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The Letter "Saad"
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
wa-udh'kur ʿabdanā ayyūba idh nādā rabbahu annī massaniya l-shayṭānu binuṣ'bin waʿadhābin
And remember Our servant Job, when he called to his Lord, "Indeed, Satan has touched me with hardship and torment."
ur'kuḍ birij'lika hādhā mugh'tasalun bāridun washarābun
[So he was told], "Strike [the ground] with your foot; this is a [spring for a] cool bath and drink."
wawahabnā lahu ahlahu wamith'lahum maʿahum raḥmatan minnā wadhik'rā li-ulī l-albābi
And We granted him his family and a like [number] with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for those of understanding.
wakhudh biyadika ḍigh'than fa-iḍ'rib bihi walā taḥnath innā wajadnāhu ṣābiran niʿ'ma l-ʿabdu innahu awwābun
[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].
wa-udh'kur ʿibādanā ib'rāhīma wa-is'ḥāqa wayaʿqūba ulī l-aydī wal-abṣāri
And remember Our servants, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - those of strength and [religious] vision.
innā akhlaṣnāhum bikhāliṣatin dhik'rā l-dāri
Indeed, We chose them for an exclusive quality: remembrance of the home [of the Hereafter].
wa-innahum ʿindanā lamina l-muṣ'ṭafayna l-akhyāri
And indeed they are, to Us, among the chosen and outstanding.
wa-udh'kur is'māʿīla wal-yasaʿa wadhā l-kif'li wakullun mina l-akhyāri
And remember Ishmael, Elisha and Dhul-Kifl, and all are among the outstanding.
hādhā dhik'run wa-inna lil'muttaqīna laḥus'na maābin
This is a reminder. And indeed, for the righteous is a good place of return -
jannāti ʿadnin mufattaḥatan lahumu l-abwābu
Gardens of perpetual residence, whose doors will be opened to them.
muttakiīna fīhā yadʿūna fīhā bifākihatin kathīratin washarābin
Reclining within them, they will call therein for abundant fruit and drink.
waʿindahum qāṣirātu l-ṭarfi atrābun
And with them will be women limiting [their] glances and of equal age.
hādhā mā tūʿadūna liyawmi l-ḥisābi
This is what you, [the righteous], are promised for the Day of Account.
inna hādhā lariz'qunā mā lahu min nafādin
Indeed, this is Our provision; for it there is no depletion.
hādhā wa-inna lilṭṭāghīna lasharra maābin
This [is so]. But indeed, for the transgressors is an evil place of return -
jahannama yaṣlawnahā fabi'sa l-mihādu
Hell, which they will [enter to] burn, and wretched is the resting place.
hādhā falyadhūqūhu ḥamīmun waghassāqun
This - so let them taste it - is scalding water and [foul] purulence.
waākharu min shaklihi azwājun
And other [punishments] of its type [in various] kinds.
hādhā fawjun muq'taḥimun maʿakum lā marḥaban bihim innahum ṣālū l-nāri
[Its inhabitants will say], "This is a company bursting in with you. No welcome for them. Indeed, they will burn in the Fire."
qālū bal antum lā marḥaban bikum antum qaddamtumūhu lanā fabi'sa l-qarāru
They will say, "Nor you! No welcome for you. You, [our leaders], brought this upon us, and wretched is the settlement."