038 Surah Suaad

Surat Sad (Arabic: "The Letter Sad") is the 38th surah of the Qur'an with 88 ayat and 1 sajdah (39:24). Sad is the name of the eighteenth letter in the Arabic alphabet. According to the traditional Islamic narrative, Saad was sent to Muhammad by Allah while he was coping with rejection from his tribe, the Quraysh, and struggling to keep his own faith. It recounts stories of previous prophets, describes the splendors of heaven, and warns of the monstrosities of hell. The surah dates to the 2nd Meccan Period, meaning it was revealed only five or six years into the development of Islam. Verse 8: By verse 8 it is clear that God is bitter because the nonbelievers do not even try to understand his warnings: they blatantly “doubt” (Q38:8) them. God’s disgust escalates as he sputters that they “have not tasted My torment yet” (Q38.8). He tells Muhammad to “bear their words patiently” (Q38.17), given the historical context of disbelief among the Quaryash. But by verse 17, God is done generalizing about the disbelieving peoples of the past and begins recounting stories of specific messengers to the Prophet. --- Updated: 2018-08-18