The Letter "Saad"

Surah
Sad

صٓۚ
وَٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ
ذِي
ٱلذِّكۡرِ
١

Ṣãd. By the Quran, full of reminders!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

38:2

بَلِ

ٱلَّذِينَ

كَفَرُواْ

فِي

عِزَّةٖ

وَشِقَاقٖ

˹This is the truth,˺ yet the disbelievers are ˹entrenched˺ in arrogance and opposition.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

38:3

كَمۡ

أَهۡلَكۡنَا

مِن

قَبۡلِهِم

مِّن

قَرۡنٖ

فَنَادَواْ

وَّلَاتَ

حِينَ

مَنَاصٖ

˹Imagine˺ how many peoples We destroyed before them, and they cried out when it was too late to escape.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

38:4

وَعَجِبُوٓاْ

أَن

جَآءَهُم

مُّنذِرٞ

مِّنۡهُمۡۖ

وَقَالَ

ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ

هَٰذَا

سَٰحِرٞ

كَذَّابٌ

Now, the pagans are astonished that a warner has come to them from among themselves.¹ And the disbelievers say, “This is a magician, a total liar!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

38:5

أَجَعَلَ

ٱلۡأٓلِهَةَ

إِلَٰهٗا

وَٰحِدًاۖ

إِنَّ

هَٰذَا

لَشَيۡءٌ

عُجَابٞ

Has he reduced ˹all˺ the gods to One God? Indeed, this is something totally astonishing.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

38:6

وَٱنطَلَقَ

ٱلۡمَلَأُ

مِنۡهُمۡ

أَنِ

ٱمۡشُواْ

وَٱصۡبِرُواْ

عَلَىٰٓ

ءَالِهَتِكُمۡۖ

إِنَّ

هَٰذَا

لَشَيۡءٞ

يُرَادُ

The chiefs among them went forth saying, “Carry on, and stand firm in devotion to your gods. Certainly this is just a scheme ˹for power˺.¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

38:7

مَا

سَمِعۡنَا

بِهَٰذَا

فِي

ٱلۡمِلَّةِ

ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ

إِنۡ

هَٰذَآ

إِلَّا

ٱخۡتِلَٰقٌ

We have never heard of this in the previous faith.¹ This is nothing but a fabrication.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

38:8

أَءُنزِلَ

عَلَيۡهِ

ٱلذِّكۡرُ

مِنۢ

بَيۡنِنَاۚ

بَلۡ

هُمۡ

فِي

شَكّٖ

مِّن

ذِكۡرِيۚ

بَل

لَّمَّا

يَذُوقُواْ

عَذَابِ

Has the Reminder been revealed ˹only˺ to him out of ˹all of˺ us?” In fact, they are ˹only˺ in doubt of My ˹revealed˺ Reminder.¹ In fact, ˹they do so because˺ they have not yet tasted My punishment.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

38:9

أَمۡ

عِندَهُمۡ

خَزَآئِنُ

رَحۡمَةِ

رَبِّكَ

ٱلۡعَزِيزِ

ٱلۡوَهَّابِ

Or ˹is it because˺ they possess the treasuries of the mercy of your Lord—the Almighty, the Giver ˹of all bounties˺.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

38:10

أَمۡ

لَهُم

مُّلۡكُ

ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ

وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ

وَمَا

بَيۡنَهُمَاۖ

فَلۡيَرۡتَقُواْ

فِي

ٱلۡأَسۡبَٰبِ

١٠

Or ˹is it because˺ the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and everything in between belongs to them? Let them then climb their way ˹to heaven, if their claim is true˺.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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