Surah Az-Zumar (The Troops) in English

1. وبدا لهم سيئات ما كسبوا وحاق بهم ما كانوا به يستهزئون

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   The evils of what they had earned will appear to them, and they will be besieged by what they used to deride.

   wa-badā lahum sayyiʾātu mā kasabū wa-ḥāqa bihim mā kānū bihī yastahziʾūna

2. فإذا مس الإنسان ضر دعانا ثم إذا خولناه نعمة منا قال إنما أوتيته على علم بل هي فتنة ولكن أكثرهم لا يعلمون

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   When distress befalls man, he supplicates Us. Then, when We grant him a blessing from Us, he says, ‘I was given it by virtue of [my] knowledge.’ Indeed, it is a test, but most of them do not know.

   fa-ʾidhā massa l-ʾinsāna ḍurrun daʿānā thumma ʾidhā khawwalnāhu niʿmatan minnā qāla ʾinnamā ʾūtītuhū ʿalā ʿilmin bal hiya fitnatun wa-lākinna ʾaktharahum lā yaʿlamūna

3. قد قالها الذين من قبلهم فما أغنى عنهم ما كانوا يكسبون

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   Those who were before them [also] said that, but what they used to earn did not avail them.

   qad qālahā lladhīna min qablihim fa-mā ʾaghnā ʿanhum mā kānū yaksibūna

4. فأصابهم سيئات ما كسبوا والذين ظلموا من هؤلاء سيصيبهم سيئات ما كسبوا وما هم بمعجزين

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   So the evils of what they had earned visited them, and as for the wrongdoers among these, the evils of what they earn shall be visited on them and they will not frustrate [Allah].

   fa-ʾaṣābahum sayyiʾātu mā kasabū wa-lladhīna ẓalamū min hāʾulāʾi sa-yuṣībuhum sayyiʾātu mā kasabū wa-mā hum bi-muʿjizīna

5. أولم يعلموا أن الله يبسط الرزق لمن يشاء ويقدر إن في ذلك لآيات لقوم يؤمنون

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   Do they not know that Allah expands the provision for whomever He wishes and tightens it [for whomever He wishes]? There are indeed signs in that for a people who have faith.

   ʾa-wa-lam yaʿlamū ʾanna llāha yabsuṭu r-rizqa li-man yashāʾu wa-yaqdiru ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyātin li-qawmin yuʾminūna

6. قل يا عبادي الذين أسرفوا على أنفسهم لا تقنطوا من رحمة الله إن الله يغفر الذنوب جميعا إنه هو الغفور الرحيم

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   Say [that Allah declares,] ‘O My servants who have committed excesses against their own souls, do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed Allah will forgive all sins. Indeed, He is the All-forgiving, the All-merciful.

   qul yā-ʿibādiya lladhīna ʾasrafū ʿalā ʾanfusihim lā taqnaṭū min raḥmati llāhi ʾinna llāha yaghfiru dh-dhunūba jamīʿan ʾinnahū huwa l-ghafūru r-raḥīmu

7. وأنيبوا إلى ربكم وأسلموا له من قبل أن يأتيكم العذاب ثم لا تنصرون

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   Turn penitently to Him and submit to Him before the punishment overtakes you, whereupon you will not be helped.

   wa-ʾanībū ʾilā rabbikum wa-ʾaslimū lahū min qabli ʾan yaʾtiyakumu l-ʿadhābu thumma lā tunṣarūna

8. واتبعوا أحسن ما أنزل إليكم من ربكم من قبل أن يأتيكم العذاب بغتة وأنتم لا تشعرون

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   Follow the best of what has been sent down to you from your Lord, before the punishment overtakes you suddenly while you are unaware.’

   wa-ttabiʿū ʾaḥsana mā ʾunzila ʾilaykum min rabbikum min qabli ʾan yaʾtiyakumu l-ʿadhābu baghtatan wa-ʾantum lā tashʿurūna

9. أن تقول نفس يا حسرتى على ما فرطت في جنب الله وإن كنت لمن الساخرين

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   Lest anyone should say, ‘Alas for my negligence in the vicinage of Allah! Indeed I was among those who ridiculed.’

   ʾan taqūla nafsun yā-ḥasratā ʿalā mā farraṭtu fī janbi llāhi wa-ʾin kuntu la-mina s-sākhirīna