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Surah Sad, Verse 32

سورة ص، الآية ٣٢

38:32 Juz 23 Hizb 46 Page 455 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 38:32

فَقَالَ إِنِّىٓ أَحْبَبْتُ حُبَّ ٱلْخَيْرِ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّى حَتَّىٰ تَوَارَتْ بِٱلْحِجَابِ ۝٣٢

Transliteration

faqāla innī aḥbabtu ḥubba l-khayri ʿan dhik'ri rabbī ḥattā tawārat bil-ḥijābi

Translation

And he said, "Indeed, I gave preference to the love of good [things] over the remembrance of my Lord until it [i.e., the sun] disappeared into the curtain [of darkness]."

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Verse 32 of Surah Sad (38:32), 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 32

Al-Mukhtasar

So Solomon said: “I preferred love of wealth, these horses being part of it, over the remembrance of my Lord until the sun set.

Tafsir of the whole Surah Sad

Other translations of verse 32

He then said, “I gave preference to the love of fine things over the remembrance of my Lord,” until the sun went out of sight.

He said: "I did love the good (these horses) instead of remembering my Lord (in my ‘Asr prayer)" till the time was over, and (the sun) had hidden in the veil (of night).

And he said: Lo! I have preferred the good things (of the world) to the remembrance of my Lord; till they were taken out of sight behind the curtain.

And he said, "Truly do I love the love of good, with a view to the glory of my Lord,"- until (the sun) was hidden in the veil (of night):

Then he said: Surely I preferred the good things to the remembrance of my Lord-- until the sun set and time for Asr prayer was over, (he said):

Then he said, "Surely I have loved the love of (earthly) charitable (things) better than the Remembrance of my Lord, " until (the sun) disappeared behind the curtain (Literally: made herself disappear with the curtain).

Verse 32 word by word

  1. فَقَالَ faqāla And he said ق و ل
  2. إِنِّىٓ innī Indeed, I
  3. أَحْبَبْتُ aḥbabtu [I] preferred ح ب ب
  4. حُبَّ ḥubba (the) love ح ب ب
  5. ٱلْخَيْرِ l-khayri (of) the good خ ي ر
  6. عَن ʿan over
  7. ذِكْرِ dhik'ri (the) remembrance ذ ك ر
  8. رَبِّى rabbī (of) my Lord ر ب ب
  9. حَتَّىٰ ḥattā Until
  10. تَوَارَتْ tawārat they were hidden و ر ي
  11. بِٱلْحِجَابِ bil-ḥijābi in the veil ح ج ب

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 4807

I asked Mujahid regarding the prostration in Surat Sa`d. He said, "I asked Ibn `Abbas, 'What evidence makes you prostrate?' He said, "Don't you recite:--'And among his progeny, David and Solomon..(6.84). Those are they whom Allah had guided. So follow their guidance.' (6.90) So David was the one of…

أَوَمَا تَقْرَأُ ‏‏{‏وَمِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِهِ دَاوُدَ وَسُلَيْمَانَ‏}‏ ‏‏{‏أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ هَدَى اللَّهُ فَبِهُدَاهُمُ اقْتَدِهْ‏}‏ فَكَانَ دَاوُدُ مِمَّنْ أُمِرَ نَبِيُّكُمْ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ يَقْتَدِيَ بِهِ…

Narrated by Ibn ‘Abbās

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