Surah Sad, Ayah 61-80 — Word by Word
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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.
qālū rabbanā man qaddama lanā hādhā fazid'hu ʿadhāban ḍiʿ'fan fī l-nāri
They will say, "Our Lord, whoever brought this upon us - increase for him double punishment in the Fire."
waqālū mā lanā lā narā rijālan kunnā naʿudduhum mina l-ashrāri
And they will say, "Why do we not see men whom we used to count among the worst?
attakhadhnāhum sikh'riyyan am zāghat ʿanhumu l-abṣāru
Is it [because] we took them in ridicule, or has [our] vision turned away from them?"
inna dhālika laḥaqqun takhāṣumu ahli l-nāri
Indeed, that is truth [i.e., reality] - the quarreling of the people of the Fire.
qul innamā anā mundhirun wamā min ilāhin illā l-lahu l-wāḥidu l-qahāru
Say, [O Muḥammad], "I am only a warner, and there is not any deity except Allāh, the One, the Prevailing,
rabbu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā l-ʿazīzu l-ghafāru
Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver."
qul huwa naba-on ʿaẓīmun
Say, "It is great news
antum ʿanhu muʿ'riḍūna
From which you turn away.
mā kāna liya min ʿil'min bil-mala-i l-aʿlā idh yakhtaṣimūna
I had no knowledge of the exalted assembly [of angels] when they were disputing [the creation of Adam].
in yūḥā ilayya illā annamā anā nadhīrun mubīnun
It has not been revealed to me except that I am a clear warner."
idh qāla rabbuka lil'malāikati innī khāliqun basharan min ṭīnin
[So mention] when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I am going to create a human being from clay.
fa-idhā sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu fīhi min rūḥī faqaʿū lahu sājidīna
So when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration."
fasajada l-malāikatu kulluhum ajmaʿūna
So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely,
illā ib'līsa is'takbara wakāna mina l-kāfirīna
Except Iblees; he was arrogant and became among the disbelievers.
qāla yāib'līsu mā manaʿaka an tasjuda limā khalaqtu biyadayya astakbarta am kunta mina l-ʿālīna
[Allāh] said, "O Iblees, what prevented you from prostrating to that which I created with My hands? Were you arrogant [then], or were you [already] among the haughty?"
qāla anā khayrun min'hu khalaqtanī min nārin wakhalaqtahu min ṭīnin
He said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."
qāla fa-ukh'ruj min'hā fa-innaka rajīmun
[Allāh] said, "Then get out of it [i.e., Paradise], for indeed, you are expelled.
wa-inna ʿalayka laʿnatī ilā yawmi l-dīni
And indeed, upon you is My curse until the Day of Recompense."
qāla rabbi fa-anẓir'nī ilā yawmi yub'ʿathūna
He said, "My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."
qāla fa-innaka mina l-munẓarīna
[Allāh] said, "So indeed, you are of those reprieved