Saad 38:33

    رُدُّوهَا عَلَيَّؕ فَطَفِقَ مَسْحاً بِالسُّوقِ وَالْاَعْنَاقِ

    Transliteration

    Ruddoohā ʿalayya faṭafiqa masḥan bialssooqi waalaʿnāqi

    Translation

    [He said], "Return them to me," and set about striking [their] legs and necks.

  34. Saad 38:34

    وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا سُلَيْمٰنَ وَاَلْقَيْنَا عَلٰى كُرْسِيِّهٖ جَسَداً ثُمَّ اَنَابَ

    Transliteration

    Walaqad fatannā sulaymāna waalqaynā ʿalā kursiyyihi jasadan thumma anāba

    Translation

    And We certainly tried Solomon and placed on his throne a body; then he returned.

  35. Saad 38:35

    قَالَ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لٖي وَهَبْ لٖي مُلْكاً لَا يَنْبَغٖي لِاَحَدٍ مِنْ بَعْدٖيۚ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ

    Transliteration

    Qāla rabbi ighfir lee wahab lee mulkan lā yanbaghee liaḥadin min baʿdee innaka anta alwahhābu

    Translation

    He said, "My Lord, forgive me and grant me a kingdom such as will not belong to anyone after me. Indeed, You are the Bestower."

  36. Saad 38:36

    فَسَخَّرْنَا لَهُ الرّٖيحَ تَجْرٖي بِاَمْرِهٖ رُخَٓاءً حَيْثُ اَصَابَۙ

    Transliteration

    Fasakhkharnā lahu alrreeḥa tajree biamrihi rukhāan ḥaythu aṣāba

    Translation

    So We subjected to him the wind blowing by his command, gently, wherever he directed,

  37. Saad 38:37

    وَالشَّيَاطٖينَ كُلَّ بَنَّٓاءٍ وَغَوَّاصٍۙ

    Transliteration

    Waalshshayāṭeena kulla bannāin waghawwāṣin

    Translation

    And [also] the devils [of jinn] - every builder and diver

  38. Saad 38:38

    وَاٰخَرٖينَ مُقَرَّنٖينَ فِي الْاَصْفَادِ

    Transliteration

    Waākhareena muqarraneena fee alaṣfādi

    Translation

    And others bound together in shackles.

  39. Saad 38:39

    هٰذَا عَطَٓاؤُ۬نَا فَامْنُنْ اَوْ اَمْسِكْ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

    Transliteration

    Hāthā ʿaṭāonā faomnun aw amsik bighayri ḥisābin

    Translation

    [We said], "This is Our gift, so grant or withhold without account."

  40. Saad 38:40

    وَاِنَّ لَهُ عِنْدَنَا لَزُلْفٰى وَحُسْنَ مَاٰبٍࣖ

    Transliteration

    Wainna lahu ʿindanā lazulfā waḥusna maābin

    Translation

    And indeed, for him is nearness to Us and a good place of return.

  41. Saad 38:41

    وَاذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَٓا اَيُّوبَۘ اِذْ نَادٰى رَبَّهُٓ اَنّٖي مَسَّنِيَ الشَّيْطَانُ بِنُصْبٍ وَعَذَابٍؕ

    Transliteration

    Waothkur ʿabdanā ayyooba ith nādā rabbahu annee massaniya alshshayṭānu binuṣbin waʿathābin

    Translation

    And remember Our servant Job, when he called to his Lord, "Indeed, Satan has touched me with hardship and torment."

  42. Saad 38:42

    اُرْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَۚ هٰذَا مُغْتَسَلٌ بَارِدٌ وَشَرَابٌ

    Transliteration

    Orkuḏ 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."

  43. Saad 38:43

    وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُٓ اَهْلَهُ وَمِثْلَهُمْ مَعَهُمْ رَحْمَةً مِنَّا وَذِ كْرٰى لِاُو۬لِي الْاَلْبَابِ

    Transliteration

    Wawahabnā lahu ahlahu wamithlahum maʿahum raḥmatan minnā wathikrā liolee alalbābi

    Translation

    And We granted him his family and a like [number] with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for those of understanding.

  44. Saad 38:44

    وَخُذْ بِيَدِكَ ضِغْثاً فَاضْرِبْ بِهٖ وَلَا تَحْنَثْؕ اِنَّا وَجَدْنَاهُ صَابِراًؕ نِعْمَ الْعَبْدُؕ اِنَّهُٓ اَوَّابٌ

    Transliteration

    Wakhuth 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].

  45. Saad 38:45

    وَاذْكُرْ عِبَادَنَٓا اِبْرٰهٖيمَ وَاِسْحٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ اُو۬لِي الْاَيْدٖي وَالْاَبْصَارِ

    Transliteration

    Waothkur ʿibādanā ibrāheema waisḥāqa wayaʿqooba olee alaydee waalabṣāri

    Translation

    And remember Our servants, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - those of strength and [religious] vision.

  46. Saad 38:46

    اِنَّٓا اَخْلَصْنَاهُمْ بِخَالِصَةٍ ذِكْرَى الدَّارِۚ

    Transliteration

    Innā akhlaṣnāhum bikhāliṣatin thikrā alddāri

    Translation

    Indeed, We chose them for an exclusive quality: remembrance of the home [of the Hereafter].

  47. Saad 38:47

    وَاِنَّهُمْ عِنْدَنَا لَمِنَ الْمُصْطَفَيْنَ الْاَخْيَارِ

    Transliteration

    Wainnahum ʿindanā lamina almuṣṭafayna alakhyāri

    Translation

    And indeed they are, to Us, among the chosen and outstanding.

  48. Saad 38:48

    وَاذْكُرْ اِسْمٰعٖيلَ وَالْيَسَعَ وَذَا الْكِفْلِؕ وَكُلٌّ مِنَ الْاَخْيَارِؕ

    Transliteration

    Waothkur ismāʿeela wailyasaʿa wathā alkifli wakullun mina alakhyāri

    Translation

    And remember Ishmael, Elisha and Dhul-Kifl, and all are among the outstanding.

  49. Saad 38:49

    هٰذَا ذِ كْرٌؕ وَاِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقٖينَ لَحُسْنَ مَاٰبٍۙ

    Transliteration

    Hāthā thikrun wainna lilmuttaqeena laḥusna maābin

    Translation

    This is a reminder. And indeed, for the righteous is a good place of return

  50. Saad 38:50

    جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ مُفَتَّحَةً لَهُمُ الْاَبْوَابُۚ

    Transliteration

    Jannāti ʿadnin mufattaḥatan lahumu alabwābu

    Translation

    Gardens of perpetual residence, whose doors will be opened to them.

  51. Saad 38:51

    مُتَّكِـٖٔينَ فٖيهَا يَدْعُونَ فٖيهَا بِفَاكِهَةٍ كَثٖيرَةٍ وَشَرَابٍ

    Transliteration

    Muttakieena feehā yadʿoona feehā bifākihatin katheeratin washarābin

    Translation

    Reclining within them, they will call therein for abundant fruit and drink.

  52. Saad 38:52

    وَعِنْدَهُمْ قَاصِرَاتُ الطَّرْفِ اَتْرَابٌ

    Transliteration

    Waʿindahum qāṣirātu alṭṭarfi atrābun

    Translation

    And with them will be women limiting [their] glances and of equal age.

  53. Saad 38:53

    هٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِيَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ

    Transliteration

    Hāthā mā tooʿadoona liyawmi alḥisābi

    Translation

    This is what you, [the righteous], are promised for the Day of Account.

  54. Saad 38:54

    اِنَّ هٰذَا لَرِزْقُنَا مَا لَهُ مِنْ نَفَادٍۚ

    Transliteration

    Inna hāthā larizqunā mā lahu min nafādin

    Translation

    Indeed, this is Our provision; for it there is no depletion.

  55. Saad 38:55

    هٰذَاؕ وَاِنَّ لِلطَّاغٖينَ لَشَرَّ مَاٰبٍۙ

    Transliteration

    Hāthā wainna lilṭṭāgheena lasharra maābin

    Translation

    This [is so]. But indeed, for the transgressors is an evil place of return -

  56. Saad 38:56

    جَهَنَّمَۚ يَصْلَوْنَهَاۚ فَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ

    Transliteration

    Jahannama yaṣlawnahā fabisa almihādu

    Translation

    Hell, which they will [enter to] burn, and wretched is the resting place.

  57. Saad 38:57

    هٰذَاۙ فَلْيَذُوقُوهُ حَمٖيمٌ وَغَسَّاقٌۙ

    Transliteration

    Hāthā falyathooqoohu ḥameemun waghassāqun

    Translation

    This - so let them taste it - is scalding water and [foul] purulence.

  58. Saad 38:58

    وَاٰخَرُ مِنْ شَكْلِهٖٓ اَزْوَاجٌؕ

    Transliteration

    Waākharu min shaklihi azwājun

    Translation

    And other [punishments] of its type [in various] kinds.

  59. Saad 38:59

    هٰذَا فَوْجٌ مُقْتَحِمٌ مَعَكُمْۚ لَا مَرْحَباً بِهِمْؕ اِنَّهُمْ صَالُوا النَّارِ

    Transliteration

    Hāthā 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."

  60. Saad 38:60

    قَالُوا بَلْ اَنْتُمْࣞ لَا مَرْحَباً بِكُمْؕ اَنْتُمْ قَدَّمْتُمُوهُ لَنَاۚ فَبِئْسَ الْقَرَارُ

    Transliteration

    Qāloo bal antum lā marḥaban bikum antum qaddamtumoohu lanā fabisa alqarāru

    Translation

    They will say, "Nor you! No welcome for you. You, [our leaders], brought this upon us, and wretched is the settlement."

  61. Saad 38:61

    قَالُوا رَبَّـنَا مَنْ قَدَّمَ لَنَا هٰذَا فَزِدْهُ عَذَاباً ضِعْفاً فِي النَّارِ

    Transliteration

    Qāloo rabbanā man qaddama lanā hāthā fazidhu ʿathāban ḏiʿfan fee alnnāri

    Translation

    They will say, "Our Lord, whoever brought this upon us - increase for him double punishment in the Fire."

  62. Saad 38:62

    وَقَالُوا مَا لَنَا لَا نَرٰى رِجَالاً كُنَّا نَعُدُّهُمْ مِنَ الْاَشْرَارِؕ

    Transliteration

    Waqāloo mā lanā lā narā rijālan kunnā naʿudduhum mina alashrāri

    Translation

    And they will say, "Why do we not see men whom we used to count among the worst?

  63. Saad 38:63

    اَتَّخَذْنَاهُمْ سِخْرِياًّ اَمْ زَاغَتْ عَنْهُمُ الْاَبْصَارُ

    Transliteration

    Attakhathnāhum sikhriyyan am zāghat ʿanhumu alabṣāru

    Translation

    Is it [because] we took them in ridicule, or has [our] vision turned away from them?"

  64. Saad 38:64

    اِنَّ ذٰلِكَ لَحَقٌّ تَخَاصُمُ اَهْلِ النَّارِࣖ

    Transliteration

    Inna thālika laḥaqqun takhāṣumu ahli alnnāri

    Translation

    Indeed, that is truth - the quarreling of the people of the Fire.

  65. Saad 38:65

    قُلْ اِنَّـمَٓا اَنَا۬ مُنْذِرٌࣗ وَمَا مِنْ اِلٰهٍ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُۚ

    Transliteration

    Qul innamā anā munthirun wamā min ilāhin illā Allāhu alwāḥidu alqahhāru

    Translation

    Say, [O Muhammad], "I am only a warner, and there is not any deity except Allah, the One, the Prevailing.

  66. Saad 38:66

    رَبُّ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الْعَزٖيزُ الْغَفَّارُ

    Transliteration

    Rabbu alssamāwāti waalarḏi wamā baynahumā alʿazeezu alghaffāru

    Translation

    Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver."

  67. Saad 38:67

    قُلْ هُوَ نَبَؤٌ۬ا عَظٖيمٌۙ

    Transliteration

    Qul huwa nabaon ʿatheemun

    Translation

    Say, "It is great news

  68. Saad 38:68

    اَنْتُمْ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضُونَ

    Transliteration

    Antum ʿanhu muʿriḏoona

    Translation

    From which you turn away.

  69. Saad 38:69

    مَا كَانَ لِيَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ بِالْمَلَأِ الْاَعْلٰٓى اِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ

    Transliteration

    Mā kāna liya min ʿilmin bialmalai alaʿlā ith yakhtaṣimoona

    Translation

    I had no knowledge of the exalted assembly [of angels] when they were disputing [the creation of Adam].

  70. Saad 38:70

    اِنْ يُوحٰٓى اِلَيَّ اِلَّٓا اَنَّمَٓا اَنَا۬ نَذٖيرٌ مُبٖينٌ

    Transliteration

    In yooḥā ilayya illā annamā anā natheerun mubeenun

    Translation

    It has not been revealed to me except that I am a clear warner."

  71. Saad 38:71

    اِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ اِنّٖي خَالِقٌ بَشَراً مِنْ طٖينٍ

    Transliteration

    Ith 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.

  72. Saad 38:72

    فَاِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَنَفَخْتُ فٖيهِ مِنْ رُوحٖي فَقَعُوا لَهُ سَاجِدٖينَ

    Transliteration

    Faithā sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu feehi min rooḥee faqaʿoo lahu sājideena

    Translation

    So when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration."

  73. Saad 38:73

    فَسَجَدَ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ اَجْمَعُونَۙ

    Transliteration

    Fasajada almalāikatu kulluhum ajmaʿoona

    Translation

    So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely.

  74. Saad 38:74

    اِلَّٓا اِبْلٖيسَؕ اِسْتَكْـبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ الْكَافِرٖينَ

    Transliteration

    Illā ibleesa istakbara wakāna mina alkāfireena

    Translation

    Except Iblees; he was arrogant and became among the disbelievers.

  75. Saad 38:75

    قَالَ يَٓا اِبْلٖيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ اَنْ تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَيَّؕ اَسْتَكْـبَرْتَ اَمْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الْعَالٖينَ

    Transliteration

    Qāla 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?"

  76. Saad 38:76

    قَالَ اَنَا۬ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُؕ خَلَقْتَنٖي مِنْ نَارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُ مِنْ طٖينٍ

    Transliteration

    Qāla anā khayrun minhu khalaqtanee min nārin wakhalaqtahu min ṭeenin

    Translation

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

  77. Saad 38:77

    قَالَ فَاخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَاِنَّكَ رَجٖيمٌۚ

    Transliteration

    Qāla faokhruj minhā fainnaka rajeemun

    Translation

    [Allah] said, "Then get out of Paradise, for indeed, you are expelled.

  78. Saad 38:78

    وَاِنَّ عَلَيْكَ لَعْنَتٖٓي اِلٰى يَوْمِ الدّٖينِ

    Transliteration

    Wainna ʿalayka laʿnatee ilā yawmi alddeeni

    Translation

    And indeed, upon you is My curse until the Day of Recompense."

  79. Saad 38:79

    قَالَ رَبِّ فَاَنْظِرْنٖٓي اِلٰى يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

    Transliteration

    Qāla rabbi faanthirnee ilā yawmi yubʿathoona

    Translation

    He said, "My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."

  80. Saad 38:80

    قَالَ فَاِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنْظَرٖينَۙ

    Transliteration

    Qāla fainnaka mina almunthareena

    Translation

    [Allah] said, "So indeed, you are of those reprieved

  81. Saad 38:81

    اِلٰى يَوْمِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُومِ

    Transliteration

    Ilā yawmi alwaqti almaʿloomi

    Translation

    Until the Day of the time well-known."

  82. Saad 38:82

    قَالَ فَبِعِزَّتِكَ لَاُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ اَجْمَعٖينَۙ

    Transliteration

    Qāla fabiʿizzatika laoghwiyannahum ajmaʿeena

    Translation

    [Iblees] said, "By your might, I will surely mislead them all

  83. Saad 38:83

    اِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصٖينَ

    Transliteration

    Illā ʿibādaka minhumu almukhlaṣeena

    Translation

    Except, among them, Your chosen servants."

  84. Saad 38:84

    قَالَ فَالْحَقُّؗ وَالْحَقَّ اَقُولُۚ

    Transliteration

    Qāla faalḥaqqu waalḥaqqa aqoolu

    Translation

    [Allah] said, "The truth [is My oath], and the truth I say -

  85. Saad 38:85

    لَاَمْلَـَٔنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنْكَ وَمِمَّنْ تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ اَجْمَعٖينَ

    Transliteration

    Laamlaanna jahannama minka wamimman tabiʿaka minhum ajmaʿeena

    Translation

    [That] I will surely fill Hell with you and those of them that follow you all together."

  86. Saad 38:86

    قُلْ مَٓا اَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ اَجْرٍ وَمَٓا اَنَا۬ مِنَ الْمُتَكَلِّفٖينَ

    Transliteration

    Qul mā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin wamā anā mina almutakallifeena

    Translation

    Say, [O Muhammad], "I do not ask you for the Qur'an any payment, and I am not of the pretentious

  87. Saad 38:87

    اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَمٖينَ

    Transliteration

    In huwa illā thikrun lilʿālameena

    Translation

    It is but a reminder to the worlds.

  88. Saad 38:88

    وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ نَبَاَهُ بَعْدَ حٖينٍ

    Transliteration

    Walataʿlamunna nabaahu baʿda ḥeenin

    Translation

    And 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).

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How many ayahs are in Surah Saad?

Surah Saad has 88 ayahs.

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Saad is surah 38 of the Quran. In the Diyanet mushaf it is in juz 23, on pages 453–458.

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