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Surah Sad, Verse 25

سورة ص، الآية ٢٥

38:25 Juz 23 Hizb 46 Page 454 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 38:25

فَغَفَرْنَا لَهُۥ ذَٰلِكَ وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍ ۝٢٥

Transliteration

faghafarnā lahu dhālika wa-inna lahu ʿindanā lazul'fā waḥus'na maābin

Translation

So We forgave him that; and indeed, for him is nearness to Us and a good place of return.

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Verse 25 of Surah Sad (38:25), 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 25

Al-Mukhtasar

So I responded to him and forgave him that. And he is amongst the close ones with Me, and for him is a good return in the Afterlife.

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Other translations of verse 25

So We forgave that for him, and he certainly has a place of nearness to Us and a good place of return.

So We forgave him that, and verily, for him is a near access to Us, and a good place of (final) return (Paradise).

So We forgave him that; and lo! he had access to Our presence and a happy journey's end.

So We forgave him this (lapse): he enjoyed, indeed, a Near Approach to Us, and a beautiful place of (Final) Return.

Therefore We rectified for him this, and most surely he had a nearness to Us and an excellent resort.

So We forgave him that, and surely he has in Our Providence proximity indeed and a fair resorting.

Verse 25 word by word

  1. فَغَفَرْنَا faghafarnā So We forgave غ ف ر
  2. لَهُۥ lahu for him
  3. ذَٰلِكَ dhālika that
  4. وَإِنَّ wa-inna And indeed
  5. لَهُۥ lahu for him
  6. عِندَنَا ʿindanā with Us ع ن د
  7. لَزُلْفَىٰ lazul'fā surely is a near access ز ل ف
  8. وَحُسْنَ waḥus'na and a good ح س ن
  9. مَـَٔابٍ maābin place of return أ و ب

Verses related to verse 25

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-An’am 6:84

    وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ كُلًّا هَدَيْنَا وَنُوحًا هَدَيْنَا مِن قَبْلُ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِهِۦ دَاوُۥدَ وَسُلَيْمَٰنَ وَأَيُّوبَ وَيُوسُفَ وَمُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

    And We gave to him [i.e., Abraham] Isaac and Jacob - all [of them] We guided. And Noah, We guided before; and among his descendants, David and Solomon and Job and Joseph and Moses and Aaron. Thus do We reward the doers of good.

  • Al-An’am 6:90

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ هَدَى ٱللَّهُ فَبِهُدَىٰهُمُ ٱقْتَدِهْ قُل لَّآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    Those are the ones whom Allāh has guided, so from their guidance take an example. Say, "I ask of you for it [i.e., this message] no payment. It is not but a reminder for the worlds."

Verses with similar wording

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  • Sad 38:40

    وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍ

    And indeed, for him is nearness to Us and a good place of return.

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