Surah Sad (ص) • The Letter "Saad"

Quran 38:31

38:31

إِذْ عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ بِٱلْعَشِىِّ ٱلصَّـٰفِنَـٰتُ ٱلْجِيَادُ

idh ʿuriḍa ʿalayhi bil-ʿashiyi l-ṣāfinātu l-jiyādu

[Mention] when there were exhibited before him in the afternoon the poised [standing] racehorses.

— Saheeh International

When well-bred light-footed horses were paraded before him near the close of day,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

When there were displayed before him, in the afternoon, well trained horses of the highest breed [for Jihâd (holy fighting in Allâh’s Cause)].

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

إِذْidhWhen
عُرِضَʿuriḍawere displayed
عَلَيْهِʿalayhito him
بِٱلْعَشِىِّbil-ʿashiyiin the afternoon
ٱلصَّـٰفِنَـٰتُl-ṣāfinātuexcellent bred steeds
ٱلْجِيَادُl-jiyāduexcellent bred steeds