Verse 38:48 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
44
وَخُذۡ بِیَدِكَ ضِغۡثࣰا فَٱضۡرِب بِّهِۦ وَلَا تَحۡنَثۡۗ إِنَّا وَجَدۡنَـٰهُ صَابِرࣰاۚ نِّعۡمَ ٱلۡعَبۡدُ إِنَّهُۥۤ أَوَّابࣱ ٤٤
wakhudh biyadika ḍigh'than fa-iḍ'rib bihi walā taḥnath innā wajadnāhu ṣābiran niʿ'ma l-ʿabdu innahu awwābu
‘Take a small bunch of grass in your hand, and strike [her] with that so as not to break your oath.’ We found him patient in adversity; an excellent servant! He, too, always turned to God
45
وَٱذۡكُرۡ عِبَـٰدَنَاۤ إِبۡرَ ٰهِیمَ وَإِسۡحَـٰقَ وَیَعۡقُوبَ أُو۟لِی ٱلۡأَیۡدِی وَٱلۡأَبۡصَـٰرِ ٤٥
wa-udh'kur ʿibādanā ib'rāhīma wa-is'ḥāqa wayaʿqūba ulī l-aydī wal-abṣār
Remember Our servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, all men of strength and vision
46
إِنَّاۤ أَخۡلَصۡنَـٰهُم بِخَالِصَةࣲ ذِكۡرَى ٱلدَّارِ ٤٦
innā akhlaṣnāhum bikhāliṣatin dhik'rā l-dār
We caused them to be devoted to Us through their sincere remembrance of the Final Home
47
وَإِنَّهُمۡ عِندَنَا لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُصۡطَفَیۡنَ ٱلۡأَخۡیَارِ ٤٧
wa-innahum ʿindanā lamina l-muṣ'ṭafayna l-akhyār
with Us they will be among the elect, the truly good
48
وَٱذۡكُرۡ إِسۡمَـٰعِیلَ وَٱلۡیَسَعَ وَذَا ٱلۡكِفۡلِۖ وَكُلࣱّ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَخۡیَارِ ٤٨
wa-udh'kur is'māʿīla wal-yasaʿa wadhā l-kif'li wakullun mina l-akhyār
And remember Our servants Ishmael, Elisha, and Dhu ’l-Kifl, each of them truly good
49
هَـٰذَا ذِكۡرࣱۚ وَإِنَّ لِلۡمُتَّقِینَ لَحُسۡنَ مَءَابࣲ ٤٩
hādhā dhik'run wa-inna lil'muttaqīna laḥus'na maābi
This is a lesson. The devout will have a good place to return to
50
جَنَّـٰتِ عَدۡنࣲ مُّفَتَّحَةࣰ لَّهُمُ ٱلۡأَبۡوَ ٰبُ ٥٠
jannāti ʿadnin mufattaḥatan lahumu l-abwāb
Gardens of lasting bliss with gates wide open
51
مُتَّكِءِینَ فِیهَا یَدۡعُونَ فِیهَا بِفَـٰكِهَةࣲ كَثِیرَةࣲ وَشَرَابࣲ ٥١
muttakiīna fīhā yadʿūna fīhā bifākihatin kathīratin washarābi
They will be comfortably seated; they will call for abundant fruit and drink
52
۞ وَعِندَهُمۡ قَـٰصِرَ ٰتُ ٱلطَّرۡفِ أَتۡرَابٌ ٥٢
waʿindahum qāṣirātu l-ṭarfi atrābu
they will have well-matched [wives] with modest gaze
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