Surah Sad (ص) • The Letter "Saad"

Quran 38:44

38:44

وَخُذْ بِيَدِكَ ضِغْثًا فَٱضْرِب بِّهِۦ وَلَا تَحْنَثْ ۗ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَـٰهُ صَابِرًا ۚ نِّعْمَ ٱلْعَبْدُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ

wakhudh biyadika ḍigh'than fa-iḍ'rib bihi walā taḥnath innā wajadnāhu ṣābiran niʿ'ma l-ʿabdu innahu awwābun

[We said], "And take in your hand a bunch [of grass] and strike with it and do not break your oath." Indeed, We found him patient, an excellent servant. Indeed, he was one repeatedly turning back [to Allāh].

— Saheeh International

‘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.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"And take in your hand a bundle of thin grass and strike therewith (your wife), and break not your oath. Truly! We found him patient. How excellent a slave! Verily he was ever oft-returning in repentance (to Us)!

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

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Word by Word

وَخُذْwakhudhAnd take
بِيَدِكَbiyadikain your hand
ضِغْثًۭاḍigh'thana bunch
فَٱضْرِبfa-iḍ'riband strike
بِّهِۦbihiwith it
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تَحْنَثْۗtaḥnathbreak (your) oath
إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
وَجَدْنَـٰهُwajadnāhu[We] found him
صَابِرًۭاۚṣābiranpatient
نِّعْمَniʿ'maan excellent
ٱلْعَبْدُۖl-ʿabduslave
إِنَّهُۥٓinnahuIndeed, he
أَوَّابٌۭawwābunrepeatedly turned