Surah Az-Zumar (The Troops) in English

1. فمن أظلم ممن كذب على الله وكذب بالصدق إذ جاءه أليس في جهنم مثوى للكافرين

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   So who is a greater wrongdoer than him who attributes a falsehood to Allah, and denies the truth when it reaches him? Is not the [final] abode of the faithless in hell?

   fa-man ʾaẓlamu mimman kadhaba ʿalā llāhi wa-kadhdhaba bi-ṣ-ṣidqi ʾidh jāʾahū ʾa-laysa fī jahannama mathwan li-l-kāfirīna

2. والذي جاء بالصدق وصدق به أولئك هم المتقون

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   He who brings the truth and he who confirms it—it is they who are the Godwary.

   wa-lladhī jāʾa bi-ṣ-ṣidqi wa-ṣaddaqa bihī ʾulāʾika humu l-muttaqūna

3. لهم ما يشاءون عند ربهم ذلك جزاء المحسنين

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   They will have what they wish with their Lord—that is the reward of the virtuous—

   lahum mā yashāʾūna ʿinda rabbihim dhālika jazāʾu l-muḥsinīna

4. ليكفر الله عنهم أسوأ الذي عملوا ويجزيهم أجرهم بأحسن الذي كانوا يعملون

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   that Allah may absolve them of the worst of what they did, and pay them their reward by the best of what they used to do.

   li-yukaffira llāhu ʿanhum ʾaswaʾa lladhī ʿamilū wa-yajziyahum ʾajrahum bi-ʾaḥsani lladhī kānū yaʿmalūna

5. أليس الله بكاف عبده ويخوفونك بالذين من دونه ومن يضلل الله فما له من هاد

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   Does not Allah suffice [to defend] His servant? They would frighten you of others than Him. Yet whomever Allah leads astray, has no guide,

   ʾa-laysa llāhu bi-kāfin ʿabdahū wa-yukhawwifūnaka bi-lladhīna min dūnihī wa-man yuḍlili llāhu fa-mā lahū min hādin

6. ومن يهد الله فما له من مضل أليس الله بعزيز ذي انتقام

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   and whomever Allah guides, there is no one who can lead him astray. Is not Allah an all-mighty avenger?

   wa-man yahdi llāhu fa-mā lahū min muḍillin ʾa-laysa llāhu bi-ʿazīzin dhī ntiqāmin

7. ولئن سألتهم من خلق السماوات والأرض ليقولن الله قل أفرأيتم ما تدعون من دون الله إن أرادني الله بضر هل هن كاشفات ضره أو أرادني برحمة هل هن ممسكات رحمته قل حسبي الله عليه يتوكل المتوكلون

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   If you ask them, ‘Who created the heavens and the earth?’ they will surely say, ‘Allah.’ Say, ‘Have you considered what you invoke besides Allah? Should Allah desire some distress for me, can they remove the distress visited by Him? Or should He desire some mercy for me, can they withhold His mercy?’ Say, ‘Allah is sufficient for me. In Him let all the trusting put their trust.’

   wa-la-ʾin saʾaltahum man khalaqa s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍa la-yaqūlunna llāhu qul ʾa-fa-raʾaytum mā tadʿūna min dūni llāhi ʾin ʾarādaniya llāhu bi-ḍurrin hal hunna kāshifātu ḍurrihī ʾaw ʾarādanī bi-raḥmatin hal hunna mumsikātu raḥmatihī qul ḥasbiya llāhu ʿalayhi yatawakkalu l-mutawakkilūna

8. قل يا قوم اعملوا على مكانتكم إني عامل فسوف تعلمون

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   Say, ‘O my people! Act according to your ability. I too am acting. Soon you will know

   qul yā-qawmi ʿmalū ʿalā makānatikum ʾinnī ʿāmilun fa-sawfa taʿlamūna

9. من يأتيه عذاب يخزيه ويحل عليه عذاب مقيم

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   who will be overtaken by a punishment that will disgrace him, and on whom a lasting punishment will descend.’

   man yaʾtīhi ʿadhābun yukhzīhi wa-yaḥillu ʿalayhi ʿadhābun muqīmun