Surah Şād (The Letter "Saad") in English

1. ووهبنا له أهله ومثلهم معهم رحمة منا وذكرى لأولي الألباب

   43

   We gave [back] his family to him along with others like them, as a mercy from Us and an admonition for those who possess intellect.

   wa-wahabnā lahū ʾahlahū wa-mithlahum maʿahum raḥmatan minnā wa-dhikrā li-ʾulī l-ʾalbābi

2. وخذ بيدك ضغثا فاضرب به ولا تحنث إنا وجدناه صابرا نعم العبد إنه أواب

   44

   [We told him:] ‘Take a faggot in your hand and then strike [your wife] with it, but do not break [your] oath.’ Indeed, We found him to be patient. What an excellent servant! Indeed he was a penitent [soul].

   wa-khudh bi-yadika ḍighthan fa-ḍrib bihī wa-lā taḥnath ʾinnā wajadnāhu ṣābiran niʿma l-ʿabdu ʾinnahū ʾawwābun

3. واذكر عبادنا إبراهيم وإسحاق ويعقوب أولي الأيدي والأبصار

   45

   And remember Our servants, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, men of strength and insight.

   wa-dhkur ʿibādanā ʾibrāhīma wa-ʾisḥāqa wa-yaʿqūba ʾulī l-ʾaydī wa-l-ʾabṣāri

4. إنا أخلصناهم بخالصة ذكرى الدار

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   Indeed We purified them with exclusive remembrance of the abode [of the Hereafter].

   ʾinnā ʾakhlaṣnāhum bi-khāliṣatin dhikrā d-dāri

5. وإنهم عندنا لمن المصطفين الأخيار

   47

   Indeed they are surely with Us among the elect of the best.

   wa-ʾinnahum ʿindanā la-mina l-muṣṭafayna l-ʾakhyāri

6. واذكر إسماعيل واليسع وذا الكفل وكل من الأخيار

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   And remember Ishmael, Elisha and Dhu’l-Kifl—each [of whom was] among the elect.

   wa-dhkur ʾismāʿīla wa-l-yasaʿa wa-dhā l-kifli wa-kullun mina l-ʾakhyāri

7. هذا ذكر وإن للمتقين لحسن مآب

   49

   This is a Reminder, and indeed the Godwary have a good destination:

   hādhā dhikrun wa-ʾinna li-l-muttaqīna la-ḥusna maʾābin

8. جنات عدن مفتحة لهم الأبواب

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   the Gardens of Eden, whose gates will be flung open for them.

   jannāti ʿadnin mufattaḥatan lahumu l-ʾabwābu

9. متكئين فيها يدعون فيها بفاكهة كثيرة وشراب

   51

   Reclining therein [on couches], they will call for abundant fruits and drinks,

   muttakiʾīna fīhā yadʿūna fīhā bi-fākihatin kathīratin wa-sharābin

10. وعندهم قاصرات الطرف أتراب

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    and there will be with them maidens of restrained glances, of a like age.

    wa-ʿindahum qāṣirātu ṭ-ṭarfi ʾatrābun

11. هذا ما توعدون ليوم الحساب

    53

    This is what you are promised on the Day of Reckoning.

    hādhā mā tūʿadūna li-yawmi l-ḥisābi

12. إن هذا لرزقنا ما له من نفاد

    54

    This is Our provision, which will never be exhausted.

    ʾinna hādhā la-rizqunā mā lahū min nafādin

13. هذا وإن للطاغين لشر مآب

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    This [will be for the righteous], and as for the rebellious there will surely be a bad destination:

    hādhā wa-ʾinna li-ṭ-ṭāghīna la-sharra maʾābin

14. جهنم يصلونها فبئس المهاد

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    hell, which they shall enter, an evil resting place.

    jahannama yaṣlawnahā fa-biʾsa l-mihādu

15. هذا فليذوقوه حميم وغساق

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    [They will be told, ‘This is scalding water and pus; let them taste it,

    hādhā fa-l-yadhūqūhu ḥamīmun wa-ghassāqun

16. وآخر من شكله أزواج

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    and other kinds [of torments] resembling it.’

    wa-ʾākharu min shaklihī ʾazwājun

17. هذا فوج مقتحم معكم لا مرحبا بهم إنهم صالو النار

    59

    [The leaders of the faithless will be told,] ‘This is a group [of your followers] plunging [into hell] along with you.’ [They will repond,] ‘May wretchedness be their lot! For they will enter the Fire.’

    hādhā fawjun muqtaḥimun maʿakum lā marḥaban bihim ʾinnahum ṣālū n-nāri

18. قالوا بل أنتم لا مرحبا بكم أنتم قدمتموه لنا فبئس القرار

    60

    They will say, ‘No, may wretchedness be your lot! You prepared this [hell] for us. What an evil abode!’

    qālū bal ʾantum lā marḥaban bikum ʾantum qaddamtumūhu lanā fa-biʾsa l-qarāru

19. قالوا ربنا من قدم لنا هذا فزده عذابا ضعفا في النار

    61

    They will say, ‘Our Lord! Whoever has prepared this for us, double his punishment in the Fire!’

    qālū rabbanā man qaddama lanā hādhā fa-zidhu ʿadhāban ḍiʿfan fī n-nāri