Surah Sad (ص) • The Letter "Saad"

Quran 38:32

38:32

فَقَالَ إِنِّىٓ أَحْبَبْتُ حُبَّ ٱلْخَيْرِ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّى حَتَّىٰ تَوَارَتْ بِٱلْحِجَابِ

faqāla innī aḥbabtu ḥubba l-khayri ʿan dhik'ri rabbī ḥattā tawārat bil-ḥijābi

And he said, "Indeed, I gave preference to the love of good [things] over the remembrance of my Lord until it [i.e., the sun] disappeared into the curtain [of darkness]."

— Saheeh International

he kept saying, ‘My love of fine things is part of my remembering my Lord!’ until [the horses] disappeared from sight-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He said: "I did love the good (these horses) instead of remembering my Lord (in my ‘Asr prayer)" till the time was over, and (the sun) had hidden in the veil (of night).

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

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Word by Word

فَقَالَfaqālaAnd he said
إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
أَحْبَبْتُaḥbabtu[I] preferred
حُبَّḥubba(the) love
ٱلْخَيْرِl-khayri(of) the good
عَنʿanover
ذِكْرِdhik'ri(the) remembrance
رَبِّىrabbī(of) my Lord
حَتَّىٰḥattāUntil
تَوَارَتْtawāratthey were hidden
بِٱلْحِجَابِbil-ḥijābiin the veil