Text of verse 38:40
وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍ ٤٠
Transliteration
wa-inna lahu ʿindanā lazul'fā waḥus'na maābin
Translation
And indeed, for him is nearness to Us and a good place of return.
سورة ص، الآية ٤٠
وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍ ٤٠
wa-inna lahu ʿindanā lazul'fā waḥus'na maābin
And indeed, for him is nearness to Us and a good place of return.
Verse 40 of Surah Sad (38:40), 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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And Solomon is amongst the close ones with us, and he has a good return which he will return to, and it is Paradise.
And he certainly has a status of nearness to Us and a good place of return.
And verily, for him is a near access to Us, and a good (final) return (Paradise).
And lo! he hath favour with Us, and a happy journey's end.
And he enjoyed, indeed, a Near Approach to Us, and a beautiful Place of (Final) Return.
And most surely he had a nearness to Us and an excellent resort.
And surely he has indeed in Our Providence a near proximity and a fair resorting.
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
فَغَفَرْنَا لَهُۥ ذَٰلِكَ وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلْفَىٰ وَحُسْنَ مَـَٔابٍ
So We forgave him that; and indeed, for him is nearness to Us and a good place of return.