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Surah Sad, Verse 18

سورة ص، الآية ١٨

38:18 Juz 23 Hizb 46 Page 454 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 38:18

إِنَّا سَخَّرْنَا ٱلْجِبَالَ مَعَهُۥ يُسَبِّحْنَ بِٱلْعَشِىِّ وَٱلْإِشْرَاقِ ۝١٨

Transliteration

innā sakharnā l-jibāla maʿahu yusabbiḥ'na bil-ʿashiyi wal-ish'rāqi

Translation

Indeed, We subjected the mountains [to praise] with him, exalting [Allāh] in the [late] afternoon and [after] sunrise.

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Verse 18 of Surah Sad (38:18), a Meccan surah, is in juz 23, on page 454 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 18

Al-Mukhtasar

I subjugated the mountains with David. They would exalt with his exalting at the end of the day and its beginning at sunrise.

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Other translations of verse 18

We subjected the mountains to join him in glorifying Allah in the evening and the morning,

Verily, We made the mountains to glorify Our Praises with him [Dâwûd (David)] in the ‘Ashî (i.e. after the mid-day till sunset) and Ishrâq (i.e. after the sunrise till mid-day).

Lo! We subdued the hills to hymn the praises (of their Lord) with him at nightfall and sunrise,

It was We that made the hills declare, in unison with him, Our Praises, at eventide and at break of day,

Surely We made the mountains to sing the glory (of Allah) in unison with him at the evening and the sunrise,

Surely to him We subjected the mountains with him to extol at nightfall and sunshine.

Verse 18 word by word

  1. إِنَّا innā Indeed, We
  2. سَخَّرْنَا sakharnā subjected س خ ر
  3. ٱلْجِبَالَ l-jibāla the mountains ج ب ل
  4. مَعَهُۥ maʿahu with him
  5. يُسَبِّحْنَ yusabbiḥ'na glorifying س ب ح
  6. بِٱلْعَشِىِّ bil-ʿashiyi in the evening ع ش و
  7. وَٱلْإِشْرَاقِ wal-ish'rāqi and [the] sunrise ش ر ق

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Verses related to verse 18

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Saba 34:10

    وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا دَاوُۥدَ مِنَّا فَضْلًا يَٰجِبَالُ أَوِّبِى مَعَهُۥ وَٱلطَّيْرَ وَأَلَنَّا لَهُ ٱلْحَدِيدَ

    And We certainly gave David from Us bounty. [We said], "O mountains, repeat [Our] praises with him, and the birds [as well]." And We made pliable for him iron,

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