Quran 38:28 — Saad, verse 28
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
but would We treat those who believe and do good deeds and those who spread corruption on earth as equal? Would We treat those who are aware of God and those who recklessly break all bounds in the same way?
أَمْ نَجْعَلُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ كَالْمُفْسِدِينَ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَمْ نَجْعَلُ الْمُتَّقِينَ كَالْفُجَّارِ
am najʿalu alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti kal-muf'sidīna fī l-arḍi am najʿalu l-mutaqīna kal-fujāri
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Or shall We make those who believe and do righteous deeds as the workers of corruption in the earth, or shall We make the godfearing as the transgressors?
- Muhammad Asad
- [For,] would We treat those who have attained to faith and do righteous deeds in the same manner as [We shall treat] those who spread corruption on earth? Would We treat the God-conscious in the same manner as the wicked?
- Sahih International
- Or should We treat those who believe and do righteous deeds like corrupters in the land? Or should We treat those who fear Allāh like the wicked?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَمْam | Or | — |
| 2 | نَجْعَلُnajʿalu | should We treat | جعل |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 4 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | believe | أمن |
| 5 | وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilū | and do | عمل |
| 6 | ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥāti | righteous deeds | صلح |
| 7 | كَٱلْمُفْسِدِينَkal-muf'sidīna | like those who spread corruption | فسد |
| 8 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 9 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 10 | أَمْam | Or | — |
| 11 | نَجْعَلُnajʿalu | should We treat | جعل |
| 12 | ٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīna | the pious | وقي |
| 13 | كَٱلْفُجَّارِkal-fujāri | like the wicked | فجر |