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Sad 44

Ayah 44 of 88 · Meccan

وَخُذۡ بِيَدِكَ ضِغۡثٗا فَٱضۡرِب بِّهِۦ وَلَا تَحۡنَثۡۗ إِنَّا وَجَدۡنَٰهُ صَابِرٗاۚ نِّعۡمَ ٱلۡعَبۡدُ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٞ ٤٤

[We said], "And take in your hand a bunch [of grass] and strike with it and do not break your oath."1 Indeed, We found him patient, an excellent servant. Indeed, he was one repeatedly turning back [to Allāh].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 At a point during his illness, Job became angry with his wife and swore that if he recovered, he would punish her with one hundred lashes. According to Allāh's instruction, the oath was fulfilled by striking her once with one hundred blades of grass.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَخُذۡAnd takewakhudh
  2. بِيَدِكَin your handbiyadika
  3. ضِغۡثٗاa bunchḍigh'than
  4. فَٱضۡرِبand strikefa-iḍ'rib
  5. بِّهِۦwith itbihi
  6. وَلَاand (do) notwalā
  7. تَحۡنَثۡۗbreak (your) oathtaḥnath
  8. إِنَّاIndeed, Weinnā
  9. وَجَدۡنَٰهُ[We] found himwajadnāhu
  10. صَابِرٗاۚpatientṣābiran
  11. نِّعۡمَan excellentniʿ'ma
  12. ٱلۡعَبۡدُslavel-ʿabdu
  13. إِنَّهُۥٓIndeed, heinnahu
  14. أَوَّابٞrepeatedly turnedawwābun

Tafsir

When Job became angry with his wife, he swore an oath he will lash her a hundred times, so I said to him: “O Job, take a bunch of stalks in your hand and hit her with them, to fulfil your oath. And do not break the oath you made”. So he took a bunch of stalks and hit her with them. I found him to be patient in what I afflicted him with. What an excellent servant he was. He would turn to Allah abundantly.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran