سورة ص
Surah Sad
Surah Sad is the 38th surah of the Quran. It has 88 verses and is a Meccan surah. Below is the complete Arabic text with an English translation and transliteration, verse by verse.
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
صٓ ۚ وَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ ذِي ٱلذِّكۡرِ﴿١﴾
Sad waalqurani thee alththikri
Ṣād. By the Qur’ān containing reminder...
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي عِزَّةࣲ وَ شِقَاقࣲ﴿٢﴾
Bali allatheena kafaroo fee ʿizzatin washiqaqin
But those who disbelieve are in pride and dissension.
كَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّن قَرۡنࣲ فَنَادَواْ وَّ لَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصࣲ﴿٣﴾
Kam ahlakna min qablihim min qarnin fanadaw walata heena manasin
How many a generation have We destroyed before them, and they [then] called out; but it was not a time for escape.
وَ عَجِبُوٓاْ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرࣱ مِّنۡهُمۡ ۖ وَ قَالَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا سَٰحِرࣱ كَذَّابٌ﴿٤﴾
Waʿajiboo an jaahum munthirun minhum waqala alkafiroona hatha sahirun kaththabun
And they wonder that there has come to them a warner [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] from among themselves. And the disbelievers say, "This is a magician and a liar.
أَجَعَلَ ٱلۡأٓلِهَةَ إِلَٰهࣰا وَٰحِدًا ۖ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَيۡءٌ عُجَابࣱ﴿٥﴾
Ajaʿala alalihata ilahan wahidan inna hatha lashayon ʿujabun
Has he made the gods [only] one God? Indeed, this is a curious thing."
وَ ٱنطَلَقَ ٱلۡمَلَأُ مِنۡهُمۡ أَنِ ٱمۡشُواْ وَ ٱصۡبِرُواْ عَلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِكُمۡ ۖ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَيۡءࣱ يُرَادُ﴿٦﴾
Waintalaqa almalao minhum ani imshoo waisbiroo ʿala alihatikum inna hatha lashayon yuradu
And the eminent among them went forth, [saying], "Continue, and be patient over [the defense of] your gods. Indeed, this is a thing intended.
مَا سَمِعۡنَا بِهَٰذَا فِي ٱلۡمِلَّةِ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا ٱخۡتِلَٰقٌ﴿٧﴾
Ma samiʿna bihatha fee almillati alakhirati in hatha illa ikhtilaqun
We have not heard of this in the latest religion. This is not but a fabrication.
أَءُنزِلَ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلذِّكۡرُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِنَا ۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ فِي شَكࣲّ مِّن ذِكۡرِي ۚ بَل لَّمَّا يَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِ﴿٨﴾
Aonzila ʿalayhi alththikru min baynina bal hum fee shakkin min thikree bal lamma yathooqoo ʿathabi
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.
أَمۡ عِندَهُمۡ خَزَآئِنُ رَحۡمَةِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡوَهَّابِ﴿٩﴾
Am ʿindahum khazainu rahmati rabbika alʿazeezi alwahhabi
Or do they have the depositories of the mercy of your Lord, the Exalted in Might, the Bestower?
أَمۡ لَهُم مُّلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَ مَا بَيۡنَهُمَا ۖ فَلۡيَرۡتَقُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَسۡبَٰبِ﴿١٠﴾
Am lahum mulku alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma falyartaqoo fee alasbabi
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.
جُندࣱ مَّا هُنَالِكَ مَهۡزُومࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَحۡزَابِ﴿١١﴾
Jundun ma hunalika mahzoomun mina alahzabi
[They are but] soldiers [who will be] defeated there among the companies [of disbelievers].
كَذَّبَتۡ قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحࣲ وَ عَادࣱ وَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ ذُو ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ﴿١٢﴾
Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohin waʿadun wafirʿawnu thoo alawtadi
The people of Noah denied before them, and [the tribe of] ʿAad and Pharaoh, the owner of stakes,
وَ ثَمُودُ وَ قَوۡمُ لُوطࣲ وَ أَصۡحَٰبُ لۡـَٔيۡكَةِ ۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلۡأَحۡزَابُ﴿١٣﴾
Wathamoodu waqawmu lootin waashabu alaykati olaika alahzabu
And [the tribe of] Thamūd and the people of Lot and the companions of the thicket [i.e., people of Madyan]. Those are the companies.
إِن كُلٌّ إِلَّا كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ عِقَابِ﴿١٤﴾
In kullun illa kaththaba alrrusula fahaqqa ʿiqabi
Each of them denied the messengers, so My penalty was justified.
وَ مَا يَنظُرُ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِلَّا صَيۡحَةࣰ وَٰحِدَةࣰ مَّا لَهَا مِن فَوَاقࣲ﴿١٥﴾
Wama yanthuru haolai illa sayhatan wahidatan ma laha min fawaqin
And these [disbelievers] await not but one blast [of the Horn]; for it there will be no delay.
وَ قَالُواْ رَبَّنَا عَجِّل لَّنَا قِطَّنَا قَبۡلَ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡحِسَابِ﴿١٦﴾
Waqaloo rabbana ʿajjil lana qittana qabla yawmi alhisabi
And they say, "Our Lord, hasten for us our share [of the punishment] before the Day of Account."
ٱصۡبِرۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَ ٱذۡكُرۡ عَبۡدَنَا دَاوُۥدَ ذَا ٱلۡأَيۡدِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ﴿١٧﴾
Isbir ʿala ma yaqooloona waothkur ʿabdana dawooda tha alaydi innahu awwabun
Be patient over what they say and remember Our servant, David, the possessor of strength; indeed, he was one who repeatedly turned back [to Allāh].
إِنَّا سَخَّرۡنَا ٱلۡجِبَالَ مَعَهُۥ يُسَبِّحۡنَ بِٱلۡعَشِيِّ وَ ٱلۡإِشۡرَاقِ﴿١٨﴾
Inna sakhkharna aljibala maʿahu yusabbihna bialʿashiyyi waalishraqi
Indeed, We subjected the mountains [to praise] with him, exalting [Allāh] in the [late] afternoon and [after] sunrise.
وَ ٱلطَّيۡرَ مَحۡشُورَةࣰ ۖ كُلࣱّ لَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابࣱ﴿١٩﴾
Waalttayra mahshooratan kullun lahu awwabun
And the birds were assembled, all with him repeating [praises].
وَ شَدَدۡنَا مُلۡكَهُۥ وَ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلۡحِكۡمَةَ وَ فَصۡلَ ٱلۡخِطَابِ﴿٢٠﴾
Washadadna mulkahu waataynahu alhikmata wafasla alkhitabi
And We strengthened his kingdom and gave him wisdom and discernment in speech.
وَ هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ نَبَؤُاْ ٱلۡخَصۡمِ إِذۡ تَسَوَّرُواْ ٱلۡمِحۡرَابَ﴿٢١﴾
Wahal ataka nabao alkhasmi ith tasawwaroo almihraba
And has there come to you the news of the adversaries, when they climbed over the wall of [his] prayer chamber -
إِذۡ دَخَلُواْ عَلَىٰ دَاوُۥدَ فَفَزِعَ مِنۡهُمۡ ۖ قَالُواْ لَا تَخَفۡ ۖ خَصۡمَانِ بَغَىٰ بَعۡضُنَا عَلَىٰ بَعۡضࣲ فَٱحۡكُم بَيۡنَنَا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَ لَا تُشۡطِطۡ وَ ٱهۡدِنَآ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلصِّرَٰطِ﴿٢٢﴾
Ith dakhaloo ʿala dawooda fafaziʿa minhum qaloo la takhaf khasmani bagha baʿduna ʿala baʿdin faohkum baynana bialhaqqi wala tushtit waihdina ila sawai alssirati
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.
إِنَّ هَٰذَآ أَخِي لَهُۥ تِسۡعࣱ وَ تِسۡعُونَ نَعۡجَةࣰ وَ لِيَ نَعۡجَةࣱ وَٰحِدَةࣱ فَقَالَ أَكۡفِلۡنِيهَا وَ عَزَّنِي فِي ٱلۡخِطَابِ﴿٢٣﴾
Inna hatha akhee lahu tisʿun watisʿoona naʿjatan waliya naʿjatun wahidatun faqala akfilneeha waʿazzanee fee alkhitabi
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."
قَالَ لَقَدۡ ظَلَمَكَ بِسُؤَالِ نَعۡجَتِكَ إِلَىٰ نِعَاجِهِۦ ۖ وَ إِنَّ كَثِيرࣰا مِّنَ ٱلۡخُلَطَآءِ لَيَبۡغِي بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٍ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَ عَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَ قَلِيلࣱ مَّا هُمۡ ۗ وَ ظَنَّ دَاوُۥدُ أَنَّمَا فَتَنَّٰهُ فَٱسۡتَغۡفَرَ رَبَّهُۥ وَ خَرَّۤ رَاكِعࣰاۤ وَ أَنَابَ ۩﴿٢٤﴾
Qala laqad thalamaka bisuali naʿjatika ila niʿajihi wainna katheeran mina alkhulatai layabghee baʿduhum ʿala baʿdin illa allatheena amanoo waʿamiloo alssalihati waqaleelun ma hum wathanna dawoodu annama fatannahu faistaghfara rabbahu wakharra rakiʿan waanaba
[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 Allāh].
فَغَفَرۡنَا لَهُۥ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَ إِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلۡفَىٰ وَ حُسۡنَ مَـَٔابࣲ﴿٢٥﴾
Faghafarna lahu thalika wainna lahu ʿindana lazulfa wahusna maabin
So We forgave him that; and indeed, for him is nearness to Us and a good place of return.
يَٰدَاوُۥدُ إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَٰكَ خَلِيفَةࣰ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱحۡكُم بَيۡنَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَ لَا تَتَّبِعِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ فَيُضِلَّكَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَضِلُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ لَهُمۡ عَذَابࣱ شَدِيدُۢ بِمَا نَسُواْ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡحِسَابِ﴿٢٦﴾
Ya dawoodu inna jaʿalnaka khaleefatan fee alardi faohkum bayna alnnasi bialhaqqi wala tattabiʿi alhawa fayudillaka ʿan sabeeli Allahi inna allatheena yadilloona ʿan sabeeli Allahi lahum ʿathabun shadeedun bima nasoo yawma alhisabi
[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 Allāh." Indeed, those who go astray from the way of Allāh will have a severe punishment for having forgotten the Day of Account.
وَ مَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ وَ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَ مَا بَيۡنَهُمَا بَٰطِلࣰا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ظَنُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ۚ فَوَيۡلࣱ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ﴿٢٧﴾
Wama khalaqna alssamaa waalarda wama baynahuma batilan thalika thannu allatheena kafaroo fawaylun lillatheena kafaroo mina alnnari
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.
أَمۡ نَجۡعَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَ عَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ كَٱلۡمُفۡسِدِينَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ أَمۡ نَجۡعَلُ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ كَٱلۡفُجَّارِ﴿٢٨﴾
Am najʿalu allatheena amanoo waʿamiloo alssalihati kaalmufsideena fee alardi am najʿalu almuttaqeena kaalfujjari
Or should We treat those who believe and do righteous deeds like corrupters in the land? Or should We treat those who fear Allāh like the wicked?
كِتَٰبٌ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ إِلَيۡكَ مُبَٰرَكࣱ لِّيَدَّبَّرُوٓاْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ وَ لِيَتَذَكَّرَ أُوْلُواْ ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ﴿٢٩﴾
Kitabun anzalnahu ilayka mubarakun liyaddabbaroo ayatihi waliyatathakkara oloo alalbabi
[This is] a blessed Book which We have revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], that they might reflect upon its verses and that those of understanding would be reminded.
وَ وَهَبۡنَا لِدَاوُۥدَ سُلَيۡمَٰنَ ۚ نِعۡمَ ٱلۡعَبۡدُ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ﴿٣٠﴾
Wawahabna lidawooda sulaymana niʿma alʿabdu innahu awwabun
And to David We gave Solomon. An excellent servant, indeed he was one repeatedly turning back [to Allāh].
إِذۡ عُرِضَ عَلَيۡهِ بِٱلۡعَشِيِّ ٱلصَّٰفِنَٰتُ ٱلۡجِيَادُ﴿٣١﴾
Ith ʿurida ʿalayhi bialʿashiyyi alssafinatu aljiyadu
[Mention] when there were exhibited before him in the afternoon the poised [standing] racehorses.
فَقَالَ إِنِّيٓ أَحۡبَبۡتُ حُبَّ ٱلۡخَيۡرِ عَن ذِكۡرِ رَبِّي حَتَّىٰ تَوَارَتۡ بِٱلۡحِجَابِ﴿٣٢﴾
Faqala innee ahbabtu hubba alkhayri ʿan thikri rabbee hatta tawarat bialhijabi
And he said, "Indeed, I gave preference to the love of good [things] over the remembrance of my Lord until it [i.e., the sun] disappeared into the curtain [of darkness]."
رُدُّوهَا عَلَيَّ ۖ فَطَفِقَ مَسۡحَۢا بِٱلسُّوقِ وَ ٱلۡأَعۡنَاقِ﴿٣٣﴾
Ruddooha ʿalayya fatafiqa mashan bialssooqi waalaʿnaqi
[He said], "Return them to me," and set about striking [their] legs and necks.
وَ لَقَدۡ فَتَنَّا سُلَيۡمَٰنَ وَ أَلۡقَيۡنَا عَلَىٰ كُرۡسِيِّهِۦ جَسَدࣰا ثُمَّ أَنَابَ﴿٣٤﴾
Walaqad fatanna sulaymana waalqayna ʿala kursiyyihi jasadan thumma anaba
And We certainly tried Solomon and placed on his throne a body; then he returned.
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱغۡفِرۡ لِي وَ هَبۡ لِي مُلۡكࣰا لَّا يَنۢبَغِي لِأَحَدࣲ مِّنۢ بَعۡدِيٓ ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلۡوَهَّابُ﴿٣٥﴾
Qala rabbi ighfir lee wahab lee mulkan la yanbaghee liahadin min baʿdee innaka anta alwahhabu
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."
فَسَخَّرۡنَا لَهُ ٱلرِّيحَ تَجۡرِي بِأَمۡرِهِۦ رُخَآءً حَيۡثُ أَصَابَ﴿٣٦﴾
Fasakhkharna lahu alrreeha tajree biamrihi rukhaan haythu asaba
So We subjected to him the wind blowing by his command, gently, wherever he directed,
وَ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ كُلَّ بَنَّآءࣲ وَ غَوَّاصࣲ﴿٣٧﴾
Waalshshayateena kulla bannain waghawwasin
And [also] the devils [of jinn] - every builder and diver
وَ ءَاخَرِينَ مُقَرَّنِينَ فِي ٱلۡأَصۡفَادِ﴿٣٨﴾
Waakhareena muqarraneena fee alasfadi
And others bound together in irons.
هَٰذَا عَطَآؤُنَا فَٱمۡنُنۡ أَوۡ أَمۡسِكۡ بِغَيۡرِ حِسَابࣲ﴿٣٩﴾
Hatha ʿataona faomnun aw amsik bighayri hisabin
[We said], "This is Our gift, so grant or withhold without account."
وَ إِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلۡفَىٰ وَ حُسۡنَ مَـَٔابࣲ﴿٤٠﴾
Wainna lahu ʿindana lazulfa wahusna maabin
And indeed, for him is nearness to Us and a good place of return.
وَ ٱذۡكُرۡ عَبۡدَنَآ أَيُّوبَ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ بِنُصۡبࣲ وَ عَذَابٍ﴿٤١﴾
Waothkur ʿabdana ayyooba ith nada rabbahu annee massaniya alshshaytanu binusbin waʿathabin
And remember Our servant Job, when he called to his Lord, "Indeed, Satan has touched me with hardship and torment."
ٱرۡكُضۡ بِرِجۡلِكَ ۖ هَٰذَا مُغۡتَسَلُۢ بَارِدࣱ وَ شَرَابࣱ﴿٤٢﴾
Orkud birijlika hatha mughtasalun baridun washarabun
[So he was told], "Strike [the ground] with your foot; this is a [spring for a] cool bath and drink."
وَ وَهَبۡنَا لَهُۥٓ أَهۡلَهُۥ وَ مِثۡلَهُم مَّعَهُمۡ رَحۡمَةࣰ مِّنَّا وَ ذِكۡرَىٰ لِأُوْلِي ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ﴿٤٣﴾
Wawahabna lahu ahlahu wamithlahum maʿahum rahmatan minna wathikra liolee alalbabi
And We granted him his family and a like [number] with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for those of understanding.
وَ خُذۡ بِيَدِكَ ضِغۡثࣰا فَٱضۡرِب بِّهِۦ وَ لَا تَحۡنَثۡ ۗ إِنَّا وَجَدۡنَٰهُ صَابِرࣰا ۚ نِّعۡمَ ٱلۡعَبۡدُ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابࣱ﴿٤٤﴾
Wakhuth biyadika dighthan faidrib bihi wala tahnath inna wajadnahu sabiran niʿma alʿabdu innahu awwabun
[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 Allāh].
وَ ٱذۡكُرۡ عِبَٰدَنَآ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَ إِسۡحَٰقَ وَ يَعۡقُوبَ أُوْلِي ٱلۡأَيۡدِي وَ ٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرِ﴿٤٥﴾
Waothkur ʿibadana ibraheema waishaqa wayaʿqooba olee alaydee waalabsari
And remember Our servants, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - those of strength and [religious] vision.
إِنَّآ أَخۡلَصۡنَٰهُم بِخَالِصَةࣲ ذِكۡرَى ٱلدَّارِ﴿٤٦﴾
Inna akhlasnahum bikhalisatin thikra alddari
Indeed, We chose them for an exclusive quality: remembrance of the home [of the Hereafter].
وَ إِنَّهُمۡ عِندَنَا لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُصۡطَفَيۡنَ ٱلۡأَخۡيَارِ﴿٤٧﴾
Wainnahum ʿindana lamina almustafayna alakhyari
And indeed they are, to Us, among the chosen and outstanding.
وَ ٱذۡكُرۡ إِسۡمَٰعِيلَ وَ ٱلۡيَسَعَ وَ ذَا ٱلۡكِفۡلِ ۖ وَ كُلࣱّ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَخۡيَارِ﴿٤٨﴾
Waothkur ismaʿeela wailyasaʿa watha alkifli wakullun mina alakhyari
And remember Ishmael, Elisha and Dhul-Kifl, and all are among the outstanding.
هَٰذَا ذِكۡرࣱ ۚ وَ إِنَّ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ لَحُسۡنَ مَـَٔابࣲ﴿٤٩﴾
Hatha thikrun wainna lilmuttaqeena lahusna maabin
This is a reminder. And indeed, for the righteous is a good place of return -
جَنَّٰتِ عَدۡنࣲ مُّفَتَّحَةࣰ لَّهُمُ ٱلۡأَبۡوَٰبُ﴿٥٠﴾
Jannati ʿadnin mufattahatan lahumu alabwabu
Gardens of perpetual residence, whose doors will be opened to them.
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ فِيهَا يَدۡعُونَ فِيهَا بِفَٰكِهَةࣲ كَثِيرَةࣲ وَ شَرَابࣲ﴿٥١﴾
Muttakieena feeha yadʿoona feeha bifakihatin katheeratin washarabin
Reclining within them, they will call therein for abundant fruit and drink.
وَ عِندَهُمۡ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرۡفِ أَتۡرَابٌ﴿٥٢﴾
Waʿindahum qasiratu alttarfi atrabun
And with them will be women limiting [their] glances and of equal age.
هَٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡحِسَابِ﴿٥٣﴾
Hatha ma tooʿadoona liyawmi alhisabi
This is what you, [the righteous], are promised for the Day of Account.
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَرِزۡقُنَا مَا لَهُۥ مِن نَّفَادٍ﴿٥٤﴾
Inna hatha larizquna ma lahu min nafadin
Indeed, this is Our provision; for it there is no depletion.
هَٰذَا ۚ وَ إِنَّ لِلطَّٰغِينَ لَشَرَّ مَـَٔابࣲ﴿٥٥﴾
Hatha wainna lilttagheena lasharra maabin
This [is so]. But indeed, for the transgressors is an evil place of return -
جَهَنَّمَ يَصۡلَوۡنَهَا فَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمِهَادُ﴿٥٦﴾
Jahannama yaslawnaha fabisa almihadu
Hell, which they will [enter to] burn, and wretched is the resting place.
هَٰذَا فَلۡيَذُوقُوهُ حَمِيمࣱ وَ غَسَّاقࣱ﴿٥٧﴾
Hatha falyathooqoohu hameemun waghassaqun
This - so let them taste it - is scalding water and [foul] purulence.
وَ ءَاخَرُ مِن شَكۡلِهِۦٓ أَزۡوَٰجٌ﴿٥٨﴾
Waakharu min shaklihi azwajun
And other [punishments] of its type [in various] kinds.
هَٰذَا فَوۡجࣱ مُّقۡتَحِمࣱ مَّعَكُمۡ لَا مَرۡحَبَۢا بِهِمۡ ۚ إِنَّهُمۡ صَالُواْ ٱلنَّارِ﴿٥٩﴾
Hatha fawjun muqtahimun maʿakum la marhaban bihim innahum saloo alnnari
[Its inhabitants will say], "This is a company bursting in with you. No welcome for them. Indeed, they will burn in the Fire."
قَالُواْ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ لَا مَرۡحَبَۢا بِكُمۡ ۖ أَنتُمۡ قَدَّمۡتُمُوهُ لَنَا ۖ فَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡقَرَارُ﴿٦٠﴾
Qaloo bal antum la marhaban bikum antum qaddamtumoohu lana fabisa alqararu
They will say, "Nor you! No welcome for you. You, [our leaders], brought this upon us, and wretched is the settlement."
قَالُواْ رَبَّنَا مَن قَدَّمَ لَنَا هَٰذَا فَزِدۡهُ عَذَابࣰا ضِعۡفࣰا فِي ٱلنَّارِ﴿٦١﴾
Qaloo rabbana man qaddama lana hatha fazidhu ʿathaban diʿfan fee alnnari
They will say, "Our Lord, whoever brought this upon us - increase for him double punishment in the Fire."
وَ قَالُواْ مَا لَنَا لَا نَرَىٰ رِجَالࣰا كُنَّا نَعُدُّهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَشۡرَارِ﴿٦٢﴾
Waqaloo ma lana la nara rijalan kunna naʿudduhum mina alashrari
And they will say, "Why do we not see men whom we used to count among the worst?
أَتَّخَذۡنَٰهُمۡ سِخۡرِيًّا أَمۡ زَاغَتۡ عَنۡهُمُ ٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرُ﴿٦٣﴾
Attakhathnahum sikhriyyan am zaghat ʿanhumu alabsaru
Is it [because] we took them in ridicule, or has [our] vision turned away from them?"
إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَحَقࣱّ تَخَاصُمُ أَهۡلِ ٱلنَّارِ﴿٦٤﴾
Inna thalika lahaqqun takhasumu ahli alnnari
Indeed, that is truth [i.e., reality] - the quarreling of the people of the Fire.
قُلۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ مُنذِرࣱ ۖ وَ مَا مِنۡ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡوَٰحِدُ ٱلۡقَهَّارُ﴿٦٥﴾
Qul innama ana munthirun wama min ilahin illa Allahu alwahidu alqahharu
Say, [O Muḥammad], "I am only a warner, and there is not any deity except Allāh, the One, the Prevailing,
رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَ مَا بَيۡنَهُمَا ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡغَفَّٰرُ﴿٦٦﴾
Rabbu alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma alʿazeezu alghaffaru
Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver."
قُلۡ هُوَ نَبَؤٌاْ عَظِيمٌ﴿٦٧﴾
Qul huwa nabaon ʿatheemun
Say, "It is great news
أَنتُمۡ عَنۡهُ مُعۡرِضُونَ﴿٦٨﴾
Antum ʿanhu muʿridoona
From which you turn away.
مَا كَانَ لِيَ مِنۡ عِلۡمِۭ بِٱلۡمَلَإِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰٓ إِذۡ يَخۡتَصِمُونَ﴿٦٩﴾
Ma kana liya min ʿilmin bialmalai alaʿla ith yakhtasimoona
I had no knowledge of the exalted assembly [of angels] when they were disputing [the creation of Adam].
إِن يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيَّ إِلَّآ أَنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ نَذِيرࣱ مُّبِينٌ﴿٧٠﴾
In yooha ilayya illa annama ana natheerun mubeenun
It has not been revealed to me except that I am a clear warner."
إِذۡ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّي خَٰلِقُۢ بَشَرࣰا مِّن طِينࣲ﴿٧١﴾
Ith qala rabbuka lilmalaikati innee khaliqun basharan min teenin
[So mention] when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I am going to create a human being from clay.
فَإِذَا سَوَّيۡتُهُۥ وَ نَفَخۡتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِي فَقَعُواْ لَهُۥ سَٰجِدِينَ﴿٧٢﴾
Faitha sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu feehi min roohee faqaʿoo lahu sajideena
So when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration."
فَسَجَدَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعُونَ﴿٧٣﴾
Fasajada almalaikatu kulluhum ajmaʿoona
So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely,
إِلَّآ إِبۡلِيسَ ٱسۡتَكۡبَرَ وَ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ﴿٧٤﴾
Illa ibleesa istakbara wakana mina alkafireena
Except Iblees; he was arrogant and became among the disbelievers.
قَالَ يَٰٓإِبۡلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَن تَسۡجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقۡتُ بِيَدَيَّ ۖ أَسۡتَكۡبَرۡتَ أَمۡ كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَالِينَ﴿٧٥﴾
Qala ya ibleesu ma manaʿaka an tasjuda lima khalaqtu biyadayya astakbarta am kunta mina alʿaleena
[Allāh] 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?"
قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيۡرࣱ مِّنۡهُ خَلَقۡتَنِي مِن نَّارࣲ وَ خَلَقۡتَهُۥ مِن طِينࣲ﴿٧٦﴾
Qala ana khayrun minhu khalaqtanee min narin wakhalaqtahu min teenin
He said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."
قَالَ فَٱخۡرُجۡ مِنۡهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمࣱ﴿٧٧﴾
Qala faokhruj minha fainnaka rajeemun
[Allāh] said, "Then get out of it [i.e., Paradise], for indeed, you are expelled.
وَ إِنَّ عَلَيۡكَ لَعۡنَتِيٓ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ﴿٧٨﴾
Wainna ʿalayka laʿnatee ila yawmi alddeeni
And indeed, upon you is My curse until the Day of Recompense."
قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرۡنِيٓ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ يُبۡعَثُونَ﴿٧٩﴾
Qala rabbi faanthirnee ila yawmi yubʿathoona
He said, "My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."
قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنظَرِينَ﴿٨٠﴾
Qala fainnaka mina almunthareena
[Allāh] said, "So indeed, you are of those reprieved
إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡوَقۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡلُومِ﴿٨١﴾
Ila yawmi alwaqti almaʿloomi
Until the Day of the time well-known."
قَالَ فَبِعِزَّتِكَ لَأُغۡوِيَنَّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ﴿٨٢﴾
Qala fabiʿizzatika laoghwiyannahum ajmaʿeena
[Iblees] said, "By Your might, I will surely mislead them all
إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنۡهُمُ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ﴿٨٣﴾
Illa ʿibadaka minhumu almukhlaseena
Except, among them, Your chosen servants."
قَالَ فَٱلۡحَقُّ وَ ٱلۡحَقَّ أَقُولُ﴿٨٤﴾
Qala faalhaqqu waalhaqqa aqoolu
[Allāh] said, "The truth [is My oath], and the truth I say -
لَأَمۡلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكَ وَ مِمَّن تَبِعَكَ مِنۡهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ﴿٨٥﴾
Laamlaanna jahannama minka wamimman tabiʿaka minhum ajmaʿeena
[That] I will surely fill Hell with you and those of them that follow you all together."
قُلۡ مَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرࣲ وَ مَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلۡمُتَكَلِّفِينَ﴿٨٦﴾
Qul ma asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin wama ana mina almutakallifeena
Say, [O Muḥammad], "I do not ask you for it [i.e., the Qur’ān] any payment, and I am not of the pretentious.
إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرࣱ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ﴿٨٧﴾
In huwa illa thikrun lilʿalameena
It is but a reminder to the worlds.
وَ لَتَعۡلَمُنَّ نَبَأَهُۥ بَعۡدَ حِينِۭ﴿٨٨﴾
Walataʿlamunna nabaahu baʿda heenin
And you will surely know [the truth of] its information after a time."
Translation: Saheeh International · Transliteration
About this surah
Name
The Surah takes its name from the alphabetic letter Suad with which it begins.
Period of Revelation
As will be explained below, according to some traditions this Surah was sent down in the period when the Holy Prophet had started calling the people openly to Islam in Makkah, and this had caused great alarm among the chiefs of the Quraish. If this be true, its period of revelation would be about the 4th year of the Prophethood. According to some other traditions, it was sent down after Hadrat Umar's embracing Islam, and this happened, as is well known, after the migration to Habash. Another chain of the traditions shows that the event which occasioned the revelation of this Surah took place during the last illness of Abu Talib. If this be correct, the period of its revelation would be the 10th or 11th year of the Prophethood.
Historical Background
Here is a resume of the traditions related by Imam Ahmad, Nasa'i, Tirmidhi, Ibn Jarir, Ibn Abi Shaibah, Ibn Abu Hatim, Muhammad bin Ishaq and others:
When Abu Talib fell ill, and the Quraish chiefs knew that his end was near, they held consultations and decided to approach the old chief with the request that he should solve the dispute between them and his nephew. For they feared that if Abu Talib died and then they subjected Muhammad (upon whom be Allah's peace) to a harsh treatment, after his death, the Arabs would taunt them, saying, "They were afraid of the old chief as long as he lived now that he is dead they have started maltreating his nephew." At least 25 of the Quraish chiefs including Abu Jahl, Abu Sufyan, Umayyah bin Khalaf, As bin Wa'il, Aswad bin al-Muttalib, 'Uqbah bin Abi Mu'ait, Utbah and Shaibah went to Abu Talib. First, they put before him their complaints against the Holy Prophet as usual, then said, "We have come to present before you a just request and it is this : let your nephew leave us to our religion, and we shall leave him to his. He may worship whomever he may please: we shall not stand in his way in this matter; but he should not condemn our gods, and should not try to force us to give them up. Please tell him to make terms with us on this condition". Abu Talib called the Holy Prophet and said, "Dear nephew, these people of your tribe have come to me with a request. They want you to agree with them on a just matter so as to put an end to your dispute with them." Then he told him about the request of the chiefs of the Quraish. The Holy Prophet replied, "Dear uncle: I shall request them to agree upon a thing which, if they accept, will enable them to conquer the whole of Arabia and subject the non-Arab world to their domination. "Hearing this the people were first confounded; they did not know how they should turn down such a proposal. Then, after they had considered the matter, they replied: "You speak of one word: we are prepared to repeat ten others like it, but please tell us what it is." The Holy Prophet said: La ilaha ill-Allah. At this they got up all together and left the place saying what Allah has narrated in the initial part of this Surah.
Ibn Sa'd in his Tabaqat has related this event just as cited above, but, according to him, this did not happen during Abu Talibs last illness but at the time when the Holy Prophet had started preaching Islam openly, and the news of the conversion of one person or the other was being heard almost daily in Makkah. In those days the Quraish chiefs had led several deputations to Abu Talib and had asked him to stop Muhammad (upon whom be Allah's peace and blessings) from preaching his message, and it was with one of those deputations that this conversation had taken place.
Zamakhshari, Razi, Nisaburi ond some other commentators say that this deputation went to Abu Talib at the time then the chiefs of the Quraish had been upset at Hadrat Umar's embracing Islam; but no reference to its basis is available in any book of the traditions, nor have these commentators cited the source of their this information. However, if it be true, it is understand able. For the unbelieving Quraish had already been bewildered to see that the person who had arisen from among themselves with the message of Islam had no parallel in the entire tribe as regarded nobility, purity of character, wisdom and seriousness. Moreover, his right hand man and chief supporter was a man like Abu Bakr, who was well known in and around Makkah as a gentle, righteous and brilliant man. Now when they might have seen that a brave and resolute man like Umar also had joined them, they must have felt that the danger was growing and becoming intolerable.
Subject Matter and Topics
The Surah begins with a review of the aforesaid meeting. Making the dialogue between the Holy Prophet and the disbelievers the basis, Allah says that the actual reason with those people for their denial is not any defect in the message of Islam but their own arrogance, jealousy and insistence on following the blind. They are not prepared to believe in a man from their own clan as a Prophet of God and follow him. They want to persist in the ideas of ignorance which they have found their ancestors following. And when a person exposes their this ignorance and presents the truth before them, they are alarmed and regard it as an oddity, rather as a novel and impossible thing. For them the concept of Tauhid and the Hereafter is not only an unacceptable creed but also a concept which only deserves to be ridiculed and mocked.
Then, Allah, both in the initial part of the Surah and in its last sentences, has precisely warned the disbelievers, as if to say, "The man whom you are ridiculing today and whose guidance you reject will soon overpower you,and the time is not far when in this very city of Makkah, where you are persecuting him, he will overwhelm you completely."
Then describing nine of the Prophets, one after the other, with greater details of the story of the Prophets David and Solomon; Allah has emphasized the point that His Law of Justice is impartial and objective, that only the right attitude of man is acceptable to Him, that He calls to account and punishes every wrongdoer who. ever he be, and that He likes only those people who do not persist in wrongdoing but repent as soon as they are warned of it, and pass their life in the world keeping in mind their accountability in the Hereafter.
After this, the final end that the obedient servants and the disobedient people will meet in the Hereafter, has been depicted, and two things have been especially impressed on the disbelievers:(1) That the leaders and guides whom the ignorant people are following blindly in the world, on the way of deviation, will have reached Hell even before their followers in the Hereafter, and the two groups will be cursing each other there; and (2) that the disbelievers will be amazed to see that there is no trace whatever in Hell of the believers whom they used to regard as contemptible in the world and will themselves be involved in its torment.
In conclusion, mention has been made of the story of Adam and Iblis (Satan), which is meant to tell the disbelieving Quraish that the same arrogance and vanity which was preventing them from bowing before Muhammad (upon whom be Allah's peace) had prevented Iblis also from bowing before Adam. Iblis felt jealous of the high rank God had given to Adam and became accursed when he disobeyed His Command. Likewise, "You, O people of Quraish, are feeling jealous of the high rank God has bestowed on Muhammad (upon whom be Allah's peace) and are not prepared to obey him whom God has appointed His messenger. Therefore, you will be doomed ultimately to the same fate as will be met by Satan."
Source: Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Quran