Surah Saad

وَٱذْكُرْعَبْدَنَآأَيُّوبَإِذْنَادَىٰرَبَّهُۥٓأَنِّىمَسَّنِىَٱلشَّيْطَٰنُبِنُصْبٍۢوَعَذَابٍ

AND CALL to mind Our servant Job, [how it was] when he cried out to his Sustainer, “Behold, Satan has afflicted me with [utter] weariness and suffering!”

ٱرْكُضْبِرِجْلِكَهَٰذَامُغْتَسَلٌۢبَارِدٌۭوَشَرَابٌۭ

[and thereupon was told:] “Strike [the ground] with thy foot: here is cool water to wash with and to drink!”

وَوَهَبْنَالَهُۥٓأَهْلَهُۥوَمِثْلَهُممَّعَهُمْرَحْمَةًۭمِّنَّاوَذِكْرَىٰلِأُو۟لِىٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ

And We bestowed upon him new offspring, doubling their number as an act of grace from Us, and as a reminder unto all who are endowed with insight.

وَخُذْبِيَدِكَضِغْثًۭافَٱضْرِببِّهِۦوَلَاتَحْنَثْإِنَّاوَجَدْنَٰهُصَابِرًۭانِّعْمَٱلْعَبْدُإِنَّهُۥٓأَوَّابٌۭ

[And finally We told him:] “Now take in thy hand a small bunch of grass, and strike therewith, and thou wilt not break thine oath!” for, verily, We found him full of patience in adversity: how excellent a servant [of Ours], who, behold, would always turn unto Us!

وَٱذْكُرْعِبَٰدَنَآإِبْرَٰهِيمَوَإِسْحَٰقَوَيَعْقُوبَأُو۟لِىٱلْأَيْدِىوَٱلْأَبْصَٰرِ

AND CALL to mind Our servants Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, [all of them] endowed with inner strength and vision:

إِنَّآأَخْلَصْنَٰهُمبِخَالِصَةٍۢذِكْرَىٱلدَّارِ

for, verily, We purified them by means of a thought most pure: the remembrance of the life to come.

وَإِنَّهُمْعِندَنَالَمِنَٱلْمُصْطَفَيْنَٱلْأَخْيَارِ

And, behold, in Our sight they were indeed among the elect, the truly good!

وَٱذْكُرْإِسْمَٰعِيلَوَٱلْيَسَعَوَذَاٱلْكِفْلِوَكُلٌّۭمِّنَٱلْأَخْيَارِ

And call to mind Ishmael and Elisha, and every one who [like them] has pledged himself [unto Us]: for, each of them was of the truly good!

هَٰذَاذِكْرٌۭوَإِنَّلِلْمُتَّقِينَلَحُسْنَمَـَٔابٍۢ

LET [all] this be a reminder [to those who believe in God] - for, verily, the most beauteous of all goals awaits the God-conscious:

جَنَّٰتِعَدْنٍۢمُّفَتَّحَةًۭلَّهُمُٱلْأَبْوَٰبُ

gardens of perpetual bliss, with gates wide-open to them,

مُتَّكِـِٔينَفِيهَايَدْعُونَفِيهَابِفَٰكِهَةٍۢكَثِيرَةٍۢوَشَرَابٍۢ

wherein they will recline, [and] wherein they may [freely] call for many a fruit and drink,

وَعِندَهُمْقَٰصِرَٰتُٱلطَّرْفِأَتْرَابٌ

having beside them well-matched mates of modest gaze.”

هَٰذَامَاتُوعَدُونَلِيَوْمِٱلْحِسَابِ

This is what you are promised for the Day of Reckoning:

إِنَّهَٰذَالَرِزْقُنَامَالَهُۥمِننَّفَادٍ

this, verily, shall be Our provision [for you], with no end to it!

هَٰذَاوَإِنَّلِلطَّٰغِينَلَشَرَّمَـَٔابٍۢ

All this [for the righteous]: but, verily, the most evil of all goals awaits those who are wont to transgress the bounds of what is right:

جَهَنَّمَيَصْلَوْنَهَافَبِئْسَٱلْمِهَادُ

hell will they have to endure - and how vile a resting-place!

هَٰذَافَلْيَذُوقُوهُحَمِيمٌۭوَغَسَّاقٌۭ

This, [then, for them -] so let them taste it: burning despair and ice-cold darkness

وَءَاخَرُمِنشَكْلِهِۦٓأَزْوَٰجٌ

and, coupled with it, further [suffering] of a similar nature.

هَٰذَافَوْجٌۭمُّقْتَحِمٌۭمَّعَكُمْلَامَرْحَبًۢابِهِمْإِنَّهُمْصَالُوا۟ٱلنَّارِ

[And they will say to one another: “Do you see] this crowd of people who rushed headlong [into sin] with you? No welcome to them! Verily, they [too] shall have to endure the fire!”

قَالُوا۟بَلْأَنتُمْلَامَرْحَبًۢابِكُمْأَنتُمْقَدَّمْتُمُوهُلَنَافَبِئْسَٱلْقَرَارُ

[And] they [who had been seduced] will exclaim: “Nay, but it is you! No welcome to you! It is you who have prepared this for us: and how vile a state to abide in!”