38. Surah Sad [88 verses]
Mecca Period 38
The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:
قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَنَا مُنذِرٌ...
38:65. Say:
"Truly am I a Warner:
... وَمَا مِنْ إِلَهٍ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ ﴿٦٥﴾
no god is there but the One Allah,
Supreme and Irresistible --
C4219. Cf. 12:39, where Joseph preaches to the men in prison.
The one supreme Message of importance to mankind was (and is) the Unity of Allah:
- that He is the Creator and Sustainer of all:
- that His Will is supreme;
- that He can carry out His Will without question, and no powers of Evil can defeat it;
- and that He forgives by His grace again and again.
This Message the holy Prophet came to deliver, and he delivered it.
رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا...
38:66. "The Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between --
... الْعَزِيزُ ...
Exalted in Might, Able to enforce His will,
C4220. In n. 2818 to 22:40, 1 have explained the full import of 'Aziz as a title applied to Allah, and I have expressed two of the leading ideas involved, in the two lines here.
he argument in this Surah turns upon the contrast between earthly Power and the Divine Power: the one is impotent and the other is supreme.
... الْغَفَّارُ ﴿٦٦﴾
forgiving again and again."
C4221. Gaffar is the emphatic intensive form, and I have accordingly translated it as "forgiving again and again".
Cf. 20:82.
38:67. Say:
"That is a Message supreme (above all) --
Asad’s Version:
38:65 [Asad] SAY [O Muhammad]: "I am only a warner; and there is no deity whatever save God, the One, who holds absolute sway over all that exists,
(38:66) the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, the Almighty, the All-Forgiving!"
38:67 Say: "This is a message tremendous: (38:68) [how can] you turn away from it?"
38:67 [yuksel] Say, "It is an awesome news."