Surah 39. Az-Zumar

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Verses [Section]: 1-9[1], 10-21 [2], 22-31 [3], 32-41 [4], 42-52 [5], 53-63 [6], 64-70 [7], 71-75 [8]

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Quran Text of Verse 22-3139. Az-Zumar Page 461اَفَمَنْSo is (one for) whomشَرَحَAllah has expandedاللّٰهُAllah has expandedصَدْرَهٗhis breastلِلْاِسْلَامِfor Islamفَهُوَso heعَلٰی(is) uponنُوْرٍa lightمِّنْfromرَّبِّهٖ ؕhis LordفَوَیْلٌSo woeلِّلْقٰسِیَةِto (those are) hardenedقُلُوْبُهُمْtheir heartsمِّنْfromذِكْرِ(the) remembrance of Allahاللّٰهِ ؕ(the) remembrance of AllahاُولٰٓىِٕكَThoseفِیْ(are) inضَلٰلٍerrorمُّبِیْنٍ clear اَللّٰهُAllahنَزَّلَhas revealedاَحْسَنَ(the) bestالْحَدِیْثِ(of) [the] statementكِتٰبًاa Bookمُّتَشَابِهًا(its parts) resembling each otherمَّثَانِیَ ۖۗoft-repeatedتَقْشَعِرُّShiverمِنْهُfrom itجُلُوْدُ(the) skinsالَّذِیْنَ(of) those whoیَخْشَوْنَfearرَبَّهُمْ ۚtheir Lordثُمَّthenتَلِیْنُrelaxجُلُوْدُهُمْtheir skinsوَ قُلُوْبُهُمْand their heartsاِلٰیatذِكْرِ(the) remembranceاللّٰهِ ؕ(of) AllahذٰلِكَThatهُدَی(is the) guidanceاللّٰهِ(of) AllahیَهْدِیْHe guidesبِهٖwith itمَنْwhomیَّشَآءُ ؕHe willsوَ مَنْAnd whoeverیُّضْلِلِAllah lets go astrayاللّٰهُAllah lets go astrayفَمَاthen notلَهٗfor himمِنْanyهَادٍ guide اَفَمَنْThen (is) he whoیَّتَّقِیْwill shieldبِوَجْهِهٖwith his faceسُوْٓءَ(the) worstالْعَذَابِpunishmentیَوْمَ(on the) Dayالْقِیٰمَةِ ؕ(of) the Resurrectionوَ قِیْلَAnd it will be saidلِلظّٰلِمِیْنَto the wrongdoersذُوْقُوْاTasteمَاwhatكُنْتُمْyou used (to)تَكْسِبُوْنَ earn كَذَّبَDeniedالَّذِیْنَthose whoمِنْ(were) before themقَبْلِهِمْ(were) before themفَاَتٰىهُمُso came upon themالْعَذَابُthe punishmentمِنْfromحَیْثُwhereلَاnotیَشْعُرُوْنَ they perceive فَاَذَاقَهُمُSo Allah made them tasteاللّٰهُSo Allah made them tasteالْخِزْیَthe disgraceفِیinالْحَیٰوةِthe lifeالدُّنْیَا ۚ(of) the worldوَ لَعَذَابُand certainly (the) punishmentالْاٰخِرَةِ(of) the Hereafterاَكْبَرُ ۘ(is) greaterلَوْifكَانُوْاtheyیَعْلَمُوْنَ knew وَ لَقَدْAnd indeedضَرَبْنَاWe have set forthلِلنَّاسِfor peopleفِیْinهٰذَاthisالْقُرْاٰنِQuranمِنْofكُلِّeveryمَثَلٍexampleلَّعَلَّهُمْso that they mayیَتَذَكَّرُوْنَۚtake heed قُرْاٰنًاA Quranعَرَبِیًّا(in) Arabicغَیْرَwithoutذِیْanyعِوَجٍcrookednessلَّعَلَّهُمْthat they mayیَتَّقُوْنَ become righteous ضَرَبَAllah sets forthاللّٰهُAllah sets forthمَثَلًاan exampleرَّجُلًاa manفِیْهِbelonging toشُرَكَآءُpartnersمُتَشٰكِسُوْنَquarrelingوَ رَجُلًاand a manسَلَمًا(belonging) exclusivelyلِّرَجُلٍ ؕto one manهَلْareیَسْتَوِیٰنِthey both equalمَثَلًا ؕ(in) comparisonاَلْحَمْدُAll praiseلِلّٰهِ ۚ(be) to AllahبَلْNayاَكْثَرُهُمْmost of themلَا(do) notیَعْلَمُوْنَ know اِنَّكَIndeed youمَیِّتٌwill dieوَّ اِنَّهُمْand indeed theyمَّیِّتُوْنَؗwill (also) die ثُمَّThenاِنَّكُمْindeed youیَوْمَ(on the) Dayالْقِیٰمَةِ(of) the Resurrectionعِنْدَbeforeرَبِّكُمْyour Lordتَخْتَصِمُوْنَ۠will dispute

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Translation of Verse 22-31

22. Can ˹the misguided be like˺ those whose hearts Allah has opened to Islam, so they are enlightened by their Lord? So woe to those whose hearts are hardened at the remembrance of Allah! It is they who are clearly astray.

23. ˹It is˺ Allah ˹Who˺ has sent down the best message-a Book of perfect consistency and repeated lessons-which causes the skin ˹and hearts˺ of those who fear their Lord to tremble, then their skin and hearts soften at the mention of ˹the mercy of˺ Allah. That is the guidance of Allah, through which He guides whoever He wills. But whoever Allah leaves to stray will be left with no guide.

24. Are those who will only have their ˹bare˺ faces to shield themselves from the awful torment on Judgment Day ˹better than those in Paradise˺? It will ˹then˺ be said to the wrongdoers: "Reap what you sowed!"

25. Those before them ˹also˺ rejected ˹the truth˺, then the torment came upon them from where they least expected.

26. So Allah made them taste humiliation in this worldly life, but far worse is the punishment of the Hereafter, if only they knew.

27. We have certainly set forth every ˹kind of˺ lesson for people in this Quran, so perhaps they will be mindful.

28. ˹It is˺ a Quran ˹revealed˺ in Arabic without any crookedness, so perhaps they will be conscious ˹of Allah˺.

29. Allah sets forth the parable of a slave owned by several quarrelsome masters, and a slave owned by only one master. Are they equal in condition? ⁹⁶¹ Praise be to Allah! In fact, most of them do not know.

30. You ˹O Prophet˺ will certainly die, and they will die too.

31. Then on the Day of Judgment you will ˹all settle your˺ dispute before your Lord.

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Commentary

961. The slave owned by several quarrelsome masters will always be confused because their masters will always give them conflicting orders-similarly, one who worships multiple gods will never find peace between them. This parable is a logical argument against the existence of multiple gods, since each god would try to covet what it created. See 23:91 for a similar argument.