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Surah Sad

The Letter "Saad"

Chapter 38 of 114

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Surah Sad

Recited by Salaah Bukhaatir

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About this Surah

The Surah takes its name from the word wal-mursalat in the first verse.

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Surah 38 of 114

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Salaah Bukhaatir

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<h2>Name</h2>
<p>The Surah takes its name from the word <em>wal-mursalat</em> in the <a href=/77/1>first verse</a>.</p>
<h2>Period of Revelation</h2>
<p>Its subject matter bears full evidence that it was revealed in the earliest period at Makkah. If this Surah is read together with the two Surahs preceding it, namely Al-Qiyamah and Ad-Dahr, and the two Surahs following it, namely An-Naba and An-Naziat, it becomes obvious that all these Surahs are the Revelations of the same period, and they deal with one and the same theme, which has been impressed on the people of Makkah in different ways.</p>
<h2>Theme and Subject Matter</h2>
<p>Its theme is to affirm the Resurrection and Hereafter and to warn the people of the consequences which will ultimately follow the denial and the affirmation of these truths.</p>
<p>In the <a href=/77/1-7>first seven verses</a>, the system of winds has been presented as an evidence of the truth that the Resurrection which is being foretold by the Qur'an and the Prophet Muhammad (upon whom be Allah's peace and blessings) must come to pass. The reasoning is that the power of All-Mighty Allah Who established this wonderful system on the earth, cannot be helpless in bringing about the Resurrection, and the express wisdom which underlies this system bears full evidence that the Hereafter must appear, for no act of an All-Wise Creator can be vain and purposeless, and if there was no Hereafter, it would mean that the whole of one's life was useless and absurd.</p>
<p>The people of Makkah repeatedly asked, "Bring about the Resurrection with which you threaten us; only then shall we believe in it."In <a href=/77/8-15>vv. 8-15</a>, their demand has been answered, saying:"Resurrection is no sport or fun so that whenever a jester should ask for it, it should be brought forth immediately. It is indeed the Day of Judgment to settle the account of all mankind and of all its individuals. For it Allah has fixed a specific time it will take place at its own time, and when it takes place with all its dreads and horrors, it will confound those who are demanding it for fun today. Then their cases will be decided only on the evidence of those Messengers whom these deniers of the truth are repudiating with impunity. Then they will themselves realize how they themselves are responsible for their dooms</p>
<p>In <a href=/77/16-28>vv. 16-28</a> arguments have been given continuously for the occurrence and necessity of the Resurrection and Hereafter. In these it has been stated that man's own history, his own birth, and the structure of the earth on which he lives, bear the testimony that the coming of Resurrection and the establishment of the Hereafter are possible as well as the demand of Allah Almighty's wisdom. History tells us that the nations which denied the Hereafter ultimately became corrupted and met with destruction. This means that the Hereafter is a truth which if denied and contradicted by a nation by its conduct and attitude, will cause it to meet the same doom, which is met by a blind man who bushes headlong into an approaching train. And it also means that in the kingdom of the universe only physical laws are not at work but a moral law also is working in it, under which in this very world the process of retribution is operating. But since in the present life of the world retribution is not
taking place in its complete and perfect form, the moral law of the universe necessarily demands that there should come a time when it should take its full course and all those good works and evil deeds, which could not be rewarded here, or which escaped their due punishment should be fully rewarded and punished. For this it is inevitable that there should be a second life after death. If man only considers how he takes his birth in the world, his intellect, provided it is sound intellect, cannot deny that for the God Who began his creation from an insignificant sperm drop and developed him into a perfect man, it certainly possible to create the same man once again. After death the particles of man's body do not disappear but continue to exist on the same earth on which he lived his whole life. It is from the resources and treasures of this very earth that he is made and nourished and then into the same treasures of the earth he is deposited. The God who caused him to emerge from
the treasures of the earth, in the first instance, can also cause him to re-emerge from the same treasures after he has been restored to them at death. If one only considers the powers of Allah, one cannot deny that He can do this; and if one considers the wisdom of Allah, one also cannot deny that it is certainly the very demand of His wisdom to call man to account for the right and wrong use of the powers that He has granted him on the earth; it would rather be against wisdom to let him off without rendering an account.</p>
<p>Then, in <a href=/77/28-40>vv. 28-40</a>, the fate of the deniers of the Hereafter has been depicted, and in <a href=/77/41-45>vv. 41-45</a> of those who affirming faith in it in their worldly life, endeavored to improve their Hereafter, and abstained from the evils of disbelief and thought, morality and deed, conduct and character which might be helpful in man's worldly life, but are certainly ruinous for his life hereafter.</p>
<p>In the end, the deniers of the Hereafter and those who turn away from God-worship, have been warned as if to say: "Enjoy your short-lived worldly pleasure as you may, but your end will ultimately be disastrous." The discourse concludes with the assertion that the one who fails to obtain guidance from Book like the Qur'an, can have no ether source in the world to afford him Guidance.</p>

Verse by verse

Surah Sad · The Letter "Saad"

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. Ayah 1

    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ ص ۚ وَالْقُرْآنِ ذِي الذِّكْرِ

    Sad: By the Qur'an, Full of Admonition: (This is the Truth).

  2. Ayah 2

    بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فِي عِزَّةٍ وَشِقَاقٍ

    But the Unbelievers (are steeped) in self-glory and Separatism.

  3. Ayah 3

    كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن قَرْنٍ فَنَادَوا وَّلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٍ

    How many generations before them did We destroy? In the end they cried (for mercy)- when there was no longer time for being saved!

  4. Ayah 4

    وَعَجِبُوا أَن جَاءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ ۖ وَقَالَ الْكَافِرُونَ هَـٰذَا سَاحِرٌ كَذَّابٌ

    So they wonder that a Warner has come to them from among themselves! and the Unbelievers say, "This is a sorcerer telling lies!

  5. Ayah 5

    أَجَعَلَ الْآلِهَةَ إِلَـٰهًا وَاحِدًا ۖ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَشَيْءٌ عُجَابٌ

    "Has he made the gods (all) into one Allah? Truly this is a wonderful thing!"

  6. Ayah 6

    وَانطَلَقَ الْمَلَأُ مِنْهُمْ أَنِ امْشُوا وَاصْبِرُوا عَلَىٰ آلِهَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَشَيْءٌ يُرَادُ

    And the leader among them go away (impatiently), (saying), "Walk ye away, and remain constant to your gods! For this is truly a thing designed (against you)!

  7. Ayah 7

    مَا سَمِعْنَا بِهَـٰذَا فِي الْمِلَّةِ الْآخِرَةِ إِنْ هَـٰذَا إِلَّا اخْتِلَاقٌ

    "We never heard (the like) of this among the people of these latter days: this is nothing but a made-up tale!"

  8. Ayah 8

    أَأُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ الذِّكْرُ مِن بَيْنِنَا ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِي شَكٍّ مِّن ذِكْرِي ۖ بَل لَّمَّا يَذُوقُوا عَذَابِ

    "What! has the Message been sent to him - (Of all persons) among us?"... but they are in doubt concerning My (Own) Message! Nay, they have not yet tasted My Punishment!

  9. Ayah 9

    أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَائِنُ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّكَ الْعَزِيزِ الْوَهَّابِ

    Or have they the treasures of the mercy of thy Lord,- the Exalted in Power, the Grantor of Bounties without measure?

  10. Ayah 10

    أَمْ لَهُم مُّلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ فَلْيَرْتَقُوا فِي الْأَسْبَابِ

    Or have they the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all between? If so, let them mount up with the ropes and means (to reach that end)!

  11. Ayah 11

    جُندٌ مَّا هُنَالِكَ مَهْزُومٌ مِّنَ الْأَحْزَابِ

    But there - will be put to flight even a host of confederates.

  12. Ayah 12

    كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ ذُو الْأَوْتَادِ

    Before them (were many who) rejected messengers,- the people of Noah, and 'Ad, and Pharaoh, the Lord of Stakes,

  13. Ayah 13

    وَثَمُودُ وَقَوْمُ لُوطٍ وَأَصْحَابُ الْأَيْكَةِ ۚ أُولَـٰئِكَ الْأَحْزَابُ

    And Thamud, and the people of Lut, and the Companions of the Wood; - such were the Confederates.

  14. Ayah 14

    إِن كُلٌّ إِلَّا كَذَّبَ الرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ عِقَابِ

    Not one (of them) but rejected the messengers, but My punishment came justly and inevitably (on them).

  15. Ayah 15

    وَمَا يَنظُرُ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً مَّا لَهَا مِن فَوَاقٍ

    These (today) only wait for a single mighty Blast, which (when it comes) will brook no delay.

  16. Ayah 16

    وَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا عَجِّل لَّنَا قِطَّنَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ

    They say: "Our Lord! hasten to us our sentence (even) before the Day of Account!"

  17. Ayah 17

    اصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَاذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَا دَاوُودَ ذَا الْأَيْدِ ۖ إِنَّهُ أَوَّابٌ

    Have patience at what they say, and remember our servant David, the man of strength: for he ever turned (to Allah).

  18. Ayah 18

    إِنَّا سَخَّرْنَا الْجِبَالَ مَعَهُ يُسَبِّحْنَ بِالْعَشِيِّ وَالْإِشْرَاقِ

    It was We that made the hills declare, in unison with him, Our Praises, at eventide and at break of day,

  19. Ayah 19

    وَالطَّيْرَ مَحْشُورَةً ۖ كُلٌّ لَّهُ أَوَّابٌ

    And the birds gathered (in assemblies): all with him did turn (to Allah).

  20. Ayah 20

    وَشَدَدْنَا مُلْكَهُ وَآتَيْنَاهُ الْحِكْمَةَ وَفَصْلَ الْخِطَابِ

    We strengthened his kingdom, and gave him wisdom and sound judgment in speech and decision.

  21. Ayah 21

    وَهَلْ أَتَاكَ نَبَأُ الْخَصْمِ إِذْ تَسَوَّرُوا الْمِحْرَابَ

    Has the Story of the Disputants reached thee? Behold, they climbed over the wall of the private chamber;

  22. Ayah 22

    إِذْ دَخَلُوا عَلَىٰ دَاوُودَ فَفَزِعَ مِنْهُمْ ۖ قَالُوا لَا تَخَفْ ۖ خَصْمَانِ بَغَىٰ بَعْضُنَا عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ فَاحْكُم بَيْنَنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا تُشْطِطْ وَاهْدِنَا إِلَىٰ سَوَاءِ الصِّرَاطِ

    When they entered the presence of David, and he was terrified of them, they said: "Fear not: we are two disputants, one of whom has wronged the other: Decide now between us with truth, and treat us not with injustice, but guide us to the even Path..

  23. Ayah 23

    إِنَّ هَـٰذَا أَخِي لَهُ تِسْعٌ وَتِسْعُونَ نَعْجَةً وَلِيَ نَعْجَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ فَقَالَ أَكْفِلْنِيهَا وَعَزَّنِي فِي الْخِطَابِ

    "This man is my brother: He has nine and ninety ewes, and I have (but) one: Yet he says, 'commit her to my care,' and is (moreover) harsh to me in speech."

  24. Ayah 24

    قَالَ لَقَدْ ظَلَمَكَ بِسُؤَالِ نَعْجَتِكَ إِلَىٰ نِعَاجِهِ ۖ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ الْخُلَطَاءِ لَيَبْغِي بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَقَلِيلٌ مَّا هُمْ ۗ وَظَنَّ دَاوُودُ أَنَّمَا فَتَنَّاهُ فَاسْتَغْفَرَ رَبَّهُ وَخَرَّ رَاكِعًا وَأَنَابَ ۩

    (David) said: "He has undoubtedly wronged thee in demanding thy (single) ewe to be added to his (flock of) ewes: truly many are the partners (in business) who wrong each other: Not so do those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, and how few are they?"... and David gathered that We had tried him: he asked forgiveness of his Lord, fell down, bowing (in prostration), and turned (to Allah in repentance).

  25. Ayah 25

    فَغَفَرْنَا لَهُ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَإِنَّ لَهُ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَآبٍ

    So We forgave him this (lapse): he enjoyed, indeed, a Near Approach to Us, and a beautiful place of (Final) Return.

  26. Ayah 26

    يَا دَاوُودُ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَاكَ خَلِيفَةً فِي الْأَرْضِ فَاحْكُم بَيْنَ النَّاسِ بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعِ الْهَوَىٰ فَيُضِلَّكَ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَضِلُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ بِمَا نَسُوا يَوْمَ الْحِسَابِ

    O David! We did indeed make thee a vicegerent on earth: so judge thou between men in truth (and justice): Nor follow thou the lusts (of thy heart), for they will mislead thee from the Path of Allah: for those who wander astray from the Path of Allah, is a Penalty Grievous, for that they forget the Day of Account.

  27. Ayah 27

    وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاءَ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا بَاطِلًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ظَنُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا ۚ فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنَ النَّارِ

    Not without purpose did We create heaven and earth and all between! that were the thought of Unbelievers! but woe to the Unbelievers because of the Fire (of Hell)!

  28. Ayah 28

    أَمْ نَجْعَلُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ كَالْمُفْسِدِينَ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَمْ نَجْعَلُ الْمُتَّقِينَ كَالْفُجَّارِ

    Shall We treat those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, the same as those who do mischief on earth? Shall We treat those who guard against evil, the same as those who turn aside from the right?

  29. Ayah 29

    كِتَابٌ أَنزَلْنَاهُ إِلَيْكَ مُبَارَكٌ لِّيَدَّبَّرُوا آيَاتِهِ وَلِيَتَذَكَّرَ أُولُو الْأَلْبَابِ

    (Here is) a Book which We have sent down unto thee, full of blessings, that they may mediate on its Signs, and that men of understanding may receive admonition.

  30. Ayah 30

    وَوَهَبْنَا لِدَاوُودَ سُلَيْمَانَ ۚ نِعْمَ الْعَبْدُ ۖ إِنَّهُ أَوَّابٌ

    To David We gave Solomon (for a son),- How excellent in Our service! Ever did he turn (to Us)!

  31. Ayah 31

    إِذْ عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ بِالْعَشِيِّ الصَّافِنَاتُ الْجِيَادُ

    Behold, there were brought before him, at eventide coursers of the highest breeding, and swift of foot;

  32. Ayah 32

    فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَحْبَبْتُ حُبَّ الْخَيْرِ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّي حَتَّىٰ تَوَارَتْ بِالْحِجَابِ

    And he said, "Truly do I love the love of good, with a view to the glory of my Lord,"- until (the sun) was hidden in the veil (of night):

  33. Ayah 33

    رُدُّوهَا عَلَيَّ ۖ فَطَفِقَ مَسْحًا بِالسُّوقِ وَالْأَعْنَاقِ

    "Bring them back to me." then began he to pass his hand over (their) legs and their necks.

  34. Ayah 34

    وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا سُلَيْمَانَ وَأَلْقَيْنَا عَلَىٰ كُرْسِيِّهِ جَسَدًا ثُمَّ أَنَابَ

    And We did try Solomon: We placed on his throne a body (without life); but he did turn (to Us in true devotion):

  35. Ayah 35

    قَالَ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَهَبْ لِي مُلْكًا لَّا يَنبَغِي لِأَحَدٍ مِّن بَعْدِي ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْوَهَّابُ

    He said, "O my Lord! Forgive me, and grant me a kingdom which, (it may be), suits not another after me: for Thou art the Grantor of Bounties (without measure).

  36. Ayah 36

    فَسَخَّرْنَا لَهُ الرِّيحَ تَجْرِي بِأَمْرِهِ رُخَاءً حَيْثُ أَصَابَ

    Then We subjected the wind to his power, to flow gently to his order, Whithersoever he willed,-

  37. Ayah 37

    وَالشَّيَاطِينَ كُلَّ بَنَّاءٍ وَغَوَّاصٍ

    As also the evil ones, (including) every kind of builder and diver,-

  38. Ayah 38

    وَآخَرِينَ مُقَرَّنِينَ فِي الْأَصْفَادِ

    As also others bound together in fetters.

  39. Ayah 39

    هَـٰذَا عَطَاؤُنَا فَامْنُنْ أَوْ أَمْسِكْ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

    "Such are Our Bounties: whether thou bestow them (on others) or withhold them, no account will be asked."

  40. Ayah 40

    وَإِنَّ لَهُ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَآبٍ

    And he enjoyed, indeed, a Near Approach to Us, and a beautiful Place of (Final) Return.

  41. Ayah 41

    وَاذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَا أَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُ أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ الشَّيْطَانُ بِنُصْبٍ وَعَذَابٍ

    Commemorate Our Servant Job. Behold he cried to his Lord: "The Evil One has afflicted me with distress and suffering!"

  42. Ayah 42

    ارْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَ ۖ هَـٰذَا مُغْتَسَلٌ بَارِدٌ وَشَرَابٌ

    (The command was given:) "Strike with thy foot: here is (water) wherein to wash, cool and refreshing, and (water) to drink."

  43. Ayah 43

    وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُ أَهْلَهُ وَمِثْلَهُم مَّعَهُمْ رَحْمَةً مِّنَّا وَذِكْرَىٰ لِأُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ

    And We gave him (back) his people, and doubled their number,- as a Grace from Ourselves, and a thing for commemoration, for all who have Understanding.

  44. Ayah 44

    وَخُذْ بِيَدِكَ ضِغْثًا فَاضْرِب بِّهِ وَلَا تَحْنَثْ ۗ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَاهُ صَابِرًا ۚ نِّعْمَ الْعَبْدُ ۖ إِنَّهُ أَوَّابٌ

    "And take in thy hand a little grass, and strike therewith: and break not (thy oath)." Truly We found him full of patience and constancy. How excellent in Our service! ever did he turn (to Us)!

  45. Ayah 45

    وَاذْكُرْ عِبَادَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ أُولِي الْأَيْدِي وَالْأَبْصَارِ

    And commemorate Our Servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, possessors of Power and Vision.

  46. Ayah 46

    إِنَّا أَخْلَصْنَاهُم بِخَالِصَةٍ ذِكْرَى الدَّارِ

    Verily We did choose them for a special (purpose)- proclaiming the Message of the Hereafter.

  47. Ayah 47

    وَإِنَّهُمْ عِندَنَا لَمِنَ الْمُصْطَفَيْنَ الْأَخْيَارِ

    They were, in Our sight, truly, of the company of the Elect and the Good.

  48. Ayah 48

    وَاذْكُرْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَالْيَسَعَ وَذَا الْكِفْلِ ۖ وَكُلٌّ مِّنَ الْأَخْيَارِ

    And commemorate Isma'il, Elisha, and Zul-Kifl: Each of them was of the Company of the Good.

  49. Ayah 49

    هَـٰذَا ذِكْرٌ ۚ وَإِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ لَحُسْنَ مَآبٍ

    This is a Message (of admonition): and verily, for the righteous, is a beautiful Place of (Final) Return,-

  50. Ayah 50

    جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ مُّفَتَّحَةً لَّهُمُ الْأَبْوَابُ

    Gardens of Eternity, whose doors will (ever) be open to them;

  51. Ayah 51

    مُتَّكِئِينَ فِيهَا يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِفَاكِهَةٍ كَثِيرَةٍ وَشَرَابٍ

    Therein will they recline (at ease): Therein can they call (at pleasure) for fruit in abundance, and (delicious) drink;

  52. Ayah 52

    وَعِندَهُمْ قَاصِرَاتُ الطَّرْفِ أَتْرَابٌ

    And beside them will be chaste women restraining their glances, (companions) of equal age.

  53. Ayah 53

    هَـٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِيَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ

    Such is the Promise made, to you for the Day of Account!

  54. Ayah 54

    إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَرِزْقُنَا مَا لَهُ مِن نَّفَادٍ

    Truly such will be Our Bounty (to you); it will never fail;-

  55. Ayah 55

    هَـٰذَا ۚ وَإِنَّ لِلطَّاغِينَ لَشَرَّ مَآبٍ

    Yea, such! but - for the wrong-doers will be an evil place of (Final) Return!-

  56. Ayah 56

    جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَوْنَهَا فَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ

    Hell!- they will burn therein, - an evil bed (indeed, to lie on)!-

  57. Ayah 57

    هَـٰذَا فَلْيَذُوقُوهُ حَمِيمٌ وَغَسَّاقٌ

    Yea, such! - then shall they taste it,- a boiling fluid, and a fluid dark, murky, intensely cold!-

  58. Ayah 58

    وَآخَرُ مِن شَكْلِهِ أَزْوَاجٌ

    And other Penalties of a similar kind, to match them!

  59. Ayah 59

    هَـٰذَا فَوْجٌ مُّقْتَحِمٌ مَّعَكُمْ ۖ لَا مَرْحَبًا بِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ صَالُو النَّارِ

    Here is a troop rushing headlong with you! No welcome for them! truly, they shall burn in the Fire!

  60. Ayah 60

    قَالُوا بَلْ أَنتُمْ لَا مَرْحَبًا بِكُمْ ۖ أَنتُمْ قَدَّمْتُمُوهُ لَنَا ۖ فَبِئْسَ الْقَرَارُ

    (The followers shall cry to the misleaders:) "Nay, ye (too)! No welcome for you! It is ye who have brought this upon us! Now evil is (this) place to stay in!"

  61. Ayah 61

    قَالُوا رَبَّنَا مَن قَدَّمَ لَنَا هَـٰذَا فَزِدْهُ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا فِي النَّارِ

    They will say: "Our Lord! whoever brought this upon us,- Add to him a double Penalty in the Fire!"

  62. Ayah 62

    وَقَالُوا مَا لَنَا لَا نَرَىٰ رِجَالًا كُنَّا نَعُدُّهُم مِّنَ الْأَشْرَارِ

    And they will say: "What has happened to us that we see not men whom we used to number among the bad ones?

  63. Ayah 63

    أَتَّخَذْنَاهُمْ سِخْرِيًّا أَمْ زَاغَتْ عَنْهُمُ الْأَبْصَارُ

    "Did we treat them (as such) in ridicule, or have (our) eyes failed to perceive them?"

  64. Ayah 64

    إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَحَقٌّ تَخَاصُمُ أَهْلِ النَّارِ

    Truly that is just and fitting,- the mutual recriminations of the People of the Fire!

  65. Ayah 65

    قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَنَا مُنذِرٌ ۖ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَـٰهٍ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ

    Say: "Truly am I a Warner: no god is there but the one Allah, Supreme and Irresistible,-

  66. Ayah 66

    رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الْعَزِيزُ الْغَفَّارُ

    "The Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between,- Exalted in Might, able to enforce His Will, forgiving again and again."

  67. Ayah 67

    قُلْ هُوَ نَبَأٌ عَظِيمٌ

    Say: "That is a Message Supreme (above all),-

  68. Ayah 68

    أَنتُمْ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضُونَ

    "From which ye do turn away!

  69. Ayah 69

    مَا كَانَ لِيَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ بِالْمَلَإِ الْأَعْلَىٰ إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ

    "No knowledge have I of the Chiefs on high, when they discuss (matters) among themselves.

  70. Ayah 70

    إِن يُوحَىٰ إِلَيَّ إِلَّا أَنَّمَا أَنَا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

    'Only this has been revealed to me: that I am to give warning plainly and publicly."

  71. Ayah 71

    إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي خَالِقٌ بَشَرًا مِّن طِينٍ

    Behold, thy Lord said to the angels: "I am about to create man from clay:

  72. Ayah 72

    فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِي فَقَعُوا لَهُ سَاجِدِينَ

    "When I have fashioned him (in due proportion) and breathed into him of My spirit, fall ye down in obeisance unto him."

  73. Ayah 73

    فَسَجَدَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ

    So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together:

  74. Ayah 74

    إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ اسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ

    Not so Iblis: he was haughty, and became one of those who reject Faith.

  75. Ayah 75

    قَالَ يَا إِبْلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَن تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَيَّ ۖ أَسْتَكْبَرْتَ أَمْ كُنتَ مِنَ الْعَالِينَ

    (Allah) said: "O Iblis! What prevents thee from prostrating thyself to one whom I have created with my hands? Art thou haughty? Or art thou one of the high (and mighty) ones?"

  76. Ayah 76

    قَالَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ ۖ خَلَقْتَنِي مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُ مِن طِينٍ

    (Iblis) said: "I am better than he: thou createdst me from fire, and him thou createdst from clay."

  77. Ayah 77

    قَالَ فَاخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ

    (Allah) said: "Then get thee out from here: for thou art rejected, accursed.

  78. Ayah 78

    وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ لَعْنَتِي إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ

    "And My curse shall be on thee till the Day of Judgment."

  79. Ayah 79

    قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِي إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

    (Iblis) said: "O my Lord! Give me then respite till the Day the (dead) are raised."

  80. Ayah 80

    قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنظَرِينَ

    (Allah) said: "Respite then is granted thee-

  81. Ayah 81

    إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُومِ

    "Till the Day of the Time Appointed."

  82. Ayah 82

    قَالَ فَبِعِزَّتِكَ لَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

    (Iblis) said: "Then, by Thy power, I will put them all in the wrong,-

  83. Ayah 83

    إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصِينَ

    "Except Thy Servants amongst them, sincere and purified (by Thy Grace)."

  84. Ayah 84

    قَالَ فَالْحَقُّ وَالْحَقَّ أَقُولُ

    (Allah) said: "Then it is just and fitting- and I say what is just and fitting-

  85. Ayah 85

    لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكَ وَمِمَّن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

    "That I will certainly fill Hell with thee and those that follow thee,- every one."

  86. Ayah 86

    قُلْ مَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُتَكَلِّفِينَ

    Say: "No reward do I ask of you for this (Qur'an), nor am I a pretender.

  87. Ayah 87

    إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ

    "This is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds.

  88. Ayah 88

    وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ نَبَأَهُ بَعْدَ حِينٍ

    "And ye shall certainly know the truth of it (all) after a while."

About the Quran

The Quran

The Quran is the holy scripture of Islam. Muslims believe that it is the literal word of Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى), revealed to the Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) over a period of 23 years. The Quran is composed of 114 Surahs (chapters) and contains 6,236 Ayat (verses). Muslim beliefs and practices are based on the Quran and the Sunnah, the teachings and example of the Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم).

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Meccan Surahs

The Meccan Surahs are the earliest revelations sent down to the Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم). They were revealed in Mecca, hence their name. These revelations form the foundation of the Islamic faith and contain guidance for Muslims on how to live their lives. The Meccan Surahs are also notable for their poetic beauty and lyrical prose.

Medinan Surahs

The Medinan Surahs are the later Surahs that, according to Islamic tradition, were revealed in Medina after the Prophet Muhammad's (صلى الله عليه وسلم) hijra from Mecca. They were revealed by Allah (سبحانه و تعالى) when the Muslim community was larger and more developed, as opposed to their minority position in Mecca.

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