صٓ ۚsadSaadوَٱلْقُرْءَانِwal-qur'āniBy the Quranذِىdhīfull (of) reminderٱلذِّكْرِl-dhik'rifull (of) reminder
38:1
بَلِbaliNayٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieveفِىfī(are) inعِزَّةٍۢʿizzatinself-gloryوَشِقَاقٍۢwashiqāqinand opposition
38:2
كَمْkamHow manyأَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāWe destroyedمِنminbefore themقَبْلِهِمqablihimbefore themمِّنminofقَرْنٍۢqarnina generationفَنَادَوا۟fanādawthen they called outوَّلَاتَwalātawhen there (was) no longerحِينَḥīnatimeمَنَاصٍۢmanāṣin(for) escape
38:3
وَعَجِبُوٓا۟waʿajibūAnd they wonderأَنanthatجَآءَهُمjāahumhas come to themمُّنذِرٌۭmundhiruna warnerمِّنْهُمْ ۖmin'humfrom themselvesوَقَالَwaqālaAnd saidٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūnathe disbelieversهَـٰذَاhādhāThisسَـٰحِرٌۭsāḥirun(is) a magicianكَذَّابٌkadhābuna liar
38:4
أَجَعَلَajaʿalaHas he madeٱلْـَٔالِهَةَl-ālihatathe godsإِلَـٰهًۭاilāhan(into) one godوَٰحِدًا ۖwāḥidan(into) one godإِنَّinnaIndeedهَـٰذَاhādhāthisلَشَىْءٌlashayon(is) certainly a thingعُجَابٌۭʿujābuncurious
38:5
وَٱنطَلَقَwa-inṭalaqaAnd went forthٱلْمَلَأُl-mala-uthe chiefsمِنْهُمْmin'humamong themأَنِanithatٱمْشُوا۟im'shūContinueوَٱصْبِرُوا۟wa-iṣ'birūand be patientعَلَىٰٓʿalāoverءَالِهَتِكُمْ ۖālihatikumyour godsإِنَّinnaIndeedهَـٰذَاhādhāthisلَشَىْءٌۭlashayon(is) certainly a thingيُرَادُyurāduintended
38:6
مَاmāNotسَمِعْنَاsamiʿ'nāwe heardبِهَـٰذَاbihādhāof thisفِىfīinٱلْمِلَّةِl-milatithe religionٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe lastإِنْinNotهَـٰذَآhādhā(is) thisإِلَّاillābutٱخْتِلَـٰقٌikh'tilāquna fabrication
38:7
أَءُنزِلَa-unzilaHas been revealedعَلَيْهِʿalayhito himٱلذِّكْرُl-dhik'ruthe Messageمِنۢminfromبَيْنِنَا ۚbaynināamong usبَلْbalNayهُمْhumTheyفِىfī(are) inشَكٍّۢshakkindoubtمِّنminaboutذِكْرِى ۖdhik'rīMy MessageبَلbalNayلَّمَّاlammānot yetيَذُوقُوا۟yadhūqūthey have tastedعَذَابِʿadhābiMy punishment
38:8
أَمْamOrعِندَهُمْʿindahumhave theyخَزَآئِنُkhazāinu(the) treasuresرَحْمَةِraḥmati(of the) Mercyرَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lordٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīzithe All-Mightyٱلْوَهَّابِl-wahābithe Bestower
38:9
أَمْamOrلَهُمlahumfor themمُّلْكُmul'ku(is the) dominionٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earthوَمَاwamāand whateverبَيْنَهُمَا ۖbaynahumā(is) between themفَلْيَرْتَقُوا۟falyartaqūThen let them ascendفِىfībyٱلْأَسْبَـٰبِl-asbābithe means
38:10
جُندٌۭjundunSoldiers مَّاmāthereهُنَالِكَhunālikathereمَهْزُومٌۭmahzūmun(they will be) defeatedمِّنَminaamongٱلْأَحْزَابِl-aḥzābithe companies
38:11
كَذَّبَتْkadhabatDeniedقَبْلَهُمْqablahumbefore themقَوْمُqawmu(the) peopleنُوحٍۢnūḥin(of) Nuhوَعَادٌۭwaʿādunand Aadوَفِرْعَوْنُwafir'ʿawnuand Firaunذُوdhū(the) ownerٱلْأَوْتَادِl-awtādi(of) the stakes
38:12
وَثَمُودُwathamūduAnd Thamudوَقَوْمُwaqawmuand (the) peopleلُوطٍۢlūṭin(of) Lutوَأَصْحَـٰبُwa-aṣḥābuand (the) companionsلْـَٔيْكَةِ ۚal'aykati(of) the woodأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThoseٱلْأَحْزَابُl-aḥzābu(were) the companies
38:13
إِنinNotكُلٌّkullunall (of them)إِلَّاillābutكَذَّبَkadhabadeniedٱلرُّسُلَl-rusulathe Messengersفَحَقَّfaḥaqqaso (was) justعِقَابِʿiqābiMy penalty
38:14
وَمَاwamāAnd notيَنظُرُyanẓuruawaitهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāitheseإِلَّاillābutصَيْحَةًۭṣayḥatana shoutوَٰحِدَةًۭwāḥidatanoneمَّاmānotلَهَاlahāfor itمِنminanyفَوَاقٍۢfawāqindelay
38:15
وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they sayرَبَّنَاrabbanāOur LordعَجِّلʿajjilHastenلَّنَاlanāfor usقِطَّنَاqiṭṭanāour shareقَبْلَqablabeforeيَوْمِyawmi(the) Dayٱلْحِسَابِl-ḥisābi(of) the Account
38:16