38/Sad-1: Sâd, by the Qur’ân, the owner of Remembrance (Dhikr).
38/Sad-2: Nay! Disbelievers are in pride and division.
38/Sad-3: How many generations did We destroy before them. Then they cried out, but the time of salvation had passed away.
38/Sad-4: And they were perplexed that a Warner from among themselves has come to them and the disbelievers said: “This is such a lying sorcerer”.
38/Sad-5: Does he make the gods a single God? A strange thing is this, to be sure!
38/Sad-6: And the notables of them broke forth (saying): “Go ahead! Remain patient (constant) to your gods! This is most surely a thing sought of you for sure”.
38/Sad-7: We never heard of this (that all deities are actually one) in other religions. This is nothing but a forgery.
38/Sad-8: Has the Reminder (Dhikr) been sent down to him from among us? Nay! They are in doubt about My Reminder (Dhikr)! Nay! They have not yet tasted My Torment!
38/Sad-9: Or are the treasures of the Mercy of your Lord, the All-Mighty, the All-Forgiving, All-Bestowing with them?
38/Sad-10: Or is the Dominion of the heavens and the earth and what is between them theirs? Then let them ascend by finding the means (the ways).
38/Sad-11: (They are) here a defeated army formed of the factions.
38/Sad-12: The people of Noah and Âd and the owner of spikes Pharaoh had denied before them as well.
38/Sad-13: And the people of Thamûd, and Lot and the Dwellers of ‘Elke’; these were the (denying) factions too.
38/Sad-14: They all called the Messengers nothing but liars. So My punishment was justified.
38/Sad-15: And they are not waiting for anything but a single Shout (a violent sound-wave), where there will be no other opportunity for them.
38/Sad-16: And they said: “Our Lord! Hasten on for us our portion before the Day of Reckoning”.
