سُوْرَةُ صٓ
Surah Saad (38) — Ayah 44
وَخُذْ بِيَدِكَ ضِغْثًا فَٱضْرِب بِّهِۦ وَلَا تَحْنَثْ ۗ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَـٰهُ صَابِرًا ۚ نِّعْمَ ٱلْعَبْدُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ ﴿44﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"And take in your hand a bundle of thin grass and strike therewith (your wife), and break not your oath. Truly! We found him patient. How excellent a slave! Verily he was ever oft-returning in repentance (to Us)!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَخُذْ
wakhudh
And take
بِيَدِكَ
biyadika
in your hand
ضِغْثًۭا
ḍigh'than
a bunch
فَٱضْرِب
fa-iḍ'rib
and strike
بِّهِۦ
bihi
with it
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تَحْنَثْ ۗ
taḥnath
break (your) oath
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed, We
وَجَدْنَـٰهُ
wajadnāhu
[We] found him
صَابِرًۭا ۚ
ṣābiran
patient
نِّعْمَ
niʿ'ma
an excellent
ٱلْعَبْدُ ۖ
l-ʿabdu
slave
إِنَّهُۥٓ
innahu
Indeed, he
أَوَّابٌۭ
awwābun
repeatedly turned
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.
44. 1. During the days of illness, the devoted wife, due to some matter, so angered Hazrat Ayub (AS) that he vowed to strike her with a hundred lashes. After regaining health, Allah Almighty said, take a broom with a hundred twigs and strike her once, your oath will be fulfilled.
