Surah Sad, Ayah 81-88 — 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.
ilā yawmi l-waqti l-maʿlūmi
Until the Day of the time well-known."
qāla fabiʿizzatika la-ugh'wiyannahum ajmaʿīna
[Iblees] said, "By Your might, I will surely mislead them all.
illā ʿibādaka min'humu l-mukh'laṣīna
Except, among them, Your chosen servants."
qāla fal-ḥaqu wal-ḥaqa aqūlu
[Allāh] said, "The truth [is My oath], and the truth I say -
la-amla-anna jahannama minka wamimman tabiʿaka min'hum ajmaʿīna
[That] I will surely fill Hell with you and those of them that follow you all together."
qul mā asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin wamā anā mina l-mutakalifīna
Say, [O Muḥammad], "I do not ask you for it [i.e., the Qur’ān] any payment, and I am not of the pretentious.
in huwa illā dhik'run lil'ʿālamīna
It is but a reminder to the worlds.
walataʿlamunna naba-ahu baʿda ḥīnin
And you will surely know [the truth of] its information after a time."