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Surah Sad, Ayah 32 (38:32)

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فَقَالَ إِنِّىٓ أَحْبَبْتُ حُبَّ ٱلْخَيْرِ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّى حَتَّىٰ تَوَارَتْ بِٱلْحِجَابِ

Quran 38:32 is ayah 32 of Surah Sad (“The Letter "Saad"”), a Meccan surah of 88 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 455 of the Madani Mushaf.

38:32
فَقَالَإِنِّىٓأَحْبَبْتُحُبَّٱلْخَيْرِعَنذِكْرِرَبِّىحَتَّىٰتَوَارَتْبِٱلْحِجَابِ٣٢
faqāla innī aḥbabtu ḥubba l-khayri ʿan dhik'ri rabbī ḥattā tawārat bil-ḥijābi

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]."(32)

Word by word

  1. فَقَالَfaqālaAnd he said
  2. إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
  3. أَحْبَبْتُaḥbabtu[I] preferred
  4. حُبَّḥubba(the) love
  5. ٱلْخَيْرِl-khayri(of) the good
  6. عَنʿanover
  7. ذِكْرِdhik'ri(the) remembrance
  8. رَبِّىrabbī(of) my Lord
  9. حَتَّىٰḥattāUntil
  10. تَوَارَتْtawāratthey were hidden
  11. بِٱلْحِجَابِbil-ḥijābiin the veil

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