38:1
Suad 38:1
صٓ وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ذِى ٱلذِّكْرِ Sad. CONSIDER this Qur’an, endowed with all that one ought to remember! (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Qur`an (200) Qur`an: full of Admonition (1)
38:2
Suad 38:2
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى عِزَّةٍ وَشِقَاقٍ But nay - they who are bent on denying the truth are lost in [false] pride, and [hence] deeply in the wrong. (asad) Audio ⟶
38:3
Suad 38:3
كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن قَرْنٍ فَنَادَوا۟ وَّلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٍ How many a generation have We destroyed before their time [for this very sin]! And [how] they called [unto Us] when it was too late to escape! (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Generations previous (62)
38:4
Suad 38:4
وَعَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ وَقَالَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا سَـٰحِرٌ كَذَّابٌ Now these [people] deem it strange that a warner should have come unto them from their own midst - and [so] the deniers of the truth are saying: “A [mere] spellbinder is he, a liar! (asad) Audio ⟶
38:5
Suad 38:5
أَجَعَلَ ٱلْـَٔالِهَةَ إِلَـٰهًا وَٰحِدًا إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَشَىْءٌ عُجَابٌ Does he claim that all the deities are [but] one God? Verily, a most strange thing is this!” (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Deities of Pagans (21) Unbelievers (304) Unbelievers: doubt Revelation (51)
38:6
Suad 38:6
وَٱنطَلَقَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِنْهُمْ أَنِ ٱمْشُوا۟ وَٱصْبِرُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِكُمْ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَشَىْءٌ يُرَادُ And their leaders launch forth [thus]: “Go ahead, and hold steadfastly onto your deities: this, behold, is the only thing to do! (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Allah: to Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth (53) Deities of Pagans (21) Unbelievers (304) Unbelievers: doubt Revelation (51)
38:7
Suad 38:7
مَا سَمِعْنَا بِهَـٰذَا فِى ٱلْمِلَّةِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا ٱخْتِلَـٰقٌ Never did we hear of [a claim like] this in any faith of latter days! It is nothing but [a mortal man’s] invention! (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Unbelievers (304) Unbelievers: doubt Revelation (51)
38:8
Suad 38:8
أَءُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلذِّكْرُ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ مِّن ذِكْرِى بَل لَّمَّا يَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِ What! Upon him alone from among all of us should a [divine] reminder have been bestowed from on high?” Nay, but it is My Own reminder that they distrust! Nay, they have not yet tasted the suffering which I do impose! (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Unbelievers (304) Unbelievers: doubt Revelation (51)
38:9
Suad 38:9
أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْوَهَّابِ Or do they [think that they] own the treasures of thy Sustainer’s grace - [the grace] of the Almighty, the Giver of Gifts? (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Allah`s attributes: Exalted in Power and Might (79) Allah`s mercy (65)
38:10
Suad 38:10
أَمْ لَهُم مُّلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فَلْيَرْتَقُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَسْبَـٰبِ Or [that] the dominion over the heavens and the earth and all that is between them is theirs? Why, then, let them try to ascend [to God-like power] by all [conceivable] means! (asad) Audio ⟶
38:11
Suad 38:11
جُندٌ مَّا هُنَالِكَ مَهْزُومٌ مِّنَ ٱلْأَحْزَابِ [But] there it is: any and all human beings, however [strongly] leagued together, are bound to suffer defeat [whenever they refuse to accept the truth]. (asad) Audio ⟶
38:12
Suad 38:12
كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ ذُو ٱلْأَوْتَادِ To the truth gave the lie aforetime Noah’s people, and [the tribe of] Ad, and Pharaoh of the [many] tent-poles, (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Ad people (70) Messengers (269) Messengers: rejected by their people (139) Noah (237) Noah: people of (41) Pharaoh: and Moses (174) Pharaoh: people of (50) Remembrance of Allah: effect on hearts (58) Remembrance of Allah: Remembrance of Allah (Zhikr) (38) Ad (54)
38:13
Suad 38:13
وَثَمُودُ وَقَوْمُ لُوطٍ وَأَصْحَـٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلْأَحْزَابُ and [the tribe of] Thamud, and the people of Lot, and the dwellers of the wooded dales [of Madyan]: they all were leagued together, [as it were, in their unbelief:] (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Lut (76) Lut: people of (26) Messengers (269) Messengers: rejected by their people (139) Thamuud (76) Wood Companions of the (20) Lot (47)
38:14
Suad 38:14
إِن كُلٌّ إِلَّا كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ عِقَابِ not one [was there] but gave the lie to the apostles - and thereupon My retribution fell due. (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Messengers (269) Messengers: rejected by their people (139)
38:15
Suad 38:15
وَمَا يَنظُرُ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً مَّا لَهَا مِن فَوَاقٍ And they [who now deny the truth - they, too,] have but to wait for one single blast [of punishment to overtake them]: it shall not be delayed a whit. (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Day of judgment: all mankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds (268) Day of judgment: single Mighty Blast (7)
38:16
Suad 38:16
وَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا عَجِّل لَّنَا قِطَّنَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ As it is, they say [mockingly]: “O our Sustainer! Hasten on to us our share [of punishment even] before the Day of Reckoning!” (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Day of judgment: all mankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds (268) Day of judgment: Day of Account (or Reckoning) (5)
38:17
Suad 38:17
ٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَٱذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَا دَاوُۥدَ ذَا ٱلْأَيْدِ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ [But] bear thou with patience whatever they may say, and remember Our servant David, him who was endowed with [so much] inner strength! He, verily, would always turn unto Us: (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
David: adjudicates (21) David: man of strength (1) Patience (59)
38:18
Suad 38:18
إِنَّا سَخَّرْنَا ٱلْجِبَالَ مَعَهُۥ يُسَبِّحْنَ بِٱلْعَشِىِّ وَٱلْإِشْرَاقِ [and for this,] behold, We caused the mountains to join him in extolling Our limitless glory at eventide and at sunrise, (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
David: adjudicates (21) David: celebrates Allah`s praises (5) Mountains (37) Prayer (114)
38:19
Suad 38:19
وَٱلطَّيْرَ مَحْشُورَةً كُلٌّ لَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ and [likewise] the birds in their assemblies: [together] they all Would turn again and again unto Him [who had created them]. (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Birds (21) David: adjudicates (21) David: celebrates Allah`s praises (5)
38:20
Suad 38:20
وَشَدَدْنَا مُلْكَهُۥ وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَفَصْلَ ٱلْخِطَابِ And We strengthened his dominion, and bestowed upon him wisdom and sagacity in judgment. (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
David: adjudicates (21) David: given power and wisdom (3) Wisdom (20)
38:21
Suad 38:21
وَهَلْ أَتَىٰكَ نَبَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَصْمِ إِذْ تَسَوَّرُوا۟ ٱلْمِحْرَابَ AND YET, has the story of the litigants come within thy ken - [the story of the two] who surmounted the walls of the sanctuary [in which David prayed]? (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
David: adjudicates (21) Litigants (4)
38:22
Suad 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 As they came upon David, and he shrank back in fear from them, they said: “Fear not! [We are but] two litigants. One of us has wronged the other: so judge thou between us with justice, and deviate not from what is right, and show [both of] us the way to rectitude. (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
David: adjudicates (21) Litigants (4)
38:23
Suad 38:23
إِنَّ هَـٰذَآ أَخِى لَهُۥ تِسْعٌ وَتِسْعُونَ نَعْجَةً وَلِىَ نَعْجَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ فَقَالَ أَكْفِلْنِيهَا وَعَزَّنِى فِى ٱلْخِطَابِ “Behold, this is my brother: he has ninety-nine ewes, whereas I have [only] one ewe - and yet he said, ‘Make her over to me,’ and forcibly prevailed against me in this [our] dispute.” (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
David: adjudicates (21) Litigants (4)
38:24
Suad 38:24
قَالَ لَقَدْ ظَلَمَكَ بِسُؤَالِ نَعْجَتِكَ إِلَىٰ نِعَاجِهِۦ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ ٱلْخُلَطَآءِ لَيَبْغِى بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَقَلِيلٌ مَّا هُمْ وَظَنَّ دَاوُۥدُ أَنَّمَا فَتَنَّـٰهُ فَٱسْتَغْفَرَ رَبَّهُۥ وَخَرَّ رَاكِعًا وَأَنَابَ Said [David]: “He has certainly wronged thee by demanding that thy ewe be added to his ewes! Thus, behold, do many kinsmen wrong one another [all] save those who believe [in God] and do righteous deeds: but how few are they!” And [suddenly] David understood that We had tried him: and so he asked his Sustainer to forgive him his sin, and fell down in prostration, and turned unto Him in repentance. (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
David: adjudicates (21) Litigants (4)
38:25
Suad 38:25
فَغَفَرْنَا لَهُۥ ذَٰلِكَ وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍ And thereupon We forgave him that [sin]: and, verily, nearness to Us awaits him [in the life to come], and the most beauteous of all goals! (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Allah: nearness to Him (16) David: adjudicates (21)
38:26
Suad 38:26
يَـٰدَاوُۥدُ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَـٰكَ 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 [And We said:] “O David! Behold, We have made thee a [prophet and, thus, Our] vicegerent on earth: judge, then, between men with justice, and do not follow vain desire, lest it lead thee astray from the path of God: verily, for those who go astray from the path of God there is suffering severe in store for having forgotten the Day of Reckoning!” (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
David: adjudicates (21) Day of judgment: all mankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds (268) Day of judgment: Day of Account (or Reckoning) (5) Vicegerent creation of (3)
38:27
Suad 38:27
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا بَـٰطِلًا ذَٰلِكَ ظَنُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ AND [thus it is:] We have not created heaven and earth and all that is between them without meaning and purpose, as is the surmise of those who are bent on denying the truth: but then, woe from the fire [of hell] unto all who are bent on denying the truth! (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Creation (106) Creation: not for idle sport (4) Hell (The Fire, The Blazing Flame): Hell (the fire, the blazing flame) (226)
38:28
Suad 38:28
أَمْ نَجْعَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ كَٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ نَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ كَٱلْفُجَّارِ [For,] would We treat those who have attained to faith and do righteous deeds in the same manner as [We shall treat] those who spread corruption on earth? Would We treat the God-conscious in the same manner as the wicked? (asad) Audio ⟶
38:29
Suad 38:29
كِتَـٰبٌ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ إِلَيْكَ مُبَـٰرَكٌ لِّيَدَّبَّرُوٓا۟ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ وَلِيَتَذَكَّرَ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ [All this have We expounded in this] blessed divine writ which We have revealed unto thee, [O Muhammad,] so that men may ponder over its messages, and that those who are endowed with insight may take them to heart. (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Qur`an (200) Qur`an: full of blessings (1) Qur`an: meditation upon its signs (1) Qur`an: revelation of (60)
38:30
Suad 38:30
وَوَهَبْنَا لِدَاوُۥدَ سُلَيْمَـٰنَ نِعْمَ ٱلْعَبْدُ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ AND UNTO DAVID We granted Solomon [as a son - and] how excellent a servant [of Ours he grew up to be]! Behold, he would always turn unto Us - (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Solomon (48) David (19)
38:31
Suad 38:31
إِذْ عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ بِٱلْعَشِىِّ ٱلصَّـٰفِنَـٰتُ ٱلْجِيَادُ [and even] when, towards the close of day, nobly-bred, swift-footed steeds were brought before him, (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Horses (13) Solomon (48) Solomon: and his horses (3)
38:32
Suad 38:32
فَقَالَ إِنِّىٓ أَحْبَبْتُ حُبَّ ٱلْخَيْرِ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّى حَتَّىٰ تَوَارَتْ بِٱلْحِجَابِ he would say, “Verily, I have come to love the love of all that is good because I bear my Sustainer in mind!” [repeating these words as the steeds raced away,] until they were hidden by the veil [of distance - whereupon he would command], (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Horses (13) Solomon (48) Solomon: and his horses (3)
38:33
Suad 38:33
رُدُّوهَا عَلَىَّ فَطَفِقَ مَسْحًۢا بِٱلسُّوقِ وَٱلْأَعْنَاقِ “Bring them back unto me!”- and would [lovingly] stroke their legs and their necks. (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Horses (13) Solomon (48) Solomon: and his horses (3)
38:34
Suad 38:34
وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا سُلَيْمَـٰنَ وَأَلْقَيْنَا عَلَىٰ كُرْسِيِّهِۦ جَسَدًا ثُمَّ أَنَابَ But [ere this], indeed, We had tried Solomon by placing upon his throne a [lifeless] body; and thereupon he turned [towards Us; and] (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Solomon (48) Solomon: tried by Allah (2)
38:35
Suad 38:35
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَهَبْ لِى مُلْكًا لَّا يَنۢبَغِى لِأَحَدٍ مِّنۢ بَعْدِىٓ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْوَهَّابُ he prayed: “O my Sustainer! Forgive me my sins, and bestow upon me the gift of a kingdom which may not suit anyone after me: verily, Thou alone art a giver of gifts!” (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Solomon (48) Solomon: tried by Allah (2) Prayer (114)
38:36
Suad 38:36
فَسَخَّرْنَا لَهُ ٱلرِّيحَ تَجْرِى بِأَمْرِهِۦ رُخَآءً حَيْثُ أَصَابَ And so We made subservient to him the wind, so that it gently sped at his behest whithersoever he willed, (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Solomon (48) Solomon: wondrous works of (13) Winds (39) Zachariah (183)
38:37
Suad 38:37
وَٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَ كُلَّ بَنَّآءٍ وَغَوَّاصٍ as well as all the rebellious forces [that We made to work for him] - every kind of builder and diver - (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Jinn (40) Jinn: employed by Solomon (8) Solomon (48) Solomon: wondrous works of (13) Builders (1) Divers (1)
38:38
Suad 38:38
وَءَاخَرِينَ مُقَرَّنِينَ فِى ٱلْأَصْفَادِ and others linked together in fetters. (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Jinn (40) Jinn: employed by Solomon (8) Solomon (48) Solomon: wondrous works of (13)
38:39
Suad 38:39
هَـٰذَا عَطَآؤُنَا فَٱمْنُنْ أَوْ أَمْسِكْ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ [And We told him:] “This is Our gift, for thee to bestow freely on others, or to withhold, without [having to render] account!” (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Solomon (48) Solomon: wondrous works of (13)
38:40
Suad 38:40
وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍ And, verily, nearness to Us awaits him [in the life to come], and the most beauteous of all goals! (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Allah: nearness to Him (16) Solomon (48) Solomon: wondrous works of (13)
38:41
Suad 38:41
وَٱذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَآ أَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَسَّنِىَ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ بِنُصْبٍ وَعَذَابٍ AND CALL to mind Our servant Job, [how it was] when he cried out to his Sustainer, “Behold, Satan has afflicted me with [utter] weariness and suffering!” (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Job (9) Iblis (Satan) (85)
38:42
Suad 38:42
ٱرْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَ هَـٰذَا مُغْتَسَلٌۢ بَارِدٌ وَشَرَابٌ [and thereupon was told:] “Strike [the ground] with thy foot: here is cool water to wash with and to drink!” (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Job (9) Water (50)
38:43
Suad 38:43
وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ أَهْلَهُۥ وَمِثْلَهُم مَّعَهُمْ رَحْمَةً مِّنَّا وَذِكْرَىٰ لِأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ And We bestowed upon him new offspring, doubling their number as an act of grace from Us, and as a reminder unto all who are endowed with insight. (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Job (9)
38:44
Suad 38:44
وَخُذْ بِيَدِكَ ضِغْثًا فَٱضْرِب بِّهِۦ وَلَا تَحْنَثْ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَـٰهُ صَابِرًا نِّعْمَ ٱلْعَبْدُ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ [And finally We told him:] “Now take in thy hand a small bunch of grass, and strike therewith, and thou wilt not break thine oath!” for, verily, We found him full of patience in adversity: how excellent a servant [of Ours], who, behold, would always turn unto Us! (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Job (9) Patience (59) Adversity (58)
38:45
Suad 38:45
وَٱذْكُرْ عِبَـٰدَنَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْحَـٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ أُو۟لِى ٱلْأَيْدِى وَٱلْأَبْصَـٰرِ AND CALL to mind Our servants Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, [all of them] endowed with inner strength and vision: (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Abraham (208) Abraham: Power and Vision (2) Isaac (19) Jacob (45)
38:46
Suad 38:46
إِنَّآ أَخْلَصْنَـٰهُم بِخَالِصَةٍ ذِكْرَى ٱلدَّارِ for, verily, We purified them by means of a thought most pure: the remembrance of the life to come. (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Abraham (208) Abraham: Power and Vision (2) Hereafter (72) Isaac (19) Jacob (45) Messengers (269) Messengers: preach the Clear Message (4)
38:47
Suad 38:47
وَإِنَّهُمْ عِندَنَا لَمِنَ ٱلْمُصْطَفَيْنَ ٱلْأَخْيَارِ And, behold, in Our sight they were indeed among the elect, the truly good! (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Abraham (208) Abraham: of the company of the Elect and the Good (1) Isaac (19) Jacob (45)
38:48
Suad 38:48
وَٱذْكُرْ إِسْمَـٰعِيلَ وَٱلْيَسَعَ وَذَا ٱلْكِفْلِ وَكُلٌّ مِّنَ ٱلْأَخْيَارِ And call to mind Ishmael and Elisha, and every one who [like them] has pledged himself [unto Us]: for, each of them was of the truly good! (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Dhu al Kifl (3) Elisha (2) Ismail (19) Ishmael (17)
38:49
Suad 38:49
هَـٰذَا ذِكْرٌ وَإِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ لَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍ LET [all] this be a reminder [to those who believe in God] - for, verily, the most beauteous of all goals awaits the God-conscious: (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Gardens of Paradise (164)
38:50
Suad 38:50
جَنَّـٰتِ عَدْنٍ مُّفَتَّحَةً لَّهُمُ ٱلْأَبْوَٰبُ gardens of perpetual bliss, with gates wide-open to them, (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Gardens of Bliss and Felicity ( and Delights Naim ): Gardens of Bliss and Felicity ( and Delights Naim ) (78) Gardens of Bliss and Felicity ( and Delights Naim ): Gardens of everlasting bliss (Adn) (11) Gardens of Paradise (164)
38:51
Suad 38:51
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ فِيهَا يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِفَـٰكِهَةٍ كَثِيرَةٍ وَشَرَابٍ wherein they will recline, [and] wherein they may [freely] call for many a fruit and drink, (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Food (96) Food: in Paradise (30) Gardens of Paradise (164) Gardens of Paradise: drink in (22)
38:52
Suad 38:52
وَعِندَهُمْ قَـٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ أَتْرَابٌ having beside them well-matched mates of modest gaze.” (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Gardens of Paradise (164) Hur (Companions in Paradise) (22)
38:53
Suad 38:53
هَـٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ This is what you are promised for the Day of Reckoning: (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Day of judgment: all mankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds (268) Day of judgment: Day of Account (or Reckoning) (5) Gardens of Paradise (164)
38:54
Suad 38:54
إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَرِزْقُنَا مَا لَهُۥ مِن نَّفَادٍ this, verily, shall be Our provision [for you], with no end to it! (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Allah`s Bounty (38) Gardens of Paradise (164)
38:55
Suad 38:55
هَـٰذَا وَإِنَّ لِلطَّـٰغِينَ لَشَرَّ مَـَٔابٍ All this [for the righteous]: but, verily, the most evil of all goals awaits those who are wont to transgress the bounds of what is right: (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Hell (205)
38:56
Suad 38:56
جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَوْنَهَا فَبِئْسَ ٱلْمِهَادُ hell will they have to endure - and how vile a resting-place! (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Hell (205) Hell (The Fire, The Blazing Flame): Hell (the fire, the blazing flame) (226)
38:57
Suad 38:57
هَـٰذَا فَلْيَذُوقُوهُ حَمِيمٌ وَغَسَّاقٌ This, [then, for them -] so let them taste it: burning despair and ice-cold darkness (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Hell (205) Water (50) Water: of Hell (15) Hell (The Fire, The Blazing Flame): Hell (the fire, the blazing flame) (226)
38:58
Suad 38:58
وَءَاخَرُ مِن شَكْلِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجٌ and, coupled with it, further [suffering] of a similar nature. (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Hell (205)
38:59
Suad 38:59
هَـٰذَا فَوْجٌ مُّقْتَحِمٌ مَّعَكُمْ لَا مَرْحَبًۢا بِهِمْ إِنَّهُمْ صَالُوا۟ ٱلنَّارِ [And they will say to one another: “Do you see] this crowd of people who rushed headlong [into sin] with you? No welcome to them! Verily, they [too] shall have to endure the fire!” (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Hell (205) Unbelievers (304) Unbelievers: mutual recriminations at judgment (20) Hell (The Fire, The Blazing Flame): Hell (the fire, the blazing flame) (226)
38:60
Suad 38:60
قَالُوا۟ بَلْ أَنتُمْ لَا مَرْحَبًۢا بِكُمْ أَنتُمْ قَدَّمْتُمُوهُ لَنَا فَبِئْسَ ٱلْقَرَارُ [And] they [who had been seduced] will exclaim: “Nay, but it is you! No welcome to you! It is you who have prepared this for us: and how vile a state to abide in!” (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Hell (205) Unbelievers (304) Unbelievers: mutual recriminations at judgment (20)
38:61
Suad 38:61
قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا مَن قَدَّمَ لَنَا هَـٰذَا فَزِدْهُ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا فِى ٱلنَّارِ [And] they will pray: “O our Sustainer! Whoever has prepared this for us, double Thou his suffering in the fire!” (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Hell (205) Unbelievers (304) Unbelievers: mutual recriminations at judgment (20) Hell (The Fire, The Blazing Flame): Hell (the fire, the blazing flame) (226)
38:62
Suad 38:62
وَقَالُوا۟ مَا لَنَا لَا نَرَىٰ رِجَالًا كُنَّا نَعُدُّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ And they will add: “How is it that we do not see [here any of the] men whom we were wont to count among the wicked, (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Hell (205) Unbelievers (304) Unbelievers: mutual recriminations at judgment (20)
38:63
Suad 38:63
أَتَّخَذْنَـٰهُمْ سِخْرِيًّا أَمْ زَاغَتْ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُ [and] whom we made the target of our derision? Or is it that [they are here, and] our eyes have missed them?” (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Hell (205) Unbelievers (304) Unbelievers: mutual recriminations at judgment (20)
38:64
Suad 38:64
إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَحَقٌّ تَخَاصُمُ أَهْلِ ٱلنَّارِ Such, behold, will in truth be the [confusion and] mutual wrangling of the people of the fire! (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Hell (205) Unbelievers (304) Unbelievers: mutual recriminations at judgment (20) Hell (The Fire, The Blazing Flame): Hell (the fire, the blazing flame) (226)
38:65
Suad 38:65
قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ مُنذِرٌ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَـٰهٍ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّارُ SAY [O Muhammad]: “I am only a warner; and there is no deity whatever save God, the One, who holds absolute sway over all that exists, (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Allah: no god but He (53) Allah`s attributes: Irresistible (8) Allah`s attributes: One God (21) Muhammad: a beautiful pattern of conduct (287) Muhammad: a bringer of glad tidings and a warner (34)
38:66
Suad 38:66
رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْغَفَّـٰرُ the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, the Almighty, the All-Forgiving!” (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Allah`s attributes: Exalted in Power and Might (79) Allah`s attributes: forgives again and again (5) Allah`s attributes: Lord of the heavens and earth [Rabb al SamduFat wa al Ar4] (10) Muhammad: a beautiful pattern of conduct (287) Muhammad: a bringer of glad tidings and a warner (34)
38:67
Suad 38:67
قُلْ هُوَ نَبَؤٌا۟ عَظِيمٌ Say: “This is a message tremendous: (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Muhammad: a beautiful pattern of conduct (287) Muhammad: a bringer of glad tidings and a warner (34)
38:68
Suad 38:68
أَنتُمْ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضُونَ [how can] you turn away from it?” (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Muhammad: a beautiful pattern of conduct (287) Muhammad: a bringer of glad tidings and a warner (34)
38:69
Suad 38:69
مَا كَانَ لِىَ مِنْ عِلْمٍۭ بِٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰٓ إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ [Say, O Muhammad:] “No knowledge would I have had of [what passed among] the host on high when they argued [against the creation of man], (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Exalted Assembly (chiefs on high) (2) Muhammad: a beautiful pattern of conduct (287) Muhammad: a bringer of glad tidings and a warner (34)
38:70
Suad 38:70
إِن يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ إِلَّآ أَنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ had it not been revealed unto me [by God] - to no other end than that I might convey [unto you] a plain warning. (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Muhammad: a beautiful pattern of conduct (287) Muhammad: a bringer of glad tidings and a warner (34)
38:71
Suad 38:71
إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَـٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّن طِينٍ [For,] lo, thy Sustainer said unto the angels: “Behold, I am about to create a human being out of clay; (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Adam: angels prostrated to him (36) Adam: creation of (7) Allah`s attributes: Creator (11) Angels (120) Angels: and Adam (11) Man: a creature of haste (93) Man: creation of (74) Humankind (55)
38:72
Suad 38:72
فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَـٰجِدِينَ and when I have formed him fully and breathed into him of My spirit, fall you down before him in prostration!” (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Adam: angels prostrated to him (36) Adam: creation of (7) Allah: gives you shape and makes your shapes beautiful (8) Angels (120) Angels: and Adam (11) Man: a creature of haste (93) Man: creation of (74) Spirit the (11)
38:73
Suad 38:73
فَسَجَدَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ Thereupon the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together, (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Adam: angels prostrated to him (36) Angels (120) Angels: and Adam (11)
38:74
Suad 38:74
إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ ٱسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ save Iblis: he gloried in his arrogance, and [thus] became one of those who deny the truth. (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
lblis ( Satan ): refused to prostrate (38) Iblis (Satan) (85)
38:75
Suad 38:75
قَالَ يَـٰٓإِبْلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَن تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَىَّ أَسْتَكْبَرْتَ أَمْ كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْعَالِينَ Said He: “O Iblis! What has kept thee from prostrating thyself before that [being] which I have created with My hands? Art thou too proud [to bow down before another created being], or art thou of those who think [only] of themselves as high?” (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
lblis ( Satan ): refused to prostrate (38) Iblis (Satan) (85)
38:76
Suad 38:76
قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍ Answered [Iblis]: “I am better than he: Thou hast created me out of fire, whereas him Thou hast created out of clay.” (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Jinn (40) Jinn: creation of (3) lblis ( Satan ): refused to prostrate (38) Humankind (55) Iblis (Satan) (85)
38:77
Suad 38:77
قَالَ فَٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ Said He: “Go forth, then, from this [angelic state] - for, behold, thou art henceforth accursed, (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
lblis ( Satan ): refused to prostrate (38) Iblis (Satan) (85)
38:78
Suad 38:78
وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ لَعْنَتِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ and My rejection shall be thy due until the Day of Judgment!” (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Allah`s curse (13) lblis ( Satan ): refused to prostrate (38) Iblis (Satan) (85)
38:79
Suad 38:79
قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ Said [Iblis]: “Then, O my Sustainer, grant me a respite till the Day when all shall be raised from the dead!” (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
lblis ( Satan ): refused to prostrate (38) Respite for evil (16) Iblis (Satan) (85) Resurrection (150)
38:80
Suad 38:80
قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ Answered He: “Verily, so [be it:] thou shalt be among those who are granted respite (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
lblis ( Satan ): refused to prostrate (38) Respite for evil (16) Iblis (Satan) (85)
38:81
Suad 38:81
إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلْمَعْلُومِ till the Day the time whereof is known [only to Me].” (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
lblis ( Satan ): refused to prostrate (38) Respite for evil (16) Iblis (Satan) (85)
38:82
Suad 38:82
قَالَ فَبِعِزَّتِكَ لَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ [Whereupon Iblis] said: “Then [I swear] by Thy very might: I shall most certainly beguile them all into grievous error – (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
lblis ( Satan ): refused to prostrate (38) Iblis (Satan) (85)
38:83
Suad 38:83
إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ [all] save such of them as are truly Thy servants!” (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
lblis ( Satan ): refused to prostrate (38) Sincerity (17) Iblis (Satan) (85)
38:84
Suad 38:84
قَالَ فَٱلْحَقُّ وَٱلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ [And God] said: “This, then, is the truth! And this truth do I state: (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
lblis ( Satan ): refused to prostrate (38) Iblis (Satan) (85)
38:85
Suad 38:85
لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكَ وَمِمَّن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ Most certainly will I fill hell with thee and such of them as shall follow thee, all together!” (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Hell (205) Hell: filled with jinn and men (5) Jinn (40) lblis ( Satan ): refused to prostrate (38) Hell (The Fire, The Blazing Flame): Hell (the fire, the blazing flame) (226) Iblis (Satan) (85)
38:86
Suad 38:86
قُلْ مَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلْمُتَكَلِّفِينَ SAY [O Prophet]: “No reward whatever do I ask of you for this [message]; and I am not one of those who claim to be what they are not. (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Muhammad: a beautiful pattern of conduct (287) Muhammad: does not ask rewards of people (7)
38:87
Suad 38:87
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ This [divine writ], behold, is no less than a reminder to all the worlds — (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Qur`an (200) Qur`an: Message to all the Worlds (5)
38:88
Suad 38:88
وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ نَبَأَهُۥ بَعْدَ حِينٍۭ and you will most certainly grasp its purport after a lapse of time!” (asad) Audio ⟶