Text of verse 37:89
فَقَالَ إِنِّى سَقِيمٌ ٨٩
Transliteration
faqāla innī saqīmun
Translation
And said, "Indeed, I am [about to be] ill."
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Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary
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Surah As-Saffat, Verse 89
سورة الصافات، الآية ٨٩
Verse 89 of Surah As-Saffat (37:89), a Meccan surah, is in juz 23, on page 449 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
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Tafsir of verse 89
Al-Mukhtasar
He said, presenting an excuse from having to go with his people to their festival, “I am sick.”
Other translations of verse 89
and said, “I am sick21.”
Notes
[21] The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Ibrahim (peace be upon him) did not lie except for three lies: His saying {I am sick} and his saying {Rather, the chief of them did this} and his saying about his wife, “She is my sister.” [Al-Bukhāri, Muslim]. Two of them were for the sake of Allah, and the third one was for the sake of his sister.
And he said: "Verily, I am sick5 (with plague). [He did this trick to remain in their temple of idols to destroy them and not to accompany them to the pagan feast)]."
Notes
[5] (V.37:89) See the footnote (C) of (V.16:121).
Then said: Lo! I feel sick!
And he said, "I am indeed sick (at heart)!"
Then he said: Surely I am sick (of your worshipping these).
Yet he said, "Surely I am ailing."
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Hadiths that cite this verse
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Sahih al-Bukhari 3357
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Abraham did not tell a lie except on three occasions."
لَمْ يَكْذِبْ إِبْرَاهِيمُ إِلاَّ ثَلاَثًا "
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Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse
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Al-Anbya 21:62
قَالُوٓا۟ ءَأَنتَ فَعَلْتَ هَٰذَا بِـَٔالِهَتِنَا يَٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ
They said, "Have you done this to our gods, O Abraham?"