Surah Az-Zumar (The Troops) in English

1. قل إني أمرت أن أعبد الله مخلصا له الدين

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   Say, ‘I have been commanded to worship Allah with exclusive faith in Him,

   qul ʾinnī ʾumirtu ʾan ʾaʿbuda llāha mukhliṣan lahu d-dīna

2. وأمرت لأن أكون أول المسلمين

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   and I have been commanded to be the foremost of those who submit [to Him].’

   wa-ʾumirtu li-ʾan ʾakūna ʾawwala l-muslimīna

3. قل إني أخاف إن عصيت ربي عذاب يوم عظيم

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   Say, ‘Indeed, should I disobey my Lord, I fear the punishment of a tremendous day.’

   qul ʾinnī ʾakhāfu ʾin ʿaṣaytu rabbī ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīmin

4. قل الله أعبد مخلصا له ديني

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   Say, ‘I worship [only] Allah, putting my exclusive faith in Him.

   quli llāha ʾaʿbudu mukhliṣan lahū dīnī

5. فاعبدوا ما شئتم من دونه قل إن الخاسرين الذين خسروا أنفسهم وأهليهم يوم القيامة ألا ذلك هو الخسران المبين

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   You worship whatever you wish besides Him.’ Say, ‘The losers are those who ruin themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection.’ Indeed, that is a manifest loss!

   fa-ʿbudū mā shiʾtum min dūnihī qul ʾinna l-khāsirīna lladhīna khasirū ʾanfusahum wa-ʾahlīhim yawma l-qiyāmati ʾa-lā dhālika huwa l-khusrānu l-mubīnu

6. لهم من فوقهم ظلل من النار ومن تحتهم ظلل ذلك يخوف الله به عباده يا عباد فاتقون

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   There will be canopies of fire above them, and [similar] canopies beneath them. With that Allah deters His servants. So, My servants, be wary of Me!

   lahum min fawqihim ẓulalun mina n-nāri wa-min taḥtihim ẓulalun dhālika yukhawwifu llāhu bihī ʿibādahū yā-ʿibādi fa-ttaqūni

7. والذين اجتنبوا الطاغوت أن يعبدوها وأنابوا إلى الله لهم البشرى فبشر عباد

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   As for those who stay clear of the worship of fake deities and turn penitently to Allah, there is good news for them. So give good news to My servants

   wa-lladhīna jtanabū ṭ-ṭāghūta ʾan yaʿbudūhā wa-ʾanābū ʾilā llāhi lahumu l-bushrā fa-bashshir ʿibādi

8. الذين يستمعون القول فيتبعون أحسنه أولئك الذين هداهم الله وأولئك هم أولو الألباب

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   who listen to the word [of Allah] and follow the best [interpretation] of it. They are the ones whom Allah has guided, and it is they who possess intellect.

   alladhīna yastamiʿūna l-qawla fa-yattabiʿūna ʾaḥsanahū ʾulāʾika lladhīna hadāhumu llāhu wa-ʾulāʾika hum ʾulū l-ʾalbābi

9. أفمن حق عليه كلمة العذاب أفأنت تنقذ من في النار

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   Can he against whom the word of punishment has become due…? Can you rescue someone who is in the Fire?

   ʾa-fa-man ḥaqqa ʿalayhi kalimatu l-ʿadhābi ʾa-fa ʾanta tunqidhu man fī n-nāri

10. لكن الذين اتقوا ربهم لهم غرف من فوقها غرف مبنية تجري من تحتها الأنهار وعد الله لا يخلف الله الميعاد

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    But as for those who are wary of their Lord, for them there will be lofty abodes with [other] lofty abodes built above them, with streams running beneath them—a promise of Allah. Allah does not break His promise.

    lākini lladhīna ttaqaw rabbahum lahum ghurafun min fawqihā ghurafun mabniyyatun tajrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru waʿda llāhi lā yukhlifu llāhu l-mīʿāda

11. ألم تر أن الله أنزل من السماء ماء فسلكه ينابيع في الأرض ثم يخرج به زرعا مختلفا ألوانه ثم يهيج فتراه مصفرا ثم يجعله حطاما إن في ذلك لذكرى لأولي الألباب

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    Have you not seen that Allah sends down water from the sky, then He conducts it through the ground as springs. Then He brings forth with it crops of diverse hues. Then they wither and you see them turn yellow. Then He turns them into chaff. There is indeed a lesson in that for those who possess intellect.

    ʾa-lam tara ʾanna llāha ʾanzala mina s-samāʾi māʾan fa-salakahū yanābīʿa fī l-ʾarḍi thumma yukhriju bihī zarʿan mukhtalifan ʾalwānuhū thumma yahīju fa-tarāhu muṣfarran thumma yajʿaluhū ḥuṭāman ʾinna fī dhālika la-dhikrā li-ʾulī l-ʾalbābi