Quran 38:32 — Saad, verse 32
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
he kept saying, ‘My love of fine things is part of my remembering my Lord!’ until [the horses] disappeared from sight-
فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَحْبَبْتُ حُبَّ الْخَيْرِ عَنْ ذِكْرِ رَبِّي حَتَّىٰ تَوَارَتْ بِالْحِجَابِ
faqāla innī aḥbabtu ḥubba l-khayri ʿan dhik'ri rabbī ḥattā tawārat bil-ḥijābi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- he said, 'Lo, I have loved the love of good things better than the remembrance of my Lord, until the sun was bidden behind the veil.
- Muhammad Asad
- he would say, “Verily, I have come to love the love of all that is good because I bear my Sustainer in mind!” [repeating these words as the steeds raced away,] until they were hidden by the veil [of distance - whereupon he would command],
- Sahih International
- And he said, "Indeed, I gave preference to the love of good [things] over the remembrance of my Lord until it [i.e., the sun] disappeared into the curtain [of darkness]."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَقَالَfaqāla | And he said | قول |
| 2 | إِنِّىٓinnī | Indeed, I | — |
| 3 | أَحْبَبْتُaḥbabtu | [I] preferred | حبب |
| 4 | حُبَّḥubba | (the) love | حبب |
| 5 | ٱلْخَيْرِl-khayri | (of) the good | خير |
| 6 | عَنʿan | over | — |
| 7 | ذِكْرِdhik'ri | (the) remembrance | ذكر |
| 8 | رَبِّىrabbī | (of) my Lord | ربب |
| 9 | حَتَّىٰḥattā | Until | — |
| 10 | تَوَارَتْtawārat | they were hidden | وري |
| 11 | بِٱلْحِجَابِbil-ḥijābi | in the veil | حجب |