Surah Az-Zumar (The Troops) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. تنزيل الكتاب من الله العزيز الحكيم

   1

   The [gradual] sending down of the Book is from Allah, the All-mighty, the All-wise.

   tanzīlu l-kitābi mina llāhi l-ʿazīzi l-ḥakīmi

2. إنا أنزلنا إليك الكتاب بالحق فاعبد الله مخلصا له الدين

   2

   Indeed We have sent down the Book to you with the truth; so worship Allah, putting exclusive faith in Him.

   ʾinnā ʾanzalnā ʾilayka l-kitāba bi-l-ḥaqqi fa-ʿbudi llāha mukhliṣan lahu d-dīna

3. ألا لله الدين الخالص والذين اتخذوا من دونه أولياء ما نعبدهم إلا ليقربونا إلى الله زلفى إن الله يحكم بينهم في ما هم فيه يختلفون إن الله لا يهدي من هو كاذب كفار

   3

   Indeed, only exclusive faith is worthy of Allah, and those who take other as awliya besides Him [claiming,] ‘We only worship them so that they may bring us near to Allah,’ Allah will judge between them concerning that about which they differ. Indeed Allah does not guide someone who is a liar and an ingrate.

   ʾa-lā li-llāhi d-dīnu l-khāliṣu wa-lladhīna ttakhadhū min dūnihī ʾawliyāʾa mā naʿbuduhum ʾillā li-yuqarribūnā ʾilā llāhi zulfā ʾinna llāha yaḥkumu baynahum fī mā hum fīhi yakhtalifūna ʾinna llāha lā yahdī man huwa kādhibun kaffārun

4. لو أراد الله أن يتخذ ولدا لاصطفى مما يخلق ما يشاء سبحانه هو الله الواحد القهار

   4

   Had Allah intended to take a son, He could have chosen from those He has created whatever He wished. Immaculate is He! He is Allah, the One, the All-paramount.

   law ʾarāda llāhu ʾan yattakhidha waladan la-ṣṭafā mimmā yakhluqu mā yashāʾu subḥānahū huwa llāhu l-wāḥidu l-qahhāru

5. خلق السماوات والأرض بالحق يكور الليل على النهار ويكور النهار على الليل وسخر الشمس والقمر كل يجري لأجل مسمى ألا هو العزيز الغفار

   5

   He created the heavens and the earth with consummate wisdom. He winds the night over the day, and winds the day over the night, and He has disposed the sun and the moon, each moving for a specified term. Indeed, He is the All-mighty, the All-forgiver!

   khalaqa s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍa bi-l-ḥaqqi yukawwiru l-layla ʿalā n-nahāri wa-yukawwiru n-nahāra ʿalā l-layli wa-sakhkhara sh-shamsa wa-l-qamara kullun yajrī li-ʾajalin musamman ʾa-lā huwa l-ʿazīzu l-ghaffāru