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"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Hejira" }, { "title": "Sahih International · English translation (AlQuran Cloud)", "url": "https://alquran.cloud/quran/en.sahih" }, { "title": "Sahih International · English translation (AlQuran Cloud)", "url": "https://alquran.cloud/quran/en.sahih" } ], "titles": [ "Sad and the Quran's reminder", "Pride that divides", "A plea after the moment has passed", "A familiar messenger dismissed", "One God challenges inherited loyalties", "Leaders organize resistance", "Familiarity mistaken for proof", "Why him, rather than us?", "Who owns the treasures of mercy?", "The limits of human authority", "A faction without lasting power", "Earlier peoples remembered", "The pattern extends", "Denial and its consequence", "One overwhelming cry", "Mocking the reckoning", "David: strength joined to return", "Mountains joining in praise", "Birds gathered in devotion", "Authority, wisdom and clear speech", "The unexpected litigants", "A request for fair judgment", "Ninety-nine ewes and one", "Recognizing the test and returning", "Forgiveness and a good return", "Power accountable to justice", "Creation has purpose", "Good and corruption are not equal", "A Book for thoughtful reflection", "Solomon, an excellent servant", "The horses at evening", "Possessions and remembrance", "An action interpreted differently", "The test at the throne", "Forgiveness before a royal gift", "The wind made subject", "Builders and divers", "Authority with restraint", "A gift within a particular commission", "Nearness beyond worldly command", "Job's cry in distress", "Cool water and relief", "A household restored by mercy", "Patience and an oath's resolution", "Strength and insight", "Remembering the final home", "Chosen and excellent", "The remembered company continues", "A reminder and a good return", "Gates opened in welcome", "Rest, fruit and drink", "Companionship in the garden", "A promise for the reckoning", "Provision that does not end", "The contrasting return", "A terrible resting place", "The severity of the warning", "A further warning of suffering", "No welcome among the arrivals", "Followers answer their leaders", "The cost of misleading others", "Where are those we once despised?", "Mockery put in question", "Alliances ending in quarrels", "A warner and one God", "The Mighty and Forgiving Lord", "Momentous news", "Turning from what matters", "Knowledge received, not invented", "Revelation for a clear warning", "A human created from clay", "Life honored by divine command", "The angels obey", "Pride refuses", "The question that exposes arrogance", "A false claim of superiority", "The consequence of refusal", "A judgment with an appointed horizon", "Delay sought without repentance", "A reprieve is granted", "A time whose limit is appointed", "A vow to mislead", "Sincerity against deception", "Truth frames the response", "The consequence of following", "No fee and no pretension", "A reminder for all peoples", "Its truth will become known" ], "notes": [ "The opening letter gives the Surah its name, followed by an oath invoking the Quran's reminder. Its recited sound is preserved without a speculative hidden meaning. The opening directs attention toward what the message recalls and what its listeners resist.", "The obstacle is described as pride and division. The verse turns from the authority of the reminder to the attitude meeting it. A person can hear words clearly while remaining unwilling to consider them because of rivalry, status or self-importance.", "Earlier generations cried out only when escape was no longer possible. The warning makes the timing of response important. A reader still able to listen and change occupies a different moment, where recognition can become action rather than helpless regret.", "A messenger from within the community is treated as astonishing and dismissed through accusations. Familiarity becomes a reason for rejection instead of understanding. The verse exposes how labels can protect an audience from engaging with evidence that arrives through an unexpected person.", "The demand to recognize one God challenges the opponents' inherited religious arrangement. Their astonishment is reported rather than endorsed. The verse invites readers to distinguish the shock of unfamiliar teaching from a reasoned judgment about whether that teaching is true.", "Community leaders urge persistence in their gods and interpret the message as a scheme. Their influence shapes what others are willing to hear. The scene asks whether leadership encourages honest consideration or organizes resistance before the question can be examined.", "The opponents appeal to what they have previously heard and call the message invented. The narrative highlights an argument from familiarity. Tradition can be valuable, but its mere familiarity does not by itself settle every claim about truth or revelation.", "The objection turns toward why this person should receive the reminder. Status and comparison intrude upon the question of truth. The verse exposes envy as a possible source of doubt, asking whether resentment about the messenger has replaced examination of the message.", "The treasures of divine mercy do not belong to the critics. Their preferences cannot determine whom the Bestower chooses. The question loosens the connection people often assume between social rank and entitlement to receive or distribute spiritual gifts.", "The challengers are asked whether they own the heavens and earth or can ascend by their own means. The image exposes the scale of their presumption. Human authority over a small sphere does not confer control over revelation or divine choice.", "The apparently formidable opposition is pictured as a defeated faction. The verse places present intimidation within a larger judgment of power. It encourages perspective without identifying a modern political group or allowing the reader to predict an unsupported military timetable.", "Noah's people, Ad and Pharaoh introduce earlier examples of denial. The list connects the current dispute to a recurring human response. The Quran names figures and peoples for reflection, without providing a full chronology or a dynastic identification of Pharaoh.", "Thamud, Lot's people and the dwellers of the wood extend the remembered pattern. Their grouping concerns resistance to messengers, not a claim that every individual shared one response. No precise map coordinates or modern community labels are supplied here.", "The shared element among the earlier groups is denial of messengers, followed by consequence. The verse gathers a varied history into one warning. Its purpose is ethical remembrance rather than providing the detailed archaeological record of each named people.", "A single overwhelming cry is enough to end the imagined security of those warned. The language gives no room for confidence in a repeated chance afterward. Its urgency calls for attention now, without revealing a calendar date for the event.", "The opponents mockingly ask for their share before the reckoning. Their words turn a serious warning into a challenge for entertainment. The verse invites a listener to consider how ridicule can hide fear or prevent an honest encounter with accountability.", "Muhammad is told to endure and remember David, a servant characterized by strength and repeated return to Allah. The model joins power with repentance. Patience is sustained through remembering a life of devotion, not through pretending that opposition causes no pain.", "The mountains join David's praise at evening and sunrise in the Quranic account. Creation and devotion are presented in harmony. This reader treats the scene as sacred narrative, without inventing a particular mountain or depicting the prophet within an imagined reconstruction.", "Birds are gathered in the same movement of return and praise. The brief image widens the setting beyond human speech. It invites wonder at creation's relation to its Lord while leaving the unseen manner of that shared devotion undescribed.", "David receives a strengthened kingdom, wisdom and decisive speech. Authority is thus joined to discernment and the ability to make matters clear. The following dispute will show why power needs these qualities, especially when people depend on a ruler's judgment.", "The litigants enter by climbing into David's chamber. Their unexpected arrival begins a test within his position of authority. Ibn Kathir cautions against unsupported elaborations of this story, so the reader remains with the details actually supplied by the Quran.", "David's fear is acknowledged, and the visitors ask for fair judgment between them. Their appeal centers on truth and avoiding injustice. The scene recognizes a human reaction while turning the ruler toward the responsibility that the dispute places before him.", "One speaker describes ninety-nine ewes against his single ewe, together with pressure through persuasive speech. The imbalance makes vulnerability visible. The verse lets the reader consider how a forceful voice and greater resources can combine to overwhelm someone with less.", "David condemns the demand, recognizes a test and turns in repentance. The Quran foregrounds injustice, awareness and return. Ibn Kathir warns that popular additions to this account lack a reliable prophetic report; this edition does not repeat them as biography.", "Forgiveness is granted, and closeness and a good return are affirmed. The story does not leave David defined by the moment of testing. Its movement shows repentance leading into mercy, an important balance beside the Surah's warnings about persistent pride.", "David's authority is explicitly tied to truthful judgment and resistance to desire. Forgetting the reckoning can corrupt the exercise of power. The instruction makes leadership a trust with moral limits, rather than a privilege that shields its holder from accountability.", "Creation is not purposeless. The statement moves from a ruler's judgment to the wider setting in which justice matters. If the world has meaning, human conduct cannot be reduced entirely to advantage, accident or the wishes of those holding power.", "Faithful good action and destructive corruption are not morally interchangeable. The questions challenge the idea that all lives end without a meaningful distinction of conduct. The verse supports the seriousness of justice rather than a reader's claim to judge every person's final state.", "The Book is given for pondering its signs and for thoughtful remembrance. Reflection is part of the intended response, not an optional ornament beside recitation. The verse invites sustained attention that connects words with conscience, understanding and the life being lived.", "Solomon is introduced as a gift to David and an excellent servant who repeatedly returns to Allah. The emphasis lies on devotion before the account of royal resources. The father and son are connected without an invented reign date or portrait.", "Fine horses are displayed to Solomon in the afternoon. The Quran's brief scene introduces an encounter between attractive possessions and remembrance. The edition preserves that setting without inventing a stable's location, the horses' number or a documented royal breed.", "Pickthall follows a reading in which absorption in the horses distracts from remembrance. Commentators discuss the scene's wording and details differently. The note distinguishes the translator's interpretation from an independently verified historical account of exactly what happened that afternoon.", "The Arabic action toward the horses has been understood as stroking or striking; Ibn Kathir records both views. Pickthall chooses striking in this translation. The illustration therefore avoids presenting a violent reconstruction as a settled detail shared by all commentators.", "Solomon is tested through a body placed on his throne, and he turns back to Allah. The verse is concise and does not explain the body's identity. This edition leaves that detail open instead of asserting later stories about rings or impostors.", "Solomon asks first for forgiveness and then for an exceptional kingdom, calling Allah the Bestower. The order keeps dependence visible even in an extraordinary request. His power is received as a gift, not claimed as an achievement independent of its source.", "The wind is made subject to Solomon's command in the Quranic account. This is presented as a special grant rather than an ordinary technology. The reader should not mistake an imaginative landscape for proof of a reconstructed vehicle, route or mechanism.", "Builders and divers among the beings made subject to Solomon extend the account of his unusual authority. The verse gives roles rather than a catalogue of surviving works. It does not identify a particular ruin or treasure as an authenticated product of them.", "Others are described as bound in chains, indicating limits imposed within that granted authority. The verse does not supply their individual stories. Its place in the passage emphasizes the breadth of Solomon's gift without inviting invented biographies or portraits of unseen beings.", "The gift comes with freedom to grant or withhold within Solomon's commission. The statement is part of this particular prophetic account. It should not be generalized into a claim that every ruler possesses unlimited authority or stands beyond moral responsibility.", "Closeness to Allah and a good return close Solomon's story, echoing the end of David's. The emphasis returns from extraordinary powers to the servant's relationship with the Giver. Worldly command is not the final measure by which the account honors him.", "Job is remembered through a cry to his Lord amid distress. The Quran allows suffering and faithful dependence to appear together. The verse does not invite readers to diagnose another sufferer's hidden guilt or assign every illness to a visible supernatural cause.", "The command directs Job toward cool water for washing and drinking. Relief enters the account in a simple, concrete image. The Quran supplies no geographic location, so an illustrated spring must remain symbolic rather than a verified pilgrimage or healing site.", "Job's household is restored and increased as mercy and a reminder. The verse centers renewed relationship rather than only physical recovery. It gives no full sequence of family events, and this edition does not settle details that the brief account leaves unstated.", "Job is given a way to keep an oath with a bundle, and is praised for patience and return. Later explanations supply a family background, but the verse does not state it fully. Its central emphasis remains steadfastness and merciful resolution.", "Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are remembered for strength and insight. The pairing suggests that faithful service requires both action and discernment. Their names extend the company of remembered servants without turning this brief praise into a complete genealogical or chronological record.", "Their distinctive focus is remembrance of the final home. The verse connects purity of purpose with the horizon they kept before them. Attention to the Hereafter is presented as something that shapes present priorities, rather than simply an event acknowledged in the distance.", "They are honored as chosen and excellent in Allah's sight. The judgment belongs to the One who knows their lives completely. The reader encounters praise meant to encourage remembrance and imitation of good qualities, not grounds for inventing unsupported personal details.", "Ishmael, Elisha and Dhu'l-Kifl join the remembered company of the excellent. Their names are given without expanded stories here. In particular, this passage does not settle disputed identifications of Dhu'l-Kifl or provide a confirmed location for any prophet's grave.", "The preceding accounts are called a reminder, and attention turns toward the good return of the mindful. Narrative gives way to promised outcome. The transition asks what the reader carries from the stories into their own understanding of devotion and responsibility.", "Open gates welcome the mindful into gardens of lasting residence. The image contrasts with barriers and exclusion, presenting reward through hospitality. The garden belongs to the Hereafter, so any accompanying visual is a symbolic evocation rather than a literal earthly destination.", "Rest, plentiful fruit and drink portray freedom from the strain of unmet need. These familiar comforts communicate welcome through ordinary human experience. The verse's promise exceeds the limitations of an illustration, which cannot claim to show the unseen reality itself.", "Companionship marked by modest gaze and shared age belongs to the garden's description. The verse adds relationship to its picture of rest and provision. The reader should receive the promise respectfully without turning its few words into invented individual portraits or biographies.", "The promised scene is connected directly to the Day of Reckoning. Reward and accountability are therefore part of the same horizon. The verse invites present conduct to be shaped by that promise rather than treating the garden as an isolated fantasy.", "The provision does not run out. This final assurance distinguishes the promised welcome from earthly gifts, which fade, require effort or remain insecure. The image of sufficiency completes the account of reward while directing gratitude toward the One who grants it.", "The transition introduces a contrasting return for transgressors. The distinction concerns the moral direction of a life, not worldly rank or ancestry. The Surah places promised welcome beside warning so that hope and responsibility remain audible together.", "Hell is named as a terrible resting place, reversing the preceding scene of ease. The stark contrast is intended to disturb complacency about transgression. It belongs to divine judgment in the passage, not to a human program of punishment.", "Pickthall renders the paired draught through opposed extremes of heat and cold. The image is a warning of torment rather than an earthly drink to identify. Its severity should turn attention toward accountability, not fascination with depicting another person's suffering.", "Further forms of suffering extend the warning beyond one image. The verse does not provide a catalogue for detailed reconstruction. Its role is to underscore the seriousness of the outcome while the listener still has time to pursue a different course.", "New arrivals receive hostility instead of welcome. The scene exposes the collapse of fellowship built around wrongdoing: sharing a destination does not produce solidarity. It contrasts sharply with the open gates and restful company promised to the mindful.", "The arriving followers answer by blaming those who prepared the way through misleading them. Responsibility becomes an argument that neither side can escape. The scene asks readers to consider both the influence they exercise and the guidance they choose to accept.", "The followers request doubled punishment for their misleaders. Their anger cannot restore the opportunity already lost. The verse underlines the gravity of leading others astray while preserving the fact that a follower's resentment is not itself a path to safety.", "The condemned wonder why people they once considered wicked are absent. Their former judgments are exposed as unreliable. The verse challenges social contempt and confident rankings of others, especially when those judgments rest on status, mockery or group loyalty.", "The question admits that ridicule may have been mistaken, or that their own sight has failed. It is a reversal of the confidence with which they once dismissed others. The warning encourages humility before contempt hardens into a habitual response.", "The quarrelling is affirmed as part of the truthful warning. What looked like alliance in worldly life has ended in mutual accusation. The scene asks whether a relationship is built on justice and sincere care or only on shared opposition.", "Muhammad identifies his role as a warner and returns to the declaration of one God. After the complex scenes, the message's center is restated simply. The messenger does not claim independent sovereignty over the destinies he is commanded to describe.", "The Lord of heaven, earth and everything between is Mighty and Forgiving. The second attribute keeps mercy present after the severe warnings. The verse prevents the reader from forgetting the possibility of return while considering the reach of divine authority.", "The message is announced as momentous news. Its importance is not measured by the audience's immediate enthusiasm. The short declaration asks for a change in attention: what has been treated as familiar argument may concern the deepest direction of human life.", "Turning away is set beside the magnitude of the news. The verse is brief enough to make the contrast direct. It invites a reader to notice whether distraction or resistance is determining attention more strongly than the significance of what is heard.", "The messenger disclaims prior knowledge of the heavenly assembly's discussion. This limits his claim to what is revealed, rather than an independent mastery of the unseen. The account that follows is therefore presented as received knowledge, not personal observation or speculation.", "Revelation enables a clear warning. The verse defines the purpose of the disclosed account instead of inviting unlimited claims about hidden matters. A careful reader can respect that boundary by distinguishing the Quran's wording from imaginative details added for storytelling.", "The creation of a human from clay is announced to the angels. The account moves to a beginning beyond the human historical record. No calendar date, excavated location or physical portrait of the Creator is supplied or inferred here.", "Fashioning and the gift of spirit precede the command to prostrate. The verse presents human life as an honored divine creation. Its sacred language should not be converted into an image of Allah or a claim that divinity becomes physically divided.", "The angels' complete obedience is emphasized. Their response prepares the contrast with Iblis in the next verse. The account focuses on the response to divine command, leaving no need for the reader to invent individual angelic expressions, appearances or conversations.", "Iblis refuses through pride, unlike the obedient angels described immediately before him. The narrative makes arrogance a decisive moral turn. The danger is not lack of awareness alone, but the refusal to act rightly when obedience conflicts with self-importance.", "The question exposes pride behind the refusal and honors the created human through the Quran's sacred language. This edition does not visualize divine hands or assign a bodily likeness to Allah. The passage's concern is Iblis's response to the command.", "Iblis claims superiority from fire over clay. His comparison substitutes a judgment about origin for obedience and moral worth. The verse offers a powerful warning against treating the material, ancestry or category from which someone comes as justification for contempt.", "Expulsion follows the arrogant refusal. The statement marks a consequence rather than a successful assertion of independence. The account challenges the assumption that defiance automatically proves strength, especially when it rests on refusing to recognize another creature's granted dignity.", "The curse continues to the Day of Judgment, extending the consequence beyond the immediate exchange. No human date is supplied for that endpoint. The verse keeps the account within divine judgment rather than inviting a speculative timeline of unseen events.", "Iblis asks for delay until resurrection. He requests time without expressing repentance or withdrawing the claim of superiority. The distinction matters: prolonging an opportunity does not itself produce change when the will remains committed to the same destructive purpose.", "A reprieve is granted within the account. The answer should be read with the next verse, which specifies an appointed limit. Permission to continue for a time does not mean approval of the purpose for which that time is sought.", "The delay ends at an appointed time known within the divine command. The narrative supplies a limit but no calendar accessible to the reader. This boundary prevents an unseen account from becoming a basis for predicting dates or manufacturing esoteric schedules.", "Iblis vows to mislead, invoking the very might he has refused to obey. The contradiction exposes knowledge without submission. The verse makes deception an intentional project, inviting vigilance about the appeals that draw a person away from what they recognize as right.", "The sincere servants are excepted from his claim. The verse places hope within the account of temptation, refusing to present deception as irresistible. Sincere devotion matters, while the text does not authorize anyone to claim perfect immunity from self-examination.", "Truth is announced as the basis of the divine response. After the false comparison and threat to mislead, the account returns to a reliable word. The verse connects the judgment that follows with truthfulness rather than arbitrary rivalry.", "Iblis and those who follow him face a shared consequence. The warning concerns chosen allegiance and conduct, not an inherited human identity. It asks the reader to examine the direction of following while the opportunity for sincerity and repentance remains.", "The messenger asks no fee and disclaims pretension. The closing statement returns the audience from the unseen narrative to the integrity of its human bearer. His task is to convey the reminder entrusted to him, not manufacture authority for personal gain.", "The Quran is a reminder addressed to all peoples. The scope extends beyond the immediate opponents and their local dispute. The verse invites every reader to consider its summons, rather than treating the preceding stories as material relevant only to distant others.", "Recognition of the message's truth will come in time. The closing does not disclose a date or promise that every question is settled immediately. It asks for patient seriousness in the present, while the full outcome remains beyond the listener's control." ], "sections": [ { "start": 1, "end": 16, "title": "A reminder met by pride", "summary": "A human messenger and the call to one God provoke astonishment and resistance. Earlier peoples and the limits of worldly power place that opposition in perspective.", "reflection": "When does unfamiliarity become a reason to stop listening?" }, { "start": 17, "end": 29, "title": "David, the litigants and the trust of judgment", "summary": "David's strength and devotion lead into a dispute over ewes. Recognizing a test, he turns to Allah; authority is then explicitly bound to justice and resistance to desire.", "reflection": "What helps a person with authority remain open to correction?" }, { "start": 30, "end": 40, "title": "Solomon's gifts and the act of returning", "summary": "Solomon is praised for devotion amid horses, a test at the throne and extraordinary grants of authority. The account ends with nearness and a good return.", "reflection": "Can a valued gift strengthen remembrance rather than displace it?" }, { "start": 41, "end": 48, "title": "Job's endurance and the remembered servants", "summary": "Job cries out, receives relief and is praised for patience. Other named servants are remembered for strength, insight and attention to the final home.", "reflection": "How can suffering be met with care without inventing explanations for another person's pain?" }, { "start": 49, "end": 66, "title": "Welcome, consequence and the failure of contempt", "summary": "Open gardens and lasting provision contrast with quarrelling among the condemned. Former mockers question their judgments, and the message returns to the Mighty and Forgiving Lord.", "reflection": "Which judgment about another person deserves more humility?" }, { "start": 67, "end": 88, "title": "Clay, pride and a reminder for every people", "summary": "The account of Adam and Iblis exposes a claim of superiority based on origin. Sincere devotion stands against deception, and the Surah closes with a universal reminder.", "reflection": "Where can comparison or status interfere with doing what is right?" } ], "timeline": [ { "title": "Before 622 CE · Makkan classification", "year": 622, "body": "Quran.com classifies Sad as Makkan. The marker is the Hijrah boundary and does not claim an exact revelation year for the chapter.", "source": "https://quran.com/sad/info" }, { "title": "622 CE · the calendar boundary", "year": 622, "body": "The Hijrah is dated to 622 CE. This broad reference helps orient the revelation period without fixing an unverified date for its separate passages.", "source": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Hejira" }, { "title": "An opening occasion · attributed report", "year": null, "body": "Quran.com's introduction relates the opening to Quraysh leaders seeking compromise during Abu Talib's final illness. This is presented as reported context; no exact Gregorian date is assigned.", "source": "https://quran.com/sad/info" }, { "title": "David, Solomon and Job · no dates supplied here", "year": null, "body": "Verses 17–48 remember these servants and others. David and Solomon are linked directly, but the Surah supplies no complete chronological sequence, reign dates or graves.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/038.htm" } ], "places": [ { "id": "makkah", "name": "Makkah · the broad setting of proclamation", "body": "The Makkan classification provides the reader's geographic starting point. This map point marks the city broadly and is not a claim about an exact revelation room.", "lat": 21.4225, "lon": 39.8262, "source": "https://quran.com/sad/info", "image": 0 }, { "id": "david-chamber", "name": "David's chamber · location unspecified", "body": "Verses 21–24 describe litigants entering a chamber and a dispute over ewes. No surviving building or exact city is identified in this passage; the scene is an imaginative setting for justice.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/038.htm", "image": 1 }, { "id": "solomon-court", "name": "Solomon's court and the horses", "body": "The horses and throne belong to a brief prophetic account. Their location, breed, number and surviving architectural remains are not established by these verses.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/038.htm", "image": 2 }, { "id": "job-water", "name": "Job's water of relief · an unlocated scene", "body": "Verse 42 describes cool water for washing and drinking. This reader does not identify a modern spring, shrine or tomb as the authenticated site of Job's relief.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/038.htm", "image": 3 }, { "id": "garden-gates", "name": "Open gates of the promised garden", "body": "Verses 49–54 describe welcome in the Hereafter. The setting is symbolic in the artwork and cannot be pinned to an earthly garden or palace.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/038.htm", "image": 4 } ], "people": [ { "id": "david", "title": "David · judgment, repentance and justice", "body": "Verses 17–29 honor his strength, wisdom and return to Allah. The litigants' story leads to a direct command to judge truthfully and resist desire; unsupported biographical additions are not treated as facts.", "verse": 26 }, { "id": "solomon", "title": "Solomon · gifted authority and devotion", "body": "Given to David in verse 30, Solomon is praised as one who returns to Allah. His test at the throne remains briefly stated; its omitted details are not filled with ring or demon legends.", "verse": 34 }, { "id": "job", "title": "Job · distress, relief and patience", "body": "Verses 41–44 recall his cry, water of relief, restored household and an oath's resolution. The passage praises his patience without identifying a verified spring or grave.", "verse": 44 }, { "id": "remembered-servants", "title": "Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ishmael, Elisha and Dhu'l-Kifl", "body": "Verses 45–48 remember these named servants. The passage offers praise rather than full biographies; disputed identifications, especially of Dhu'l-Kifl, are left open.", "verse": 48 }, { "id": "adam-iblis", "title": "Adam and Iblis · dignity and arrogant comparison", "body": "The closing account contrasts obedience with Iblis's claim that fire makes him superior to the human formed from clay. Neither the divine speaker nor prophets are depicted in the illustrations.", "verse": 76 } ], "history": [ { "title": "The letter that names the Surah", "body": "Sad is named for its opening letter. The chapter uses accounts of returning servants to answer proud refusal, then closes with a reminder addressed to all peoples.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/038.htm" }, { "title": "David's story and the limits of additions", "body": "Ibn Kathir explicitly cautions that popular expansions of the litigants' episode rely on reports lacking an acceptable prophetic basis. This reader follows the Quran's account of judgment, testing, repentance and forgiveness.", "source": "https://quran.com/sad/21/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir" }, { "title": "Why the horses are not shown being harmed", "body": "Ibn Kathir records interpretations of 38:33 as stroking the horses and as striking them. Pickthall adopts the latter wording. The visual scene preserves the horses without presenting one disputed reconstruction as established history.", "source": "https://quran.com/38:31/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir" }, { "title": "A brief test, not a complete palace legend", "body": "Verses 34–40 state Solomon's test, return and subsequent gifts. The cited commentary explains that sequence; this edition does not add an asserted identity for the body placed on the throne.", "source": "https://quran.com/38:34/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir" }, { "title": "Job's oath: text and commentary distinguished", "body": "Ibn Kathir supplies a family explanation for the bundle and oath in 38:44. The Quranic verse itself is briefer. The note preserves that distinction and centers the explicit praise of patience and returning to Allah.", "source": "https://quran.com/38:44/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir" } ], "revelationNote": "Classified as Makkan. Reported context associates the opening with Quraysh's approach during Abu Talib's illness, but no exact Gregorian revelation year is asserted. The 622 CE marker is only a boundary; prophetic life dates and grave locations are not invented.", "translationNote": "English translation: Sahih International, via AlQuran Cloud. Original source wording is preserved.", "verses": [ { "n": 1, "arabic": "صٓ ۚ وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ذِى ٱلذِّكْرِ", "translation": "Sad. By the Qur'an containing reminder..." }, { "n": 2, "arabic": "بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى عِزَّةٍۢ وَشِقَاقٍۢ", "translation": "But those who disbelieve are in pride and dissension." }, { "n": 3, "arabic": "كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن قَرْنٍۢ فَنَادَوا۟ وَّلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٍۢ", "translation": "How many a generation have We destroyed before them, and they [then] called out; but it was not a time for escape." }, { "n": 4, "arabic": "وَعَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ ۖ وَقَالَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا سَٰحِرٌۭ كَذَّابٌ", "translation": "And they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves. And the disbelievers say, \"This is a magician and a liar." }, { "n": 5, "arabic": "أَجَعَلَ ٱلْءَالِهَةَ إِلَٰهًۭا وَٰحِدًا ۖ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَىْءٌ عُجَابٌۭ", "translation": "Has he made the gods [only] one God? Indeed, this is a curious thing.\"" }, { "n": 6, "arabic": "وَٱنطَلَقَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِنْهُمْ أَنِ ٱمْشُوا۟ وَٱصْبِرُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَىْءٌۭ يُرَادُ", "translation": "And the eminent among them went forth, [saying], \"Continue, and be patient over [the defense of] your gods. Indeed, this is a thing intended." }, { "n": 7, "arabic": "مَا سَمِعْنَا بِهَٰذَا فِى ٱلْمِلَّةِ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا ٱخْتِلَٰقٌ", "translation": "We have not heard of this in the latest religion. This is not but a fabrication." }, { "n": 8, "arabic": "أَءُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلذِّكْرُ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّۢ مِّن ذِكْرِى ۖ بَل لَّمَّا يَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِ", "translation": "Has the message been revealed to him out of [all of] us?\" Rather, they are in doubt about My message. Rather, they have not yet tasted My punishment." }, { "n": 9, "arabic": "أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْوَهَّابِ", "translation": "Or do they have the depositories of the mercy of your Lord, the Exalted in Might, the Bestower?" }, { "n": 10, "arabic": "أَمْ لَهُم مُّلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ فَلْيَرْتَقُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَسْبَٰبِ", "translation": "Or is theirs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and what is between them? Then let them ascend through [any] ways of access." }, { "n": 11, "arabic": "جُندٌۭ مَّا هُنَالِكَ مَهْزُومٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَحْزَابِ", "translation": "[They are but] soldiers [who will be] defeated there among the companies [of disbelievers]." }, { "n": 12, "arabic": "كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍۢ وَعَادٌۭ وَفِرْعَوْنُ ذُو ٱلْأَوْتَادِ", "translation": "The people of Noah denied before them, and [the tribe of] 'Aad and Pharaoh, the owner of stakes," }, { "n": 13, "arabic": "وَثَمُودُ وَقَوْمُ لُوطٍۢ وَأَصْحَٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلْأَحْزَابُ", "translation": "And [the tribe of] Thamud and the people of Lot and the companions of the thicket. Those are the companies." }, { "n": 14, "arabic": "إِن كُلٌّ إِلَّا كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ عِقَابِ", "translation": "Each of them denied the messengers, so My penalty was justified." }, { "n": 15, "arabic": "وَمَا يَنظُرُ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِلَّا صَيْحَةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ مَّا لَهَا مِن فَوَاقٍۢ", "translation": "And these [disbelievers] await not but one blast [of the Horn]; for it there will be no delay." }, { "n": 16, "arabic": "وَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا عَجِّل لَّنَا قِطَّنَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ", "translation": "And they say, \"Our Lord, hasten for us our share [of the punishment] before the Day of Account\"" }, { "n": 17, "arabic": "ٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَٱذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَا دَاوُۥدَ ذَا ٱلْأَيْدِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ", "translation": "Be patient over what they say and remember Our servant, David, the possessor of strength; indeed, he was one who repeatedly turned back [to Allah]." }, { "n": 18, "arabic": "إِنَّا سَخَّرْنَا ٱلْجِبَالَ مَعَهُۥ يُسَبِّحْنَ بِٱلْعَشِىِّ وَٱلْإِشْرَاقِ", "translation": "Indeed, We subjected the mountains [to praise] with him, exalting [Allah] in the [late] afternoon and [after] sunrise." }, { "n": 19, "arabic": "وَٱلطَّيْرَ مَحْشُورَةًۭ ۖ كُلٌّۭ لَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌۭ", "translation": "And the birds were assembled, all with him repeating [praises]." }, { "n": 20, "arabic": "وَشَدَدْنَا مُلْكَهُۥ وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَفَصْلَ ٱلْخِطَابِ", "translation": "And We strengthened his kingdom and gave him wisdom and discernment in speech." }, { "n": 21, "arabic": "۞ وَهَلْ أَتَىٰكَ نَبَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَصْمِ إِذْ تَسَوَّرُوا۟ ٱلْمِحْرَابَ", "translation": "And has there come to you the news of the adversaries, when they climbed over the wall of [his] prayer chamber -" }, { "n": 22, "arabic": "إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ دَاوُۥدَ فَفَزِعَ مِنْهُمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ ۖ خَصْمَانِ بَغَىٰ بَعْضُنَا عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا تُشْطِطْ وَٱهْدِنَآ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلصِّرَٰطِ", "translation": "When they entered upon David and he was alarmed by them? They said, \"Fear not. [We are] two adversaries, one of whom has wronged the other, so judge between us with truth and do not exceed [it] and guide us to the sound path." }, { "n": 23, "arabic": "إِنَّ هَٰذَآ أَخِى لَهُۥ تِسْعٌۭ وَتِسْعُونَ نَعْجَةًۭ وَلِىَ نَعْجَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ فَقَالَ أَكْفِلْنِيهَا وَعَزَّنِى فِى ٱلْخِطَابِ", "translation": "Indeed this, my brother, has ninety-nine ewes, and I have one ewe; so he said, 'Entrust her to me,' and he overpowered me in speech.\"" }, { "n": 24, "arabic": "قَالَ لَقَدْ ظَلَمَكَ بِسُؤَالِ نَعْجَتِكَ إِلَىٰ نِعَاجِهِۦ ۖ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْخُلَطَآءِ لَيَبْغِى بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَقَلِيلٌۭ مَّا هُمْ ۗ وَظَنَّ دَاوُۥدُ أَنَّمَا فَتَنَّٰهُ فَٱسْتَغْفَرَ رَبَّهُۥ وَخَرَّ رَاكِعًۭا وَأَنَابَ ۩", "translation": "[David] said, \"He has certainly wronged you in demanding your ewe [in addition] to his ewes. And indeed, many associates oppress one another, except for those who believe and do righteous deeds - and few are they.\" And David became certain that We had tried him, and he asked forgiveness of his Lord and fell down bowing [in prostration] and turned in repentance [to Allah]." }, { "n": 25, "arabic": "فَغَفَرْنَا لَهُۥ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍۢ", "translation": "So We forgave him that; and indeed, for him is nearness to Us and a good place of return." }, { "n": 26, "arabic": "يَٰدَاوُۥدُ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَٰكَ خَلِيفَةًۭ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ فَيُضِلَّكَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَضِلُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌۭ شَدِيدٌۢ بِمَا نَسُوا۟ يَوْمَ ٱلْحِسَابِ", "translation": "[We said], \"O David, indeed We have made you a successor upon the earth, so judge between the people in truth and do not follow [your own] desire, as it will lead you astray from the way of Allah.\" Indeed, those who go astray from the way of Allah will have a severe punishment for having forgotten the Day of Account." }, { "n": 27, "arabic": "وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا بَٰطِلًۭا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ظَنُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ۚ فَوَيْلٌۭ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ", "translation": "And We did not create the heaven and the earth and that between them aimlessly. That is the assumption of those who disbelieve, so woe to those who disbelieve from the Fire." }, { "n": 28, "arabic": "أَمْ نَجْعَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ كَٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ نَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ كَٱلْفُجَّارِ", "translation": "Or should we treat those who believe and do righteous deeds like corrupters in the land? Or should We treat those who fear Allah like the wicked?" }, { "n": 29, "arabic": "كِتَٰبٌ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ إِلَيْكَ مُبَٰرَكٌۭ لِّيَدَّبَّرُوٓا۟ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ وَلِيَتَذَكَّرَ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ", "translation": "[This is] a blessed Book which We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], that they might reflect upon its verses and that those of understanding would be reminded." }, { "n": 30, "arabic": "وَوَهَبْنَا لِدَاوُۥدَ سُلَيْمَٰنَ ۚ نِعْمَ ٱلْعَبْدُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ", "translation": "And to David We gave Solomon. An excellent servant, indeed he was one repeatedly turning back [to Allah]." }, { "n": 31, "arabic": "إِذْ عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ بِٱلْعَشِىِّ ٱلصَّٰفِنَٰتُ ٱلْجِيَادُ", "translation": "[Mention] when there were exhibited before him in the afternoon the poised [standing] racehorses." }, { "n": 32, "arabic": "فَقَالَ إِنِّىٓ أَحْبَبْتُ حُبَّ ٱلْخَيْرِ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّى حَتَّىٰ تَوَارَتْ بِٱلْحِجَابِ", "translation": "And he said, \"Indeed, I gave preference to the love of good [things] over the remembrance of my Lord until the sun disappeared into the curtain [of darkness].\"" }, { "n": 33, "arabic": "رُدُّوهَا عَلَىَّ ۖ فَطَفِقَ مَسْحًۢا بِٱلسُّوقِ وَٱلْأَعْنَاقِ", "translation": "[He said], \"Return them to me,\" and set about striking [their] legs and necks." }, { "n": 34, "arabic": "وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا سُلَيْمَٰنَ وَأَلْقَيْنَا عَلَىٰ كُرْسِيِّهِۦ جَسَدًۭا ثُمَّ أَنَابَ", "translation": "And We certainly tried Solomon and placed on his throne a body; then he returned." }, { "n": 35, "arabic": "قَالَ رَبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَهَبْ لِى مُلْكًۭا لَّا يَنۢبَغِى لِأَحَدٍۢ مِّنۢ بَعْدِىٓ ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْوَهَّابُ", "translation": "He said, \"My Lord, forgive me and grant me a kingdom such as will not belong to anyone after me. Indeed, You are the Bestower.\"" }, { "n": 36, "arabic": "فَسَخَّرْنَا لَهُ ٱلرِّيحَ تَجْرِى بِأَمْرِهِۦ رُخَآءً حَيْثُ أَصَابَ", "translation": "So We subjected to him the wind blowing by his command, gently, wherever he directed," }, { "n": 37, "arabic": "وَٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ كُلَّ بَنَّآءٍۢ وَغَوَّاصٍۢ", "translation": "And [also] the devils [of jinn] - every builder and diver" }, { "n": 38, "arabic": "وَءَاخَرِينَ مُقَرَّنِينَ فِى ٱلْأَصْفَادِ", "translation": "And others bound together in shackles." }, { "n": 39, "arabic": "هَٰذَا عَطَآؤُنَا فَٱمْنُنْ أَوْ أَمْسِكْ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍۢ", "translation": "[We said], \"This is Our gift, so grant or withhold without account.\"" }, { "n": 40, "arabic": "وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍۢ", "translation": "And indeed, for him is nearness to Us and a good place of return." }, { "n": 41, "arabic": "وَٱذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَآ أَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَسَّنِىَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ بِنُصْبٍۢ وَعَذَابٍ", "translation": "And remember Our servant Job, when he called to his Lord, \"Indeed, Satan has touched me with hardship and torment.\"" }, { "n": 42, "arabic": "ٱرْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَ ۖ هَٰذَا مُغْتَسَلٌۢ بَارِدٌۭ وَشَرَابٌۭ", "translation": "[So he was told], \"Strike [the ground] with your foot; this is a [spring for] a cool bath and drink.\"" }, { "n": 43, "arabic": "وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ أَهْلَهُۥ وَمِثْلَهُم مَّعَهُمْ رَحْمَةًۭ مِّنَّا وَذِكْرَىٰ لِأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ", "translation": "And We granted him his family and a like [number] with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for those of understanding." }, { "n": 44, "arabic": "وَخُذْ بِيَدِكَ ضِغْثًۭا فَٱضْرِب بِّهِۦ وَلَا تَحْنَثْ ۗ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَٰهُ صَابِرًۭا ۚ نِّعْمَ ٱلْعَبْدُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌۭ", "translation": "[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 Allah]." }, { "n": 45, "arabic": "وَٱذْكُرْ عِبَٰدَنَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ أُو۟لِى ٱلْأَيْدِى وَٱلْأَبْصَٰرِ", "translation": "And remember Our servants, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - those of strength and [religious] vision." }, { "n": 46, "arabic": "إِنَّآ أَخْلَصْنَٰهُم بِخَالِصَةٍۢ ذِكْرَى ٱلدَّارِ", "translation": "Indeed, We chose them for an exclusive quality: remembrance of the home [of the Hereafter]." }, { "n": 47, "arabic": "وَإِنَّهُمْ عِندَنَا لَمِنَ ٱلْمُصْطَفَيْنَ ٱلْأَخْيَارِ", "translation": "And indeed they are, to Us, among the chosen and outstanding." }, { "n": 48, "arabic": "وَٱذْكُرْ إِسْمَٰعِيلَ وَٱلْيَسَعَ وَذَا ٱلْكِفْلِ ۖ وَكُلٌّۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَخْيَارِ", "translation": "And remember Ishmael, Elisha and Dhul-Kifl, and all are among the outstanding." }, { "n": 49, "arabic": "هَٰذَا ذِكْرٌۭ ۚ وَإِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ لَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍۢ", "translation": "This is a reminder. And indeed, for the righteous is a good place of return" }, { "n": 50, "arabic": "جَنَّٰتِ عَدْنٍۢ مُّفَتَّحَةًۭ لَّهُمُ ٱلْأَبْوَٰبُ", "translation": "Gardens of perpetual residence, whose doors will be opened to them." }, { "n": 51, "arabic": "مُتَّكِـِٔينَ فِيهَا يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِفَٰكِهَةٍۢ كَثِيرَةٍۢ وَشَرَابٍۢ", "translation": "Reclining within them, they will call therein for abundant fruit and drink." }, { "n": 52, "arabic": "۞ وَعِندَهُمْ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ أَتْرَابٌ", "translation": "And with them will be women limiting [their] glances and of equal age." }, { "n": 53, "arabic": "هَٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ", "translation": "This is what you, [the righteous], are promised for the Day of Account." }, { "n": 54, "arabic": "إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَرِزْقُنَا مَا لَهُۥ مِن نَّفَادٍ", "translation": "Indeed, this is Our provision; for it there is no depletion." }, { "n": 55, "arabic": "هَٰذَا ۚ وَإِنَّ لِلطَّٰغِينَ لَشَرَّ مَـَٔابٍۢ", "translation": "This [is so]. But indeed, for the transgressors is an evil place of return -" }, { "n": 56, "arabic": "جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَوْنَهَا فَبِئْسَ ٱلْمِهَادُ", "translation": "Hell, which they will [enter to] burn, and wretched is the resting place." }, { "n": 57, "arabic": "هَٰذَا فَلْيَذُوقُوهُ حَمِيمٌۭ وَغَسَّاقٌۭ", "translation": "This - so let them taste it - is scalding water and [foul] purulence." }, { "n": 58, "arabic": "وَءَاخَرُ مِن شَكْلِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجٌ", "translation": "And other [punishments] of its type [in various] kinds." }, { "n": 59, "arabic": "هَٰذَا فَوْجٌۭ مُّقْتَحِمٌۭ مَّعَكُمْ ۖ لَا مَرْحَبًۢا بِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ صَالُوا۟ ٱلنَّارِ", "translation": "[Its inhabitants will say], \"This is a company bursting in with you. No welcome for them. Indeed, they will burn in the Fire.\"" }, { "n": 60, "arabic": "قَالُوا۟ بَلْ أَنتُمْ لَا مَرْحَبًۢا بِكُمْ ۖ أَنتُمْ قَدَّمْتُمُوهُ لَنَا ۖ فَبِئْسَ ٱلْقَرَارُ", "translation": "They will say, \"Nor you! No welcome for you. You, [our leaders], brought this upon us, and wretched is the settlement.\"" }, { "n": 61, "arabic": "قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا مَن قَدَّمَ لَنَا هَٰذَا فَزِدْهُ عَذَابًۭا ضِعْفًۭا فِى ٱلنَّارِ", "translation": "They will say, \"Our Lord, whoever brought this upon us - increase for him double punishment in the Fire.\"" }, { "n": 62, "arabic": "وَقَالُوا۟ مَا لَنَا لَا نَرَىٰ رِجَالًۭا كُنَّا نَعُدُّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ", "translation": "And they will say, \"Why do we not see men whom we used to count among the worst?" }, { "n": 63, "arabic": "أَتَّخَذْنَٰهُمْ سِخْرِيًّا أَمْ زَاغَتْ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْأَبْصَٰرُ", "translation": "Is it [because] we took them in ridicule, or has [our] vision turned away from them?\"" }, { "n": 64, "arabic": "إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَحَقٌّۭ تَخَاصُمُ أَهْلِ ٱلنَّارِ", "translation": "Indeed, that is truth - the quarreling of the people of the Fire." }, { "n": 65, "arabic": "قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ مُنذِرٌۭ ۖ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّارُ", "translation": "Say, [O Muhammad], \"I am only a warner, and there is not any deity except Allah, the One, the Prevailing." }, { "n": 66, "arabic": "رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْغَفَّٰرُ", "translation": "Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver.\"" }, { "n": 67, "arabic": "قُلْ هُوَ نَبَؤٌا۟ عَظِيمٌ", "translation": "Say, \"It is great news" }, { "n": 68, "arabic": "أَنتُمْ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضُونَ", "translation": "From which you turn away." }, { "n": 69, "arabic": "مَا كَانَ لِىَ مِنْ عِلْمٍۭ بِٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰٓ إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ", "translation": "I had no knowledge of the exalted assembly [of angels] when they were disputing [the creation of Adam]." }, { "n": 70, "arabic": "إِن يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ إِلَّآ أَنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌ", "translation": "It has not been revealed to me except that I am a clear warner.\"" }, { "n": 71, "arabic": "إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًۭا مِّن طِينٍۢ", "translation": "[So mention] when your Lord said to the angels, \"Indeed, I am going to create a human being from clay." }, { "n": 72, "arabic": "فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَٰجِدِينَ", "translation": "So when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration.\"" }, { "n": 73, "arabic": "فَسَجَدَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ", "translation": "So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely." }, { "n": 74, "arabic": "إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ ٱسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ", "translation": "Except Iblees; he was arrogant and became among the disbelievers." }, { "n": 75, "arabic": "قَالَ يَٰٓإِبْلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَن تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَىَّ ۖ أَسْتَكْبَرْتَ أَمْ كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْعَالِينَ", "translation": "[Allah] 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?\"" }, { "n": 76, "arabic": "قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌۭ مِّنْهُ ۖ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍۢ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍۢ", "translation": "He said, \"I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay.\"" }, { "n": 77, "arabic": "قَالَ فَٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌۭ", "translation": "[Allah] said, \"Then get out of Paradise, for indeed, you are expelled." }, { "n": 78, "arabic": "وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ لَعْنَتِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ", "translation": "And indeed, upon you is My curse until the Day of Recompense.\"" }, { "n": 79, "arabic": "قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ", "translation": "He said, \"My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected.\"" }, { "n": 80, "arabic": "قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ", "translation": "[Allah] said, \"So indeed, you are of those reprieved" }, { "n": 81, "arabic": "إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلْمَعْلُومِ", "translation": "Until the Day of the time well-known.\"" }, { "n": 82, "arabic": "قَالَ فَبِعِزَّتِكَ لَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ", "translation": "[Iblees] said, \"By your might, I will surely mislead them all" }, { "n": 83, "arabic": "إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ", "translation": "Except, among them, Your chosen servants.\"" }, { "n": 84, "arabic": "قَالَ فَٱلْحَقُّ وَٱلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ", "translation": "[Allah] said, \"The truth [is My oath], and the truth I say -" }, { "n": 85, "arabic": "لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكَ وَمِمَّن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ", "translation": "[That] I will surely fill Hell with you and those of them that follow you all together.\"" }, { "n": 86, "arabic": "قُلْ مَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍۢ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلْمُتَكَلِّفِينَ", "translation": "Say, [O Muhammad], \"I do not ask you for the Qur'an any payment, and I am not of the pretentious" }, { "n": 87, "arabic": "إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ", "translation": "It is but a reminder to the worlds." }, { "n": 88, "arabic": "وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ نَبَأَهُۥ بَعْدَ حِينٍۭ", "translation": "And you will surely know [the truth of] its information after a time.\"" } ], "glosses": [ [ "Saad.", "By the Quran", "full of", "reminder" 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], [ "He said,", "\"Certainly,", "he has wronged you", "by demanding", "your ewe", "to", "his ewes.", "And indeed,", "many", "of", "the partners", "certainly oppress", "some of them", "[on]", "another", "except", "those who", "believe", "and do", "righteous deeds", "and few", "[emphasis]", "they", "And became certain", "Dawood", "that", "We (had) tried him,", "and he asked forgiveness", "(of) his Lord", "and fell down", "bowing", "and turned in repentance." ], [ "So We forgave", "for him", "that.", "And indeed,", "for him", "with Us", "surely is a near access", "and a good", "place of return." ], [ "\"O Dawood!", "Indeed, We", "[We] have made you", "a vicegerent", "in", "the earth,", "so judge", "between", "[the] men", "in truth", "and (do) not", "follow", "the desire,", "for it will lead you astray", "from", "(the) way", "(of) Allah.", "Indeed,", "those who", "go astray", "from", "(the) way", "(of) Allah,", "for them", "(is) a punishment", "severe", "because", "they forgot", "(the) Day", "(of) Account.\"" ], [ "And not", "We created", "the heaven", "and the earth", "and whatever", "(is) between them", "without purpose.", "That", "(is the) assumption", "(of) those who", "disbelieve.", "So woe", "to those", "who disbelieve,", "from", "the Fire." ], [ "Or", "should We treat", "those who", "believe", "and do", "righteous deeds", "like those who spread corruption", "in", "the earth?", "Or", "should We treat", "the pious", "like the wicked?" ], [ "(This is) a Book", "We have revealed it", "to you,", "blessed,", "that they may ponder", "(over) its Verses", "and may be reminded", "those possessing", "understanding" ], [ "And We gave", "to Dawood", "Sulaiman,", "an excellent", "slave.", "Indeed, he", "(was) one who repeatedly turned." ], [ "When", "were displayed", "to him", "in the afternoon", "standing poised", "swift steeds" ], [ "And he said,", "\"Indeed, I", "[I] preferred", "(the) love", "(of) the good", "over", "(the) remembrance", "(of) my Lord.\"", "Until", "they were hidden", "in the veil;" ], [ "\"Return them", "to me.\"", "Then he began", "(to) pass (his hand)", "over the legs", "and the necks." ], [ "And certainly", "We tried", "Sulaiman,", "and We placed", "on", "his throne", "a body;", "then", "he turned." ], [ "He said,", "\"O my Lord!", "Forgive", "me", "and grant", "me", "a kingdom,", "not", "(will) belong", "to anyone", "[from]", "after me", "Indeed, You", "[You]", "(are) the Bestower.\"" ], [ "Then We subjected", "to him", "the wind", "to flow", "by his command,", "gently,", "wherever", "he directed," ], [ "And the devils,", "every", "builder", "and diver," ], [ "And others", "bound", "in", "chains." ], [ "\"This", "(is) Our gift,", "so grant", "or", "withhold", "without", "account.\"" ], [ "And indeed,", "for him", "with Us", "surely is a near access", "and a good", "place of return." ], [ "And remember", "Our slave", "Ayyub,", "when", "he called", "his Lord,", "\"That [I],", "(has) touched me", "Shaitaan", "with distress", "and suffering.\"" ], [ "\"Strike", "with your foot.", "This", "(is a spring of) water to bathe,", "cool", "and a drink.\"" ], [ "And We granted", "[to] him", "his family", "and a like of them", "with them,", "a Mercy", "from Us", "and a Reminder", "for those possessing", "understanding" ], [ "\"And take", "in your hand", "a bunch", "and strike", "with it", "and (do) not", "break (your) oath.\"", "Indeed, We", "[We] found him", "patient,", "an excellent", "slave.", "Indeed, he", "repeatedly turned." ], [ "And remember", "Our slaves", "Ibrahim", "and Isaac", "and Ayyub,", "possessors", "(of) strength", "and vision." ], [ "Indeed, We", "[We] chose them", "for an exclusive (quality);", "remembrance", "(of) the Home." ], [ "And indeed, they", "to Us", "(are) from", "the chosen ones,", "the best." ], [ "And remember", "Ishmael", "and Elisha", "and Dhu", "al-Kifl", "and all", "(are) from", "the best." ], [ "This", "(is) a Reminder.", "And indeed,", "for the righteous", "surely, is a good", "place of return," ], [ "Gardens", "(of) Eternity,", "(will be) opened", "for them", "the gates." ], [ "Reclining", "therein,", "they will call", "therein", "for fruit", "many", "and drink." ], [ "And with them", "(companions) restraining", "(their) gaze", "well-matched." ], [ "This", "(is) what", "you are promised", "for (the) Day", "(of) Account." ], [ "Indeed,", "this", "(is) surely Our provision;", "not", "for it", "any", "depletion." ], [ "This (is so)!", "And indeed,", "for the transgressors", "surely (is) an evil", "place of return." ], [ "Hell;", "they will burn therein", "and wretched (is)", "the resting place." ], [ "This (is so)!", "Then let them taste it,", "boiling fluid", "and purulence." ], [ "And other", "of", "its type", "(of various) kinds." ], [ "This", "(is) a company", "bursting", "(in) with you.", "No", "welcome", "for them.", "Indeed, they", "(will) burn", "(in) the Fire." ], [ "They say,", "\"Nay!", "You -", "no", "welcome", "for you.", "You", "brought this", "upon us.", "So wretched (is)", "the settlement.\"" ], [ "They will say,", "\"Our Lord,", "whoever", "brought", "upon us", "this;", "increase for him", "a punishment", "double", "in", "the Fire.\"" ], [ "And they (will) say,", "\"What (is)", "for us", "not", "we see", "men", "we used to", "count them", "among", "the bad ones?" ], [ "Did we take them", "(in) ridicule", "or", "has turned away", "from them", "the vision?\"" ], [ "Indeed,", "that", "(is) surely (the) truth -", "(the) quarreling", "(of the) people", "(of) the Fire." ], [ "Say,", "\"Only", "I am", "a warner,", "and not", "(is there) any", "god", "except", "Allah,", "the One", "the Irresistible," ], [ "Lord", "(of) the heavens", "and the earth", "and whatever", "(is) between them,", "the All-Mighty,", "the Oft-Forgiving.\"" ], [ "Say,", "\"It (is)", "a news", "great," ], [ "You", "from it", "turn away" ], [ "Not", "is", "for me", "any", "knowledge", "(of) the chiefs,", "the exalted", "when", "they were disputing." ], [ "Not", "has been revealed", "to me", "except", "that only", "I am", "a warner", "clear.\"" ], [ "When", "said", "your Lord", "to the Angels,", "\"Indeed, I Am", "going to create", "a human being", "from", "clay." ], [ "So when", "I have proportioned him", "and breathed", "into him", "of", "My spirit,", "then fall down", "to him", "prostrating.\"" ], [ "So prostrated", "the Angels", "all of them", "together." ], [ "Except", "Iblis;", "he was arrogant", "and became", "of", "the disbelievers." ], [ "He said,", "\"O Iblis!", "What", "prevented you", "that", "you (should) prostrate", "to (one) whom", "I created", "with My Hands?", "Are you arrogant", "or", "are you", "of", "the exalted ones.\"" ], [ "He said,", "\"I am", "better", "than him.", "You created me", "from", "fire", "and You created him", "from", "clay.\"" ], [ "He said,", "\"Then get out", "of it,", "for indeed, you", "(are) accursed." ], [ "And indeed,", "upon you", "(is) My curse", "until", "(the) Day", "(of) Judgment.\"" ], [ "He said,", "\"My Lord!", "Then give me respite", "until", "(the) Day", "they are resurrected.\"" ], [ "He said,", "\"Then indeed, you", "(are) of", "those given respite," ], [ "Until", "(the) Day", "(of) the time", "well-known.\"" ], [ "He said,", "\"Then by Your might", "I will surely mislead them", "all." ], [ "Except", "Your slaves", "among them", "the chosen ones.\"" ], [ "He said,", "\"Then (it is) the truth", "and the truth", "I say," ], [ "Surely I will fill", "Hell", "with you", "and those who", "follow you", "among them", "all.\"" ], [ "Say,", "\"Not", "I ask of you", "for it", "any", "payment,", "and not", "I am", "of", "the ones who pretend." ], [ "Not", "it (is)", "except", "a Reminder", "to the worlds." ], [ "And surely you will know", "its information", "after", "a time.\"" ] ], "glossNote": "English word hints follow the Quranic Arabic Corpus. Where the Corpus repeats a phrase across adjacent Arabic words, it is divided into individual word meanings for hover and audio; these editorial splits are recorded in the source audit. Brackets identify connective or grammatical senses that English does not translate separately." }