Surah Şād (The Letter "Saad") in English

1. وقالوا ما لنا لا نرى رجالا كنا نعدهم من الأشرار

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   And they will say, ‘Why is it that we do not see [here] men whom we used to count among the bad ones,

   wa-qālū mā lanā lā narā rijālan kunnā naʿudduhum mina l-ʾashrāri

2. أتخذناهم سخريا أم زاغت عنهم الأبصار

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   ridiculing them, or do [our] eyes miss them [here]?’

   ʾa-ttakhadhnāhum sikhriyyan ʾam zāghat ʿanhumu l-ʾabṣāru

3. إن ذلك لحق تخاصم أهل النار

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   That is indeed a true account of the contentions of the inmates of the Fire.

   ʾinna dhālika la-ḥaqqun takhāṣumu ʾahli n-nāri

4. قل إنما أنا منذر وما من إله إلا الله الواحد القهار

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   Say, ‘I am just a warner, and there is no god except Allah, the One, the All-paramount,

   qul ʾinnamā ʾana mundhirun wa-mā min ʾilāhin ʾillā llāhu l-wāḥidu l-qahhāru

5. رب السماوات والأرض وما بينهما العزيز الغفار

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   the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the All-mighty, the All-forgiver.’

   rabbu s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-mā baynahumā l-ʿazīzu l-ghaffāru

6. قل هو نبأ عظيم

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   Say, ‘It is a great prophesy,

   qul huwa nabaʾun ʿaẓīmun

7. أنتم عنه معرضون

   68

   of which you are disregardful.

   ʾantum ʿanhu muʿriḍūna

8. ما كان لي من علم بالملإ الأعلى إذ يختصمون

   69

   I have no knowledge of the Supernal Elite when they contend.

   mā kāna liya min ʿilmin bi-l-malaʾi l-ʾaʿlā ʾidh yakhtaṣimūna

9. إن يوحى إلي إلا أنما أنا نذير مبين

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   All that is revealed to me is that I am just a manifest warner.’

   ʾin yūḥā ʾilayya ʾillā ʾannamā ʾana nadhīrun mubīnun

10. إذ قال ربك للملائكة إني خالق بشرا من طين

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    When your Lord said to the angels, ‘Indeed I am about to create a human being out of clay.

    ʾidh qāla rabbuka li-l-malāʾikati ʾinnī khāliqun basharan min ṭīnin

11. فإذا سويته ونفخت فيه من روحي فقعوا له ساجدين

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    So when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My spirit, then fall down in prostration before him.’

    fa-ʾidhā sawwaytuhū wa-nafakhtu fīhi min rūḥī fa-qaʿū lahū sājidīna

12. فسجد الملائكة كلهم أجمعون

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    Thereat the angels prostrated, all of them together,

    fa-sajada l-malāʾikatu kulluhum ʾajmaʿūna

13. إلا إبليس استكبر وكان من الكافرين

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    but not Iblis; he acted arrogantly and he was one of the faithless.

    ʾillā ʾiblīsa stakbara wa-kāna mina l-kāfirīna

14. قال يا إبليس ما منعك أن تسجد لما خلقت بيدي أستكبرت أم كنت من العالين

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    He said, ‘O Iblis! What keeps you from prostrating before that which I have created with My [own] two hands? Are you arrogant, or are you one of the exalted ones?’

    qāla yā-ʾiblīsu mā manaʿaka ʾan tasjuda li-mā khalaqtu bi-yadayya ʾa-stakbarta ʾam kunta mina l-ʿālīna

15. قال أنا خير منه خلقتني من نار وخلقته من طين

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    ‘I am better than him,’ he said. ‘You created me from fire and You created him from clay.’

    qāla ʾana khayrun minhu khalaqtanī min nārin wa-khalaqtahū min ṭīnin

16. قال فاخرج منها فإنك رجيم

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    He said, ‘Begone hence, for you are indeed an outcast,

    qāla fa-khruj minhā fa-ʾinnaka rajīmun

17. وإن عليك لعنتي إلى يوم الدين

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    and indeed My curse will be on you till the Day of Retribution.’

    wa-ʾinna ʿalayka laʿnatī ʾilā yawmi d-dīni

18. قال رب فأنظرني إلى يوم يبعثون

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    He said, ‘My Lord! Respite me till the day they will be resurrected.’

    qāla rabbi fa-ʾanẓirnī ʾilā yawmi yubʿathūna

19. قال فإنك من المنظرين

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    Said He, ‘You are indeed among the reprieved

    qāla fa-ʾinnaka mina l-munẓarīna

20. إلى يوم الوقت المعلوم

    81

    until the day of the known time.’

    ʾilā yawmi l-waqti l-maʿlūmi

21. قال فبعزتك لأغوينهم أجمعين

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    He said, ‘By Your might, I will surely pervert them,

    qāla fa-bi-ʿizzatika la-ʾughwiyannahum ʾajmaʿīna

22. إلا عبادك منهم المخلصين

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    except Your exclusive servants among them.’

    ʾillā ʿibādaka minhumu l-mukhlaṣīna