ص ۚ وَالْقُرْآنِ ذِي الذِّكْرِ
Sad. By the Quran, full of remembrance.
Saad · Saad · سورة ص · 88 ayahs
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.
بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فِي عِزَّةٍ وَشِقَاقٍ
But those who disbelieve are steeped in arrogance and opposition.
كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنْ قَرْنٍ فَنَادَوْا وَلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٍ
How many a generation We destroyed before them! They cried out, but it was too late to escape.
وَعَجِبُوا أَنْ جَاءَهُمْ مُنْذِرٌ مِنْهُمْ ۖ وَقَالَ الْكَافِرُونَ هَٰذَا سَاحِرٌ كَذَّابٌ
They were astonished that a warner came to them from among themselves, and the disbelievers said, “This is a sorcerer, a liar.
أَجَعَلَ الْآلِهَةَ إِلَٰهًا وَاحِدًا ۖ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَيْءٌ عُجَابٌ
Has he made the gods into one God? Truly, this is an astonishing thing!”
وَانْطَلَقَ الْمَلَأُ مِنْهُمْ أَنِ امْشُوا وَاصْبِرُوا عَلَىٰ آلِهَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَيْءٌ يُرَادُ
The chiefs among them went off saying, “Walk away and hold firm to your gods. This is certainly something intended.
مَا سَمِعْنَا بِهَٰذَا فِي الْمِلَّةِ الْآخِرَةِ إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا اخْتِلَاقٌ
We never heard of this in the last religion. This is nothing but a fabrication.
أَأُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ الذِّكْرُ مِنْ بَيْنِنَا ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِي شَكٍّ مِنْ ذِكْرِي ۖ بَلْ لَمَّا يَذُوقُوا عَذَابِ
Was the reminder sent down to him alone out of all of us?” Rather, they are in doubt about My reminder. Rather, they have not yet tasted My punishment.
أَمْ عِنْدَهُمْ خَزَائِنُ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّكَ الْعَزِيزِ الْوَهَّابِ
Or do they possess the treasuries of your Lord’s mercy, the Almighty, the Ever-Giving?
أَمْ لَهُمْ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ فَلْيَرْتَقُوا فِي الْأَسْبَابِ
Or do they have the dominion of the heavens and the earth and everything between them? Then let them climb the pathways.
جُنْدٌ مَا هُنَالِكَ مَهْزُومٌ مِنَ الْأَحْزَابِ
A defeated host they are there, among the factions.
كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ ذُو الْأَوْتَادِ
Before them, the people of Noah denied, and Aad, and Pharaoh of the stakes.
وَثَمُودُ وَقَوْمُ لُوطٍ وَأَصْحَابُ الْأَيْكَةِ ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ الْأَحْزَابُ
And Thamud, and the people of Lot, and the companions of the Thicket. Those were the factions.
إِنْ كُلٌّ إِلَّا كَذَّبَ الرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ عِقَابِ
Every one of them denied the messengers, so My punishment was justified.
وَمَا يَنْظُرُ هَٰؤُلَاءِ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً مَا لَهَا مِنْ فَوَاقٍ
These await nothing but a single blast with no pause.
وَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا عَجِّلْ لَنَا قِطَّنَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ
They said, “Our Lord, hasten for us our share before the Day of Reckoning.”
اصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَاذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَا دَاوُودَ ذَا الْأَيْدِ ۖ إِنَّهُ أَوَّابٌ
Be patient over what they say, and remember Our servant David, the one of strength. Truly, he was ever turning back.
إِنَّا سَخَّرْنَا الْجِبَالَ مَعَهُ يُسَبِّحْنَ بِالْعَشِيِّ وَالْإِشْرَاقِ
We subjected the mountains to glorify with him at evening and sunrise.
وَالطَّيْرَ مَحْشُورَةً ۖ كُلٌّ لَهُ أَوَّابٌ
And the birds, gathered — all turning back to him.
وَشَدَدْنَا مُلْكَهُ وَآتَيْنَاهُ الْحِكْمَةَ وَفَصْلَ الْخِطَابِ
We strengthened his kingdom and gave him wisdom and decisive speech.
وَهَلْ أَتَاكَ نَبَأُ الْخَصْمِ إِذْ تَسَوَّرُوا الْمِحْرَابَ
Has the account of the disputants reached you, when they scaled the sanctuary?
إِذْ دَخَلُوا عَلَىٰ دَاوُودَ فَفَزِعَ مِنْهُمْ ۖ قَالُوا لَا تَخَفْ ۖ خَصْمَانِ بَغَىٰ بَعْضُنَا عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ فَاحْكُمْ بَيْنَنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا تُشْطِطْ وَاهْدِنَا إِلَىٰ سَوَاءِ الصِّرَاطِ
When they entered upon David and he was alarmed by them, they said, “Do not fear. We are two disputants — one of us has wronged the other. So judge between us in truth and do not be unjust, and guide us to the right path.”
إِنَّ هَٰذَا أَخِي لَهُ تِسْعٌ وَتِسْعُونَ نَعْجَةً وَلِيَ نَعْجَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ فَقَالَ أَكْفِلْنِيهَا وَعَزَّنِي فِي الْخِطَابِ
“This is my brother. He has ninety-nine ewes, and I have one ewe. He said, ‘Entrust her to me,’ and he overpowered me in argument.”
قَالَ لَقَدْ ظَلَمَكَ بِسُؤَالِ نَعْجَتِكَ إِلَىٰ نِعَاجِهِ ۖ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِنَ الْخُلَطَاءِ لَيَبْغِي بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَقَلِيلٌ مَا هُمْ ۗ وَظَنَّ دَاوُودُ أَنَّمَا فَتَنَّاهُ فَاسْتَغْفَرَ رَبَّهُ وَخَرَّ رَاكِعًا وَأَنَابَ ۩
He said, “He has certainly wronged you by asking for your ewe to add to his ewes. Surely many partners wrong one another — except those who believe and do righteous deeds, and how few they are.” And David realized that We had tested him, so he asked his Lord for forgiveness and fell down bowing and turned back in repentance.
فَغَفَرْنَا لَهُ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَإِنَّ لَهُ عِنْدَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَآبٍ
So We forgave him that. Certainly, he has nearness to Us and a beautiful return.
يَا دَاوُودُ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَاكَ خَلِيفَةً فِي الْأَرْضِ فَاحْكُمْ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعِ الْهَوَىٰ فَيُضِلَّكَ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَضِلُّونَ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ بِمَا نَسُوا يَوْمَ الْحِسَابِ
O David, We have made you a successor on the earth, so judge between people in truth and do not follow desire, lest it lead you astray from God’s path. Those who stray from God’s path — for them is a severe punishment because they forgot the Day of Reckoning.
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاءَ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا بَاطِلًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ظَنُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا ۚ فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنَ النَّارِ
We did not create the heaven and the earth and what is between them in vain. That is the assumption of those who disbelieve. So woe to those who disbelieve from the Fire.
أَمْ نَجْعَلُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ كَالْمُفْسِدِينَ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَمْ نَجْعَلُ الْمُتَّقِينَ كَالْفُجَّارِ
Or should We treat those who believe and do righteous deeds like the corrupters on earth? Or should We treat the God-conscious like the wicked?
كِتَابٌ أَنْزَلْنَاهُ إِلَيْكَ مُبَارَكٌ لِيَدَّبَّرُوا آيَاتِهِ وَلِيَتَذَكَّرَ أُولُو الْأَلْبَابِ
A blessed Book We have sent down to you, so that they may reflect upon its verses and so that people of understanding may be reminded.
وَوَهَبْنَا لِدَاوُودَ سُلَيْمَانَ ۚ نِعْمَ الْعَبْدُ ۖ إِنَّهُ أَوَّابٌ
We granted David Solomon. What an excellent servant — he was ever turning back to God.
إِذْ عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ بِالْعَشِيِّ الصَّافِنَاتُ الْجِيَادُ
When the fine, standing steeds were paraded before him in the evening.
فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَحْبَبْتُ حُبَّ الْخَيْرِ عَنْ ذِكْرِ رَبِّي حَتَّىٰ تَوَارَتْ بِالْحِجَابِ
He said, “I have loved the love of good things over the remembrance of my Lord, until it disappeared behind the veil.
رُدُّوهَا عَلَيَّ ۖ فَطَفِقَ مَسْحًا بِالسُّوقِ وَالْأَعْنَاقِ
Bring them back to me.” Then he began stroking their legs and necks.
وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا سُلَيْمَانَ وَأَلْقَيْنَا عَلَىٰ كُرْسِيِّهِ جَسَدًا ثُمَّ أَنَابَ
Certainly We tested Solomon and cast upon his throne a lifeless body, then he turned back.
قَالَ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَهَبْ لِي مُلْكًا لَا يَنْبَغِي لِأَحَدٍ مِنْ بَعْدِي ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ
He said, “My Lord, forgive me and grant me a kingdom that will not belong to anyone after me. Truly, You are the Bestower.”
فَسَخَّرْنَا لَهُ الرِّيحَ تَجْرِي بِأَمْرِهِ رُخَاءً حَيْثُ أَصَابَ
So We subjected the wind to him, blowing gently by his command wherever he directed.
وَالشَّيَاطِينَ كُلَّ بَنَّاءٍ وَغَوَّاصٍ
And the devils — every builder and diver.
وَآخَرِينَ مُقَرَّنِينَ فِي الْأَصْفَادِ
And others bound together in chains.
هَٰذَا عَطَاؤُنَا فَامْنُنْ أَوْ أَمْسِكْ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ
“This is Our gift, so give freely or withhold, without account.”
وَإِنَّ لَهُ عِنْدَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَآبٍ
Truly, he has nearness to Us and a beautiful return.
وَاذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَا أَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُ أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ الشَّيْطَانُ بِنُصْبٍ وَعَذَابٍ
And remember Our servant Job, when he called out to his Lord, “Satan has afflicted me with hardship and suffering.”
ارْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَ ۖ هَٰذَا مُغْتَسَلٌ بَارِدٌ وَشَرَابٌ
“Strike the ground with your foot — here is a cool wash and a drink.”
وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُ أَهْلَهُ وَمِثْلَهُمْ مَعَهُمْ رَحْمَةً مِنَّا وَذِكْرَىٰ لِأُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ
We restored his family to him, and the like of them with them, as a mercy from Us and a reminder for people of understanding.
وَخُذْ بِيَدِكَ ضِغْثًا فَاضْرِبْ بِهِ وَلَا تَحْنَثْ ۗ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَاهُ صَابِرًا ۚ نِعْمَ الْعَبْدُ ۖ إِنَّهُ أَوَّابٌ
“Take in your hand a bundle of grass and strike with it, and do not break your oath.” We found him patient. What an excellent servant — he was ever turning back to God.
وَاذْكُرْ عِبَادَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ أُولِي الْأَيْدِي وَالْأَبْصَارِ
And remember Our servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob — possessors of strength and vision.
إِنَّا أَخْلَصْنَاهُمْ بِخَالِصَةٍ ذِكْرَى الدَّارِ
We purified them with a pure quality: remembrance of the Hereafter.
وَإِنَّهُمْ عِنْدَنَا لَمِنَ الْمُصْطَفَيْنَ الْأَخْيَارِ
They are, in Our sight, truly among the chosen, the finest.
وَاذْكُرْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَالْيَسَعَ وَذَا الْكِفْلِ ۖ وَكُلٌّ مِنَ الْأَخْيَارِ
And remember Ishmael, Elisha, and Dhul-Kifl — each was among the finest.
هَٰذَا ذِكْرٌ ۚ وَإِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ لَحُسْنَ مَآبٍ
This is a reminder. And surely the reverent will have a beautiful return.
جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ مُفَتَّحَةً لَهُمُ الْأَبْوَابُ
Gardens of eternity, their gates flung open to them.
مُتَّكِئِينَ فِيهَا يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِفَاكِهَةٍ كَثِيرَةٍ وَشَرَابٍ
Reclining therein, calling for abundant fruit and drink.
وَعِنْدَهُمْ قَاصِرَاتُ الطَّرْفِ أَتْرَابٌ
And beside them, companions of modest gaze, all of equal age.
هَٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِيَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ
This is what you are promised for the Day of Reckoning.
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَرِزْقُنَا مَا لَهُ مِنْ نَفَادٍ
Surely this is Our provision, never to be exhausted.
هَٰذَا ۚ وَإِنَّ لِلطَّاغِينَ لَشَرَّ مَآبٍ
So it is. But the transgressors will have the worst return.
جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَوْنَهَا فَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ
Hell, where they will burn. What a wretched resting place!
هَٰذَا فَلْيَذُوقُوهُ حَمِيمٌ وَغَسَّاقٌ
This — let them taste it: scalding water and foul discharge.
وَآخَرُ مِنْ شَكْلِهِ أَزْوَاجٌ
And other torments of its kind, in pairs.
هَٰذَا فَوْجٌ مُقْتَحِمٌ مَعَكُمْ ۖ لَا مَرْحَبًا بِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ صَالُو النَّارِ
“Here is a crowd plunging in with you. No welcome for them — they will burn in the Fire.”
قَالُوا بَلْ أَنْتُمْ لَا مَرْحَبًا بِكُمْ ۖ أَنْتُمْ قَدَّمْتُمُوهُ لَنَا ۖ فَبِئْسَ الْقَرَارُ
They said, “No, it is you who deserve no welcome. You brought this upon us. What a wretched abode!”
قَالُوا رَبَّنَا مَنْ قَدَّمَ لَنَا هَٰذَا فَزِدْهُ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا فِي النَّارِ
They said, “Our Lord, whoever brought this upon us — double his punishment in the Fire.”
وَقَالُوا مَا لَنَا لَا نَرَىٰ رِجَالًا كُنَّا نَعُدُّهُمْ مِنَ الْأَشْرَارِ
And they said, “Why do we not see men we used to count among the wicked?
أَتَّخَذْنَاهُمْ سِخْرِيًّا أَمْ زَاغَتْ عَنْهُمُ الْأَبْصَارُ
Did we take them in mockery, or have our eyes missed them?”
إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَحَقٌّ تَخَاصُمُ أَهْلِ النَّارِ
Surely that is true — the quarreling of the people of the Fire.
قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَنَا مُنْذِرٌ ۖ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ
Say, “I am only a warner, and there is no god but God, the One, the Vanquisher.
رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الْعَزِيزُ الْغَفَّارُ
Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, the All-Mighty, the Ever-Forgiving.”
قُلْ هُوَ نَبَأٌ عَظِيمٌ
Say, “It is a mighty tiding.
أَنْتُمْ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضُونَ
From which you turn away.
مَا كَانَ لِيَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ بِالْمَلَإِ الْأَعْلَىٰ إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ
I had no knowledge of the highest assembly when they disputed.
إِنْ يُوحَىٰ إِلَيَّ إِلَّا أَنَّمَا أَنَا نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ
It is only revealed to me that I am a clear warner.”
إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي خَالِقٌ بَشَرًا مِنْ طِينٍ
When your Lord said to the angels, “I am creating a human being from clay.
فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِنْ رُوحِي فَقَعُوا لَهُ سَاجِدِينَ
So when I have shaped him and breathed into him of My spirit, fall down before him in prostration.”
فَسَجَدَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ
So the angels prostrated, all of them together.
إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ اسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ
Except Iblis. He was arrogant and was among the disbelievers.
قَالَ يَا إِبْلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَيَّ ۖ أَسْتَكْبَرْتَ أَمْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الْعَالِينَ
He said, “O Iblis, what prevented you from prostrating to what I created with My own hands? Were you arrogant, or are you among the exalted?”
قَالَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْهُ ۖ خَلَقْتَنِي مِنْ نَارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُ مِنْ طِينٍ
He said, “I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay.”
قَالَ فَاخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ
He said, “Then get out of it, for you are accursed.
وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ لَعْنَتِي إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ
And upon you is My curse until the Day of Judgment.”
قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنْظِرْنِي إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ
He said, “My Lord, then grant me respite until the Day they are resurrected.”
قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنْظَرِينَ
He said, “You are among those granted respite.
إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُومِ
Until the Day of the appointed time.”
قَالَ فَبِعِزَّتِكَ لَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
He said, “Then by Your might, I will surely lead them all astray.
إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصِينَ
Except Your servants among them, the sincere ones.”
قَالَ فَالْحَقُّ وَالْحَقَّ أَقُولُ
He said, “The truth it is, and the truth I speak.
لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنْكَ وَمِمَّنْ تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
I will surely fill Hell with you and with whoever follows you among them, all together.”
قُلْ مَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُتَكَلِّفِينَ
Say, “I ask you no payment for it, and I am not one of the pretenders.
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَمِينَ
It is nothing but a reminder to all the worlds.
وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ نَبَأَهُ بَعْدَ حِينٍ
And you will surely know its tiding after a time.”