Surah Sad
Quran 38:42
Read Quran 38:42 from Surah Sad (The Letter Saad) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 38:42
ارْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَ ۖ هَٰذَا مُغْتَسَلٌ بَارِدٌ وَشَرَابٌ٤٢
(And it was said unto him): Strike the ground with thy foot. This (spring) is a cool bath and a refreshing drink.
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 38. Sad (The Letter Saad)
- Ayah
- 42 of 88
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 38:42
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 38:42
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
فقيل له: { ارْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَ } أي: اضرب الأرض بها، لينبع لك منها عين تغتسل منها وتشرب، فيذهب عنك الضر والأذى، ففعل ذلك، فذهب عنه الضر، وشفاه اللّه تعالى.