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Surat Şād (The Letter "Saad") - سورة ص
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![38:3](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/38_3.png)
Sahih International
How many a generation have We destroyed before them, and they [then] called out; but it was not a time for escape.![38:4](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/38_4.png)
Sahih International
And they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves. And the disbelievers say, "This is a magician and a liar.![38:5](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/38_5.png)
Sahih International
Has he made the gods [only] one God? Indeed, this is a curious thing."![38:6](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/38_6.png)
Sahih International
And the eminent among them went forth, [saying], "Continue, and be patient over [the defense of] your gods. Indeed, this is a thing intended.![38:7](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/38_7.png)
Sahih International
We have not heard of this in the latest religion. This is not but a fabrication.![38:8](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/38_8.png)
Sahih International
Has the message been revealed to him out of [all of] us?" Rather, they are in doubt about My message. Rather, they have not yet tasted My punishment.![38:9](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/38_9.png)
Sahih International
Or do they have the depositories of the mercy of your Lord, the Exalted in Might, the Bestower?![38:10](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/38_10.png)
Sahih International
Or is theirs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and what is between them? Then let them ascend through [any] ways of access.![38:11](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/38_11.png)
Sahih International
[They are but] soldiers [who will be] defeated there among the companies [of disbelievers].![38:12](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/38_12.png)
Sahih International
The people of Noah denied before them, and [the tribe of] 'Aad and Pharaoh, the owner of stakes,![38:13](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/38_13.png)
Sahih International
And [the tribe of] Thamud and the people of Lot and the companions of the thicket. Those are the companies.![38:15](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/38_15.png)
Sahih International
And these [disbelievers] await not but one blast [of the Horn]; for it there will be no delay.![38:16](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/38_16.png)
Sahih International
And they say, "Our Lord, hasten for us our share [of the punishment] before the Day of Account"![38:17](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/38_17.png)
Sahih International
Be patient over what they say and remember Our servant, David, the possessor of strength; indeed, he was one who repeatedly turned back [to Allah ].![38:18](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/38_18.png)
Sahih International
Indeed, We subjected the mountains [to praise] with him, exalting [ Allah ] in the [late] afternoon and [after] sunrise.![38:20](https://df61994948e9a54a5259-ad04094bac72ed4d481dba65a1920e88.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/38_20.png)
Sahih International
And We strengthened his kingdom and gave him wisdom and discernment in speech.![](/images/boxBottomBR.gif)