Surah 38: Sad
The Holy Qur’an
Holy Qur’an 38:1
In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 38:2
Sad. By the Qur’an, full of exhortation, it is Our revealed word.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 38:3
But those who disbelieve are steeped in false pride and enmity.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 38:4
How many a generation before them have We destroyed! They cried out for help, but it was no longer the time for escape.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 38:5
And they wonder that a Warner has come to them from among themselves; and the disbelievers say, ‘This is a magician, a great liar.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 38:6
‘Does he make the gods to be one God? This is indeed a strange thing.’
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 38:7
And the leaders among them spoke out, ‘Go and stick to your gods. This is a thing designed.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 38:8
‘We have not heard of this even in the latest religion. This is nothing but a fabrication.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 38:9
‘Has the exhortation been sent down to him in preference to all of us?’ Nay, they are in doubt concerning My exhortation. Nay, but they have not yet tasted My punishment.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 38:10
Do they possess the treasures of the mercy of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Great Bestower?
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 38:11
Or is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them theirs? So let them ascend with the means at their disposal.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 38:12
They are a host from among the confederates which will be routed here.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 38:13
Before them too the people of Noah, and the tribe of ‘Ad and Pharaoh, the lord of stakes, treated the Messengers as liars;
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 38:14
And the tribe of Thamud, and the people of Lot, and the dwellers of the Wood—these were the confederates,
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 38:15
There was not one of them but treated their Messengers as liars, so My punishment rightly overtook them.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 38:16
And these only wait for a single blast, and there shall be no delaying it.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 38:17
They say, ‘Our Lord, hasten to us our portion of the punishment before the Day of Reckoning.’
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 38:18
Bear patiently what they say, and remember Our servant David, man of strong hands; surely he was always turning to God.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 38:19
We subjected to him the mountains. They celebrated God’s praises with him at nightfall and sunrise.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 38:20
And We subjected to him the birds gathered together: all turned to him.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)