Sura 38 Ss. (Saad)

In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful.

[38:1] Ss, and the Quran containing the Reminder;

[38:2] yet those who disbelieved are immersed in vainglory and opposition.

[38:3] How many a generation We have annihilated before them! They called out when it was too late to escape.

[38:4] And they were astonished that a warner had come to them from among themselves. The disbelievers said, "This is a lying magician.

[38:5] Has he turned all the gods into One God? This is indeed a strange thing!"

[38:6] The leaders among them went off, saying, "Go and persevere with your gods. This is what is desired.

[38:7] We have not heard of this in the previous creed. This is merely a fabrication.

[38:8] Has the Reminder been sent down upon him in exclusion of all of us?" In fact, they are in doubt about My Reminder. In fact, they are yet to taste My punishment.

[38:9] Or do they possess the treasuries of your Lord's mercy, the Dignified, the Grantor?

[38:10] Or do they possess the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, and what is between them? Let them then ascend through the pathways!

[38:11] Whatever confederates of soldiers are there will be defeated.

[38:12] The people of Noah denied before them, so did Aad, and Pharaoh of the stakes,

[38:13] and Thamoud, and the people of Lot, and the Companions of the Woods. Those were the confederates.

[38:14] Each of them denied the messengers, and so My punishment was justly deserved.

[38:15] These await nothing other than a single blast, from which none can recover.

[38:16] They said, "Our Lord, hasten for us our share before the Day of Reckoning."

[38:17] Be patient in the face of what they say, and mention Our servant David, the possessor of strength, he was always turning to his Lord.

[38:18] We subjected the mountains to glorify with him in the evening and at sunrise.