Surah As-Saffat — Verse 89

Those who set the Ranks · 37:89 · 89/182

فَقَالَ إِنِّى سَقِيمٌ

Faqala innee saqeem

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

And said, "Indeed, I am [about to be] ill."

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

He said, ‘I am sick,’

Marmaduke Pickthall

Then said: Lo! I feel sick!

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And he said, "I am indeed sick (at heart)!"

Mufti Taqi Usmani

and then said, “I feel indisposed”

Al-Hilali & Khan

And he said: "Verily, I am sick (with plague). [He did this trick to remain in their temple of idols to destroy them and not to accompany them to the pagan feast)]."

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

and said: “I am sick.”

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

and said, “Verily, I am sick [at heart]!”

Rowwad · source edition

and said, “I am sick[21].”

Notes

[21] The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Ibrahim (peace be upon him) did not lie except for three lies: His saying {I am sick} and his saying {Rather, the chief of them did this} and his saying about his wife, “She is my sister.” [Al-Bukhāri, Muslim]. Two of them were for the sake of Allah, and the third one was for the sake of his sister.

Hilali and Khan · source edition

89. And he said: "Verily, I am sick[5] (with plague). [He did this trick to remain in their temple of idols to destroy them and not to accompany them to the pagan feast)]."

Notes

[5] (V.37:89) See the footnote (C) of (V.16:121).