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Surah Sad, Verse 28

سورة ص، الآية ٢٨

38:28 Juz 23 Hizb 46 Page 455 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 38:28

أَمْ نَجْعَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ كَٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ نَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ كَٱلْفُجَّارِ ۝٢٨

Transliteration

am najʿalu alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti kal-muf'sidīna fī l-arḍi am najʿalu l-mutaqīna kal-fujāri

Translation

Or should We treat those who believe and do righteous deeds like corrupters in the land? Or should We treat those who fear Allāh like the wicked?

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Verse 28 of Surah Sad (38:28), a Meccan surah, is in juz 23, on page 455 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 28

Al-Mukhtasar

I will never make those who believe in Allah, follow His messenger and do good deeds like those who make the corruption on earth through disbelief and sins, nor will I make those who are mindful of their Lord by carrying out His orders and refraining from His prohibitions like the disbelievers and hypocrites who are engrossed in sins. Making them both equal is an injustice which does not befit Allah. But rather Allah will reward the pious believers by entry into Paradise and punish the wretched disbelievers by entry into the fire, because they are not equal in Allah’s sight so their reward is not equal in His sight too.

Tafsir of the whole Surah Sad

Other translations of verse 28

Should We make those who believe and do righteous deeds equal to those who spread corruption on earth? Or should We make the righteous equal to the wicked?

Shall We treat those who believe (in the Oneness of Allâh - Islâmic Monotheism) and do righteous good deeds as Mufsidûn (those who associate partners in worship with Allâh and commit crimes) on earth? Or shall We treat the Muttaqûn (the pious - See V.2:2) as the Fujjâr (criminals, disbelievers, the wicked)?

Shall We treat those who believe and do good works as those who spread corruption in the earth; or shall We treat the pious as the wicked?

Shall We treat those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, the same as those who do mischief on earth? Shall We treat those who guard against evil, the same as those who turn aside from the right?

Shall We treat those who believe and do good like the mischief-makers in the earth? Or shall We make those who guard (against evil) like the wicked?

Or even shall We make the ones who have believed and done deeds of righteousness as the corruptors in the earth, or even shall We make the pious as the constantly impious?

Verse 28 word by word

  1. أَمْ am Or
  2. نَجْعَلُ najʿalu should We treat ج ع ل
  3. ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
  4. ءَامَنُوا۟ āmanū believe أ م ن
  5. وَعَمِلُوا۟ waʿamilū and do ع م ل
  6. ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ l-ṣāliḥāti righteous deeds ص ل ح
  7. كَٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ kal-muf'sidīna like those who spread corruption ف س د
  8. فِى fī in
  9. ٱلْأَرْضِ l-arḍi the earth أ ر ض
  10. أَمْ am Or
  11. نَجْعَلُ najʿalu should We treat ج ع ل
  12. ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ l-mutaqīna the pious و ق ي
  13. كَٱلْفُجَّارِ kal-fujāri like the wicked ف ج ر

Verses related to verse 28

Verses with similar wording

They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • Ar-Ra’d 13:29

    ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ طُوبَىٰ لَهُمْ وَحُسْنُ مَـَٔابٍ

    Those who have believed and done righteous deeds - a good state is theirs and a good return.

  • Luqman 31:8

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّٰتُ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

    Indeed, those who believe and do righteous deeds - for them are the Gardens of Pleasure,

  • Maryam 19:96

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ سَيَجْعَلُ لَهُمُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وُدًّا

    Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - the Most Merciful will appoint for them affection.

  • Ar-Rum 30:15

    فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَهُمْ فِى رَوْضَةٍ يُحْبَرُونَ

    And as for those who had believed and done righteous deeds, they will be in a garden [of Paradise], delighted.

  • Fussilat 41:8

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ

    Indeed, those who believe and do righteous deeds - for them is a reward uninterrupted.

  • Al-Inshiqaq 84:25

    إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ

    Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.

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