سورة صٓ
Surah Sâd 38:42
The Truthful God · Verse 42 of 88
ارْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَ ۖ هَٰذَا مُغْتَسَلٌ بَارِدٌ وَشَرَابٌ
Abdul Mannan Omar
(We directed him,) `Urge (your riding beast) with your foot (and depart swiftly). There lies (yonder) a cool bathing place and a (refreshing) drink.´
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
(The command was given:) "Strike with thy foot: here is (water) wherein to wash, cool and refreshing, and (water) to drink.î
Ahmed Ali
"Go swiftly to the spring," (We said). "This cold water is for bathing and for drinking."
12 more translations
Ali Unal
(We told him:) "Strike the ground with your foot: here is cool water to wash with and to drink.
Daryabadi
Stamp the ground with thy foot. yonder is water to wash in, cool, and water to drink.
Faridul Haque
We said to him, “Strike the earth with your foot; this cool spring is for bathing and drinking.” (A spring of gushed forth when he struck the earth – this was a miracle.)
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Urge with thy foot; here is a cool washing-place and a drink.
Maulvi Sher Ali
WE directed him: `Urge thy riding beast with thy foot and depart swiftly. Yonder is cool water to wash with, and a drink.'
Muhammad Asad
[and thereupon was told:] "Strike [the ground] with thy foot: here is cool water to wash with and to drink!"
Muhammad Musin Khan
(Allah said to him): "Strike the ground with your foot: This is a spring of water to wash in, cool and a (refreshing) drink."
Muhammad Pickthall
(And it was said unto him): Strike the ground with thy foot. This (spring) is a cool bath and a refreshing drink.
Muhammad Sarwar
(We answered his prayer, healed his sickness, and told him), "Run on your feet. This is cool water (for you) to wash and drink".
Muhammed ali Shakir
Urge with your foot; here is a cool washing-place and a drink.
Rashad Khalifa
Strike the ground with your foot. A spring will give you healing and a drink.
Shabbir Ahmed
(He was told), “Strike the ground with your foot (move away a little bit). And here is cool water to wash with and a refreshing drink.”
Commentary 38:42 In obedience to Divine Command, Job continued his journey. He not only found cool and refreshing water with which he washed himself and assuaged his…
ارْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَ ۖ هَـٰذَا مُغْتَسَلٌ بَارِدٌ وَشَرَابٌ
38:42 In obedience to Divine Command, Job continued his journey. He not only found cool and refreshing water with which he washed himself and assuaged his thirst, but Allâh also reunited him with his family and his earlier followers and gave him many new adherents.
It was said, "Urge with your foot, for there is a cool bathing place.” in other words, cool water is the remedy of strong heat, as he had to be soothed by Allâh with the coolness of water.