سُوْرَةُ صٓ
Surah Saad (38) — Ayah 42
ٱرْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَ ۖ هَـٰذَا مُغْتَسَلٌۢ بَارِدٌ وَشَرَابٌ ﴿42﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
(Allâh said to him): "Strike the ground with your foot: This is (a spring of) water to wash in, cool and a (refreshing) drink."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
ٱرْكُضْ
ur'kuḍ
Strike
بِرِجْلِكَ ۖ
birij'lika
with your foot
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
This
مُغْتَسَلٌۢ
mugh'tasalun
(is a spring of) water to bathe
بَارِدٌۭ
bāridun
cool
وَشَرَابٌۭ
washarābun
and a drink
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
42. 1 Allah Almighty accepted the supplication of Hazrat Ayyub ؑ and said to him to strike the ground with his foot, from which a spring gushed forth. By drinking its water, internal illnesses were cured, and by bathing with it, external ailments were removed. Some say that there were two springs, from one he bathed and from the other he drank water. However, the words of the Quran support the first view, that is, there was only one spring.
