# 38. Surah Sad, Verse 42

- **Surah:** 38. Surah Sad (The letter Saad) — سورة ص
- **Verse:** 42 / 88 · **Juz:** 23 · **Mushaf page:** 454
- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-42

## Arabic

اُرْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَۚ هٰذَا مُغْتَسَلٌ بَارِدٌ وَشَرَابٌ

## Transcription

Orkud birijlika hathamughtasalun baridun washarab

## Translations

### Aisha Bewley

‘Stamp your foot! Here is a cool bath and water to drink. ’

### Progressive Muslims

"Strike with your foot, here is a cold spring to wash with and to drink. "

### Shabbir Ahmed

(We told him), "Strike the ground with your foot (move a little bit). And here is cool water to wash with and a refreshing drink."

### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

“Stamp thou thy foot: — this is a cool bath and drink!”

### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

"Rapidly move with your foot, here is a cold spring to wash with and to drink."

### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament

"Strike the ground with your foot. A spring will give you healing and a drink."

### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

"Go swiftly to the spring, " (We said). "This cold water is for bathing and for drinking."

### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

[So he was told], "Strike [the ground] with your foot; this is a [spring for] a cool bath and drink. "

### Muhammad Asad

[and thereupon was told:] "Strike [the ground] with thy foot: here is cool water to wash with and to drink!"

### Marmaduke Pickthall

(And it was said unto him): Strike the ground with thy foot. This (spring) is a cool bath and a refreshing drink.

### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary

(We commanded him): "Stamp your foot on earth, and here is cool water to wash with and to drink."[1]

_Footnotes_
- [1] That is, as soon as he stamped his foot on the ground, a spring gushed forth by Allah’s command, drinking from which and washing with which was the remedy of the Prophet Job’s (peace be upon him) disease. Most probably he was suffering from some skin disease. According to the Bible also: Satan smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. (Job, 2: 7).

### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab

And there We turned to him in mercy for his sincerity and endurance and We said to him: Stamp the ground with the sole of your foot and there you will have a flowing stream of cold water to wash therewith and to drink therefrom.

### Bijan Moeinian

I [decided enough testing in poverty is enough and] told him: "Strike the ground with your foot; a spring will appear for the pleasure of your drinking and healing [your terrible skin disease. ]"

### Al-Hilali & Khan

(Allâh said to him): "Strike the ground with your foot: This is (a spring of) water to wash in, cool 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."

### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran

˹We responded,˺ "Stomp your foot: ˹now˺ here is a cool ˹and refreshing˺ spring for washing and drinking."

### Taqi Usmani

(Allah said to him,) "Strike (the ground) with your foot: Here is a cool water to bathe, and a drink!"

### Abdul Haleem

‘Stamp your foot! Here is cool water for you to wash in and drink,’

### Arthur John Arberry

'Stamp thy foot! This is a laving-place cool, and a drink. '

### E. Henry Palmer

'Stamp with thy foot, this is a cool washing-place and a drink. '

### Hamid S. Aziz

(It was said unto him) "Strike with your foot; here is a cool, refreshing washing-place and a drink. "

### Mahmoud Ghali

"Scamper with your leg. This is a washing-place, cool and a drink."

### George Sale

And it was said unto him, strike the earth with thy foot; which when he had done, a fountain sprang up, and it was said to him, this is for thee to wash in, to refresh thee, and to drink.

### Syed Vickar Ahamed

(An order from Us was given:) "Strike your foot: This is where (water) is to wash, to cool, to refresh, and to drink. "

### Amatul Rahman 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.'

### Ali Quli Qarai

[We told him:] ‘Stamp your foot on the ground; this [ensuing spring] is a cooling bath and drink. ’

### İbni Kesir

Vur ayağını yere. İşte yıkanacak ve içilecek soğuk bir su.

### Gültekin Onan

"Ayağını depret. İşte yıkanacak ve içecek soğuk (su, diye vahyettik)."

### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim

Ayağınla vur (yere dedik). İşte hem yıkanacak, hem içecek soğuk (bir su).

### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü

"Ayağını (hakikatinden kaynaklanan kuvveyle) yere vur! İşte yıkanıp, içeceğin serinletici su (hakikatin ilmi)!" (dedik).

### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı

"Ayağını depret. İşte yıkanacak ve içecek soğuk (su, diye vahyettik)."

### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali

Ona, "Ayağını yere vur. İşte, yıkanacak ve içilecek soğuk bir su" dedik.

### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali

Biz de ona, "Ayağını yere vur! İşte yıkanacak ve içecek soğuk bir su" dedik.

### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Depren ayağınla, işte serin bir yıkanacak ve içecek dedik

### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş)

"Ayağınla depren! işte sana yıkanılacak ve içilecek soğuk bir su." dedik.

### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı

(Bunun üzerine kendisine:) "Ayağını (yere) vur: İşte yıkanabileceğin ve içebileceğin bir soğuk su!" dedik.

### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı

-Ayağınla yere vur. İşte yıkanacak ve içilecek soğuk bir su! demiştik.

### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

"Ayağını (yere) vur, işte yıkanacak ve içilecek serin (bir su)" (dedik).

### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali

"Ayağını yere vur! İşte yıkanacak bir yer, işte içilecek soğuk bir su!..." dedik.

### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an

(Biz de) "Düş yola! Bak işte (şurada hem yıkanılacak hem de içilecek soğuk bir su var!" (demiştik).

### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Ey Eyyub! "Ayağın ile topukla![1] İşte yıkanılacak yer ve soğuk içecek!"

_Footnotes_
- [1] Hemen yola koyul. Durma yürü.

### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek

"Ayağını yere vur; işte, yıkanılacak ve içilecek soğuk su!"

### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Ona "İki ayağınla sıçra![1] İşte soğuk yıkanma yeri ve içme suyu" dedik.

_Footnotes_
- [1] Rekd =iki ayağı birden yere vurma anlamına gelir. (el-Ayn)

### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir

(Biz de ona) "Ayağını yere vur! İşte hem soğuk yıkanılacak hem de içilecek (soğuk) bir su!" (demiştik).

### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

"Ey Eyyub! Ayağın ile topukla![1] İşte bu hem yıkanılacak hem de içilecek soğuk su."

_Footnotes_
- [1] Hemen yola koyul. Durma yürü.

### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an

"Ey Eyyub! Ayağın ile topukla![1] İşte bu hem yıkanılacak hem de içilecek soğuk su."

_Footnotes_
- [1] Hemen yola koyul. Durma yürü.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Ona: "Ayağınla yere vur! İşte bu yıkanılacak ve içilecek soğuk su kaynağı!" dedik.

## Words

| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱرْكُضْ — ur'kuḍ | Strike | ركض — Ra-Kef-Dad |
| 2 | بِرِجْلِكَ ۖ — birij'lika | with your foot | رجل — Ra-Cim-Lam |
| 3 | هَـٰذَا — hādhā | This | — |
| 4 | مُغْتَسَلٌۢ — mugh'tasalun | (is a spring of) water to bathe | غسل — Gayn-Sin-Lam |
| 5 | بَارِدٌۭ — bāridun | cool | برد — Be-Ra-Dal |
| 6 | وَشَرَابٌۭ — washarābun | and a drink | شرب — Şin-Ra-Be |

---
Previous: https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-41.md · Next: https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-43.md
Retrieved: 2026-08-16
Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.