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Surah Sad, Verse 42

سورة ص، الآية ٤٢

38:42 Juz 23 Hizb 46 Page 455 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 38:42

ٱرْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَ هَٰذَا مُغْتَسَلٌۢ بَارِدٌ وَشَرَابٌ ۝٤٢

Transliteration

ur'kuḍ birij'lika hādhā mugh'tasalun bāridun washarābun

Translation

[So he was told], "Strike [the ground] with your foot; this is a [spring for a] cool bath and drink."

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Verse 42 of Surah Sad (38:42), 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 42

Al-Mukhtasar

So I said to him: “Strike your foot on the ground”. So he struck his foot on the ground, then water sprung forth for him from it, which he would drink and bathe from and through it, his difficulty and pain would go.

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Other translations of verse 42

[Allah said], “Stamp [the ground] with your foot: here is a cool spring for bathing and drinking.”

(Allâh said to him): "Strike the ground with your foot: This is (a spring of) water to wash in, cool and a (refreshing) drink."

(And it was said unto him): Strike the ground with thy foot. This (spring) is a cool bath and a refreshing drink.

(The command was given:) "Strike with thy foot: here is (water) wherein to wash, cool and refreshing, and (water) to drink."

Urge with your foot; here is a cool washing-place and a drink.

"Scamper with your leg. This is a washing-place, cool and a drink."

Verse 42 word by word

  1. ٱرْكُضْ ur'kuḍ Strike ر ك ض
  2. بِرِجْلِكَ birij'lika with your foot ر ج ل
  3. هَٰذَا hādhā This
  4. مُغْتَسَلٌۢ mugh'tasalun (is a spring of) water to bathe غ س ل
  5. بَارِدٌ bāridun cool ب ر د
  6. وَشَرَابٌ washarābun and a drink ش ر ب

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