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38. Surah Sad
The Letter "Saad"
Read and listen to the full Surah Sad (Chapter 38), consisting of 88 verses. Revealed in Mecca (Juz 23), it includes complete Arabic text with diacritics, translations, tafsirs, word-by-word meaning, and audio by Maher Al-Muaiqly, Abdul Basit and other reciters.
In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful
وان له عندنا لزلفى وحسن ماب ٤٠
وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍۢ ٤٠
وَإِنَّ
لَهُۥ
عِندَنَا
لَزُلۡفَىٰ
وَحُسۡنَ
مَـَٔابٖ
٤٠
And he will indeed have ˹a status of˺ closeness to Us and an honourable destination!
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واذكر عبدنا ايوب اذ نادى ربه اني مسني الشيطان بنصب وعذاب ٤١
وَٱذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَآ أَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَسَّنِىَ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ بِنُصْبٍۢ وَعَذَابٍ ٤١
وَٱذۡكُرۡ
عَبۡدَنَآ
أَيُّوبَ
إِذۡ
نَادَىٰ
رَبَّهُۥٓ
أَنِّي
مَسَّنِيَ
ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ
بِنُصۡبٖ
وَعَذَابٍ
٤١
And remember Our servant Job, when he cried out to his Lord, “Satan has afflicted me with distress and suffering.”
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اركض برجلك هاذا مغتسل بارد وشراب ٤٢
ٱرْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَ ۖ هَـٰذَا مُغْتَسَلٌۢ بَارِدٌۭ وَشَرَابٌۭ ٤٢
ٱرۡكُضۡ
بِرِجۡلِكَۖ
هَٰذَا
مُغۡتَسَلُۢ
بَارِدٞ
وَشَرَابٞ
٤٢
˹We responded,˺ “Stomp your foot: ˹now˺ here is a cool ˹and refreshing˺ spring for washing and drinking.”
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ووهبنا له اهله ومثلهم معهم رحمة منا وذكرى لاولي الالباب ٤٣
وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ أَهْلَهُۥ وَمِثْلَهُم مَّعَهُمْ رَحْمَةًۭ مِّنَّا وَذِكْرَىٰ لِأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ ٤٣
وَوَهَبۡنَا
لَهُۥٓ
أَهۡلَهُۥ
وَمِثۡلَهُم
مَّعَهُمۡ
رَحۡمَةٗ
مِّنَّا
وَذِكۡرَىٰ
لِأُوْلِي
ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ
٤٣
And We gave him back his family, twice as many, as a mercy from Us and a lesson for people of reason.
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وخذ بيدك ضغثا فاضرب به ولا تحنث انا وجدناه صابرا نعم العبد انه اواب ٤٤
وَخُذْ بِيَدِكَ ضِغْثًۭا فَٱضْرِب بِّهِۦ وَلَا تَحْنَثْ ۗ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَـٰهُ صَابِرًۭا ۚ نِّعْمَ ٱلْعَبْدُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌۭ ٤٤
وَخُذۡ
بِيَدِكَ
ضِغۡثٗا
فَٱضۡرِب
بِّهِۦ
وَلَا
تَحۡنَثۡۗ
إِنَّا
وَجَدۡنَٰهُ
صَابِرٗاۚ
نِّعۡمَ
ٱلۡعَبۡدُ
إِنَّهُۥٓ
أَوَّابٞ
٤٤
˹And We said to him,˺ “Take in your hand a bundle of grass, and strike ˹your wife˺ with it, and do not break your oath.”1 We truly found him patient. What an excellent servant ˹he was˺! Indeed, he ˹constantly˺ turned ˹to Allah˺.
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واذكر عبادنا ابراهيم واسحاق ويعقوب اولي الايدي والابصار ٤٥
وَٱذْكُرْ عِبَـٰدَنَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْحَـٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ أُو۟لِى ٱلْأَيْدِى وَٱلْأَبْصَـٰرِ ٤٥
وَٱذۡكُرۡ
عِبَٰدَنَآ
إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ
وَإِسۡحَٰقَ
وَيَعۡقُوبَ
أُوْلِي
ٱلۡأَيۡدِي
وَٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرِ
٤٥
And remember Our servants: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—the men of strength and insight.
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انا اخلصناهم بخالصة ذكرى الدار ٤٦
إِنَّآ أَخْلَصْنَـٰهُم بِخَالِصَةٍۢ ذِكْرَى ٱلدَّارِ ٤٦
إِنَّآ
أَخۡلَصۡنَٰهُم
بِخَالِصَةٖ
ذِكۡرَى
ٱلدَّارِ
٤٦
We truly chose them for the honour of proclaiming the Hereafter.
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وانهم عندنا لمن المصطفين الاخيار ٤٧
وَإِنَّهُمْ عِندَنَا لَمِنَ ٱلْمُصْطَفَيْنَ ٱلْأَخْيَارِ ٤٧
وَإِنَّهُمۡ
عِندَنَا
لَمِنَ
ٱلۡمُصۡطَفَيۡنَ
ٱلۡأَخۡيَارِ
٤٧
And in Our sight they are truly among the chosen and the finest.
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واذكر اسماعيل واليسع وذا الكفل وكل من الاخيار ٤٨
وَٱذْكُرْ إِسْمَـٰعِيلَ وَٱلْيَسَعَ وَذَا ٱلْكِفْلِ ۖ وَكُلٌّۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَخْيَارِ ٤٨
وَٱذۡكُرۡ
إِسۡمَٰعِيلَ
وَٱلۡيَسَعَ
وَذَا
ٱلۡكِفۡلِۖ
وَكُلّٞ
مِّنَ
ٱلۡأَخۡيَارِ
٤٨
Also remember Ishmael, Elisha, and Ⱬul-Kifl.1 All are among the best.
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هاذا ذكر وان للمتقين لحسن ماب ٤٩
هَـٰذَا ذِكْرٌۭ ۚ وَإِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ لَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍۢ ٤٩
هَٰذَا
ذِكۡرٞۚ
وَإِنَّ
لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ
لَحُسۡنَ
مَـَٔابٖ
٤٩
This is ˹all˺ a reminder. And the righteous will certainly have an honourable destination:
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