Surah 38 of 114

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Sad · The Letter "Saad"

88 verses · Revealed in Makkah

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 38:1

   صٓ ۚ وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ذِى ٱلذِّكْرِ ۝١

   QaraiSuad. By the Quran bearing the Reminder,

2. 38:2

   بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى عِزَّةٍ وَشِقَاقٍ ۝٢

   Qaraithe faithless indeed dwell in conceit and defiance.

3. 38:3

   كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن قَرْنٍ فَنَادَوا۟ وَّلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٍ ۝٣

   QaraiHow many a generation We have destroyed before them! They cried out [for help], but gone was the time for escape.

4. 38:4

   وَعَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ ۖ وَقَالَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا سَٰحِرٌ كَذَّابٌ ۝٤

   QaraiThey consider it odd that there should come to them a warner from among themselves, and the faithless say, ‘This is a magician, a mendacious liar.’

5. 38:5

   أَجَعَلَ ٱلَْٔالِهَةَ إِلَٰهًا وَٰحِدًا ۖ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَىْءٌ عُجَابٌ ۝٥

   Qarai‘Has he reduced the gods to one god? This is indeed an odd thing!’

6. 38:6

   وَٱنطَلَقَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِنْهُمْ أَنِ ٱمْشُوا۟ وَٱصْبِرُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَىْءٌ يُرَادُ ۝٦

   QaraiTheir elite go about [urging others]: ‘Go and stand by your gods! This is indeed the desirable thing [to do].

7. 38:7

   مَا سَمِعْنَا بِهَٰذَا فِى ٱلْمِلَّةِ ٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا ٱخْتِلَٰقٌ ۝٧

   QaraiWe did not hear of this in the latter-day creed. This is nothing but a fabrication.

8. 38:8

   أَءُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلذِّكْرُ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ مِّن ذِكْرِى ۖ بَل لَّمَّا يَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِ ۝٨

   QaraiHas the Reminder been sent down to him out of [all of] us?’ Indeed, they are in doubt concerning My Reminder. Indeed, they have not yet tasted My punishment.

9. 38:9

   أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْوَهَّابِ ۝٩

   QaraiDo they possess the treasuries of the mercy of your Lord, the All-mighty, the All-munificent?

10. 38:10

    أَمْ لَهُم مُّلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ فَلْيَرْتَقُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَسْبَٰبِ ۝١٠

    QaraiDo they own the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them? [If so,] let them ascend [to the higher spheres] by the means [of ascension].

11. 38:11

    جُندٌ مَّا هُنَالِكَ مَهْزُومٌ مِّنَ ٱلْأَحْزَابِ ۝١١

    Qarai[They are but] a host routed out there of the factions.

12. 38:12

    كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ ذُو ٱلْأَوْتَادِ ۝١٢

    QaraiBefore them Noah’s people impugned [their apostle] and [so did the people of] ‘Ad, and Pharaoh, the Impaler [of his victims],

13. 38:13

    وَثَمُودُ وَقَوْمُ لُوطٍ وَأَصْحَٰبُ لَْٔيْكَةِ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلْأَحْزَابُ ۝١٣

    Qaraiand Thamud, and the people of Lot, and the inhabitants of Aykah: those were the factions.

14. 38:14

    إِن كُلٌّ إِلَّا كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ عِقَابِ ۝١٤

    QaraiThere was not any one but such as impugned the apostles; so My retribution became due [against them].

15. 38:15

    وَمَا يَنظُرُ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً مَّا لَهَا مِن فَوَاقٍ ۝١٥

    QaraiThese [too] do not await but a single Cry, which will not grant [them] any respite.

16. 38:16

    وَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا عَجِّل لَّنَا قِطَّنَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ ۝١٦

    QaraiThey say, ‘Our Lord! Hasten on for us our share before the Day of Reckoning.’

17. 38:17

    ٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَٱذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَا دَاوُۥدَ ذَا ٱلْأَيْدِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ ۝١٧

    QaraiBe patient over what they say, and remember Our servant, David, [the man] of strength. Indeed he was a penitent [soul].

18. 38:18

    إِنَّا سَخَّرْنَا ٱلْجِبَالَ مَعَهُۥ يُسَبِّحْنَ بِٱلْعَشِىِّ وَٱلْإِشْرَاقِ ۝١٨

    QaraiWe disposed the mountains to glorify [Allah] with him at evening and dawn,

19. 38:19

    وَٱلطَّيْرَ مَحْشُورَةً ۖ كُلٌّ لَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ ۝١٩

    Qaraiand the birds [as well], mustered [in flocks]; all echoing him [in a chorus].

20. 38:20

    وَشَدَدْنَا مُلْكَهُۥ وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَفَصْلَ ٱلْخِطَابِ ۝٢٠

    QaraiWe consolidated his kingdom and gave him wisdom and conclusive speech.

21. 38:21

    ۞ وَهَلْ أَتَىٰكَ نَبَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَصْمِ إِذْ تَسَوَّرُوا۟ ٱلْمِحْرَابَ ۝٢١

    QaraiHas there not come to you the account of the contenders, when they scaled the wall into the sanctuary?

22. 38:22

    إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ دَاوُۥدَ فَفَزِعَ مِنْهُمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ ۖ خَصْمَانِ بَغَىٰ بَعْضُنَا عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا تُشْطِطْ وَٱهْدِنَآ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلصِّرَٰطِ ۝٢٢

    QaraiWhen they entered into the presence of David, he was alarmed by them. They said, ‘Do not be afraid. [We are only] two contenders: one of us has bullied the other. So judge justly between us, and do not exceed [the bounds of justice], and show us the right path.’

23. 38:23

    إِنَّ هَٰذَآ أَخِى لَهُۥ تِسْعٌ وَتِسْعُونَ نَعْجَةً وَلِىَ نَعْجَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ فَقَالَ أَكْفِلْنِيهَا وَعَزَّنِى فِى ٱلْخِطَابِ ۝٢٣

    Qarai‘This brother of mine has ninety-nine ewes, while I have only a single ewe, and [yet] he says, ‘Commit it to my care,’ and he browbeats me in speech.’

24. 38:24

    قَالَ لَقَدْ ظَلَمَكَ بِسُؤَالِ نَعْجَتِكَ إِلَىٰ نِعَاجِهِۦ ۖ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ ٱلْخُلَطَآءِ لَيَبْغِى بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَقَلِيلٌ مَّا هُمْ ۗ وَظَنَّ دَاوُۥدُ أَنَّمَا فَتَنَّٰهُ فَٱسْتَغْفَرَ رَبَّهُۥ وَخَرَّ رَاكِعًا وَأَنَابَ ۩ ۝٢٤

    QaraiHe said, ‘He has certainly wronged you by asking your ewe in addition to his own ewes, and indeed many partners bully one another, except such as have faith and do righteous deeds, and few are they.’ Then David knew that We had tested him, whereat he pleaded with his Lord for forgiveness, and fell down in prostration and repented.

25. 38:25

    فَغَفَرْنَا لَهُۥ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مََٔابٍ ۝٢٥

    QaraiSo We forgave him that, and indeed he has [a station of] nearness with Us and a good destination.

26. 38:26

    يَٰدَاوُۥدُ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَٰكَ خَلِيفَةً فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ فَيُضِلَّكَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَضِلُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌۢ بِمَا نَسُوا۟ يَوْمَ ٱلْحِسَابِ ۝٢٦

    Qarai‘O David! Indeed, We have made you a vicegerent on the earth. So judge between people with justice, and do not follow your desires, or they will lead you astray from the way of Allah. Indeed there is a severe punishment for those who stray from the way of Allah, because of their forgetting the Day of Reckoning.’

27. 38:27

    وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا بَٰطِلًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ظَنُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ۚ فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ ۝٢٧

    QaraiWe did not create the sky and the earth and whatever is between them in vain. That is a conjecture of the faithless. So woe to the faithless for the Fire!

28. 38:28

    أَمْ نَجْعَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ كَٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ نَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ كَٱلْفُجَّارِ ۝٢٨

    QaraiShall We treat those who have faith and do righteous deeds like those who cause corruption on the earth? Shall We treat the Godwary like the vicious?

29. 38:29

    كِتَٰبٌ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ إِلَيْكَ مُبَٰرَكٌ لِّيَدَّبَّرُوٓا۟ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ وَلِيَتَذَكَّرَ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ ۝٢٩

    Qarai[This is] a blessed Book that We have sent down to you, so that they may contemplate its signs, and that those who possess intellect may take admonition.

30. 38:30

    وَوَهَبْنَا لِدَاوُۥدَ سُلَيْمَٰنَ ۚ نِعْمَ ٱلْعَبْدُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ ۝٣٠

    QaraiAnd to David We gave Solomon—what an excellent servant he was! Indeed, he was a penitent [soul].

31. 38:31

    إِذْ عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ بِٱلْعَشِىِّ ٱلصَّٰفِنَٰتُ ٱلْجِيَادُ ۝٣١

    QaraiOne evening when there were displayed before him prancing steeds,

32. 38:32

    فَقَالَ إِنِّىٓ أَحْبَبْتُ حُبَّ ٱلْخَيْرِ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّى حَتَّىٰ تَوَارَتْ بِٱلْحِجَابِ ۝٣٢

    Qaraihe said, ‘Indeed I have preferred the love of [worldly] niceties to the remembrance of my Lord until [the sun] disappeared behind the [night’s] veil.’

33. 38:33

    رُدُّوهَا عَلَىَّ ۖ فَطَفِقَ مَسْحًۢا بِٱلسُّوقِ وَٱلْأَعْنَاقِ ۝٣٣

    Qarai‘Bring it back for me!’ Then he [and others] began to wipe [their] legs and necks.

34. 38:34

    وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا سُلَيْمَٰنَ وَأَلْقَيْنَا عَلَىٰ كُرْسِيِّهِۦ جَسَدًا ثُمَّ أَنَابَ ۝٣٤

    QaraiCertainly We tried Solomon, and cast a [lifeless] body on his throne. Thereupon he was penitent.

35. 38:35

    قَالَ رَبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَهَبْ لِى مُلْكًا لَّا يَنۢبَغِى لِأَحَدٍ مِّنۢ بَعْدِىٓ ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْوَهَّابُ ۝٣٥

    QaraiHe said, ‘My Lord! Forgive me, and grant me a kingdom that will not befit anyone except me. Indeed You are the All-munificent.’

36. 38:36

    فَسَخَّرْنَا لَهُ ٱلرِّيحَ تَجْرِى بِأَمْرِهِۦ رُخَآءً حَيْثُ أَصَابَ ۝٣٦

    QaraiSo We disposed the wind for him, blowing softly wherever he intended by his command,

37. 38:37

    وَٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ كُلَّ بَنَّآءٍ وَغَوَّاصٍ ۝٣٧

    Qaraiand every builder and diver from the demons,

38. 38:38

    وَءَاخَرِينَ مُقَرَّنِينَ فِى ٱلْأَصْفَادِ ۝٣٨

    Qaraiand others [too] bound together in chains.

39. 38:39

    هَٰذَا عَطَآؤُنَا فَٱمْنُنْ أَوْ أَمْسِكْ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ ۝٣٩

    Qarai‘This is Our bounty: so withhold or bestow without any reckoning.’

40. 38:40

    وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مََٔابٍ ۝٤٠

    QaraiIndeed he has [a station of] nearness with Us and a good destination.

41. 38:41

    وَٱذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَآ أَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَسَّنِىَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ بِنُصْبٍ وَعَذَابٍ ۝٤١

    QaraiAnd remember Our servant Job [in the Quran]. When he called out to his Lord, ‘The devil has visited on me hardship and torment,’

42. 38:42

    ٱرْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَ ۖ هَٰذَا مُغْتَسَلٌۢ بَارِدٌ وَشَرَابٌ ۝٤٢

    Qarai[We told him:] ‘Stamp your foot on the ground; this [ensuing spring] will be a cooling bath and drink.’

43. 38:43

    وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ أَهْلَهُۥ وَمِثْلَهُم مَّعَهُمْ رَحْمَةً مِّنَّا وَذِكْرَىٰ لِأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ ۝٤٣

    QaraiWe gave [back] his family to him along with others like them, as a mercy from Us and an admonition for those who possess intellect.

44. 38:44

    وَخُذْ بِيَدِكَ ضِغْثًا فَٱضْرِب بِّهِۦ وَلَا تَحْنَثْ ۗ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَٰهُ صَابِرًا ۚ نِّعْمَ ٱلْعَبْدُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ ۝٤٤

    Qarai[We told him:] ‘Take a faggot in your hand and then strike [your wife] with it, but do not break [your] oath.’ Indeed, We found him to be patient. What an excellent servant! Indeed he was a penitent [soul].

45. 38:45

    وَٱذْكُرْ عِبَٰدَنَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ أُو۟لِى ٱلْأَيْدِى وَٱلْأَبْصَٰرِ ۝٤٥

    QaraiAnd remember Our servants, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, men of strength and insight.

46. 38:46

    إِنَّآ أَخْلَصْنَٰهُم بِخَالِصَةٍ ذِكْرَى ٱلدَّارِ ۝٤٦

    QaraiIndeed We purified them with exclusive remembrance of the abode [of the Hereafter].

47. 38:47

    وَإِنَّهُمْ عِندَنَا لَمِنَ ٱلْمُصْطَفَيْنَ ٱلْأَخْيَارِ ۝٤٧

    QaraiIndeed they are surely with Us among the elect of the best.

48. 38:48

    وَٱذْكُرْ إِسْمَٰعِيلَ وَٱلْيَسَعَ وَذَا ٱلْكِفْلِ ۖ وَكُلٌّ مِّنَ ٱلْأَخْيَارِ ۝٤٨

    QaraiAnd remember Ishmael, Elisha and Dhu’l-Kifl—each [of whom was] among the elect.

49. 38:49

    هَٰذَا ذِكْرٌ ۚ وَإِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ لَحُسْنَ مََٔابٍ ۝٤٩

    QaraiThis is a Reminder, and indeed the Godwary have a good destination:

50. 38:50

    جَنَّٰتِ عَدْنٍ مُّفَتَّحَةً لَّهُمُ ٱلْأَبْوَٰبُ ۝٥٠

    Qaraithe Gardens of Eden, whose gates will be flung open for them.

51. 38:51

    مُتَّكِِٔينَ فِيهَا يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِفَٰكِهَةٍ كَثِيرَةٍ وَشَرَابٍ ۝٥١

    QaraiReclining therein [on couches], they will call for abundant fruits and drinks,

52. 38:52

    ۞ وَعِندَهُمْ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ أَتْرَابٌ ۝٥٢

    Qaraiand there will be with them maidens of restrained glances, of a like age.

53. 38:53

    هَٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ ۝٥٣

    QaraiThis is what you are promised on the Day of Reckoning.

54. 38:54

    إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَرِزْقُنَا مَا لَهُۥ مِن نَّفَادٍ ۝٥٤

    QaraiThis is Our provision, which will never be exhausted.

55. 38:55

    هَٰذَا ۚ وَإِنَّ لِلطَّٰغِينَ لَشَرَّ مََٔابٍ ۝٥٥

    QaraiThis [will be for the righteous], and as for the rebellious there will surely be a bad destination:

56. 38:56

    جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَوْنَهَا فَبِئْسَ ٱلْمِهَادُ ۝٥٦

    Qaraihell, which they shall enter, an evil resting place.

57. 38:57

    هَٰذَا فَلْيَذُوقُوهُ حَمِيمٌ وَغَسَّاقٌ ۝٥٧

    Qarai[They will be told, ‘This is scalding water and pus; let them taste it,

58. 38:58

    وَءَاخَرُ مِن شَكْلِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجٌ ۝٥٨

    Qaraiand other kinds [of torments] resembling it.’

59. 38:59

    هَٰذَا فَوْجٌ مُّقْتَحِمٌ مَّعَكُمْ ۖ لَا مَرْحَبًۢا بِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ صَالُوا۟ ٱلنَّارِ ۝٥٩

    Qarai[The leaders of the faithless will be told,] ‘This is a group [of your followers] plunging [into hell] along with you.’ [They will repond,] ‘May wretchedness be their lot! For they will enter the Fire.’

60. 38:60

    قَالُوا۟ بَلْ أَنتُمْ لَا مَرْحَبًۢا بِكُمْ ۖ أَنتُمْ قَدَّمْتُمُوهُ لَنَا ۖ فَبِئْسَ ٱلْقَرَارُ ۝٦٠

    QaraiThey will say, ‘No, may wretchedness be your lot! You prepared this [hell] for us. What an evil abode!’

61. 38:61

    قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا مَن قَدَّمَ لَنَا هَٰذَا فَزِدْهُ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا فِى ٱلنَّارِ ۝٦١

    QaraiThey will say, ‘Our Lord! Whoever has prepared this for us, double his punishment in the Fire!’

62. 38:62

    وَقَالُوا۟ مَا لَنَا لَا نَرَىٰ رِجَالًا كُنَّا نَعُدُّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ ۝٦٢

    QaraiAnd they will say, ‘Why is it that we do not see [here] men whom we used to count among the bad ones,

63. 38:63

    أَتَّخَذْنَٰهُمْ سِخْرِيًّا أَمْ زَاغَتْ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْأَبْصَٰرُ ۝٦٣

    Qarairidiculing them, or do [our] eyes miss them [here]?’

64. 38:64

    إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَحَقٌّ تَخَاصُمُ أَهْلِ ٱلنَّارِ ۝٦٤

    QaraiThat is indeed a true account of the contentions of the inmates of the Fire.

65. 38:65

    قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ مُنذِرٌ ۖ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّارُ ۝٦٥

    QaraiSay, ‘I am just a warner, and there is no god except Allah, the One, the All-paramount,

66. 38:66

    رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْغَفَّٰرُ ۝٦٦

    Qaraithe Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the All-mighty, the All-forgiver.’

67. 38:67

    قُلْ هُوَ نَبَؤٌا۟ عَظِيمٌ ۝٦٧

    QaraiSay, ‘It is a great prophesy,

68. 38:68

    أَنتُمْ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضُونَ ۝٦٨

    Qaraiof which you are disregardful.

69. 38:69

    مَا كَانَ لِىَ مِنْ عِلْمٍۭ بِٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰٓ إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ ۝٦٩

    QaraiI have no knowledge of the Supernal Elite when they contend.

70. 38:70

    إِن يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ إِلَّآ أَنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ ۝٧٠

    QaraiAll that is revealed to me is that I am just a manifest warner.’

71. 38:71

    إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّن طِينٍ ۝٧١

    QaraiWhen your Lord said to the angels, ‘Indeed I am about to create a human being out of clay.

72. 38:72

    فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَٰجِدِينَ ۝٧٢

    QaraiSo when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My spirit, then fall down in prostration before him.’

73. 38:73

    فَسَجَدَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ ۝٧٣

    QaraiThereat the angels prostrated, all of them together,

74. 38:74

    إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ ٱسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ ۝٧٤

    Qaraibut not Iblis; he acted arrogantly and he was one of the faithless.

75. 38:75

    قَالَ يَٰٓإِبْلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَن تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَىَّ ۖ أَسْتَكْبَرْتَ أَمْ كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْعَالِينَ ۝٧٥

    QaraiHe said, ‘O Iblis! What keeps you from prostrating before that which I have created with My [own] two hands? Are you arrogant, or are you one of the exalted ones?’

76. 38:76

    قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ ۖ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍ ۝٧٦

    Qarai‘I am better than him,’ he said. ‘You created me from fire and You created him from clay.’

77. 38:77

    قَالَ فَٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ ۝٧٧

    QaraiHe said, ‘Begone hence, for you are indeed an outcast,

78. 38:78

    وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ لَعْنَتِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ۝٧٨

    Qaraiand indeed My curse will be on you till the Day of Retribution.’

79. 38:79

    قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ ۝٧٩

    QaraiHe said, ‘My Lord! Respite me till the day they will be resurrected.’

80. 38:80

    قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ ۝٨٠

    QaraiSaid He, ‘You are indeed among the reprieved

81. 38:81

    إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلْمَعْلُومِ ۝٨١

    Qaraiuntil the day of the known time.’

82. 38:82

    قَالَ فَبِعِزَّتِكَ لَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ۝٨٢

    QaraiHe said, ‘By Your might, I will surely pervert them,

83. 38:83

    إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ۝٨٣

    Qaraiexcept Your exclusive servants among them.’

84. 38:84

    قَالَ فَٱلْحَقُّ وَٱلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ ۝٨٤

    QaraiSaid He, ‘The truth is that—and I speak the truth—

85. 38:85

    لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكَ وَمِمَّن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ۝٨٥

    QaraiI will surely fill hell with you and all those who follow you.’

86. 38:86

    قُلْ مَآ أَسَْٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلْمُتَكَلِّفِينَ ۝٨٦

    QaraiSay, ‘I do not ask you any reward for it, and I am no impostor.

87. 38:87

    إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝٨٧

    QaraiIt is just a reminder for all the nations,

88. 38:88

    وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ نَبَأَهُۥ بَعْدَ حِينٍۭ ۝٨٨

    Qaraiand you will surely learn its tidings in due time.’