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Surah Sad, Verse 1

سورة ص، الآية ١

38:1 Juz 23 Hizb 46 Page 453 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 38:1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

صٓ وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ذِى ٱلذِّكْرِ ۝١

Transliteration

sad wal-qur'āni dhī l-dhik'ri

Translation

Ṣād.1316 By the Qur’ān containing reminder...1317

Notes

[1316] See footnote to 2:1.
[1317] The completion of the oath is understood to be that the Qur’ān is inimitable and thus a miracle from Allāh.

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Verse 1 of Surah Sad (38:1), a Meccan surah, is in juz 23, on page 453 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 1

Al-Mukhtasar

Saad. By the Qur’ān containing reminder. The discussion on similar letters has already passed in the beginning of Sūrah Al-Baqarah. I swear by the Qur’ān which is full of admonition, reminding mankind that which benefits them in their worldly life and the Afterlife. The matter is not as the idolaters think, namely that Allah has partners beside Him.

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Other translations of verse 1

Sād1. By the Qur’an, full of reminder2,

Notes

[1] See footnote 2:1.
[2] The oath's completion is that the Qur’an is inimitable and thus Allah's miracle.

Sâd. [These letters (Sâd etc.) are one of the miracles of the Quran and none but Allah (Alone) knows their meanings]. By the Quran full of reminding.

Sad. By the renowned Qur'an,

Sad: By the Qur'an, Full of Admonition: (This is the Truth).

Suad, I swear by the Quran, full of admonition.

Sad (This is name of a letter of the Arabic alphabet, and only Allah knows its meaning here) and (by) the Qur'an comprising the Remembrance.

Verse 1 word by word

  1. صٓ sad Saad
  2. وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ wal-qur'āni By the Quran ق ر أ
  3. ذِى dhī full (of) reminder
  4. ٱلذِّكْرِ l-dhik'ri full (of) reminder ذ ك ر

Hadiths that cite this verse

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