Surah Az-Zumar (The Troops) in English

1. أو تقول لو أن الله هداني لكنت من المتقين

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   Or say, ‘Had Allah guided me I would have surely been among the Godwary!’

   ʾaw taqūla law ʾanna llāha hadānī la-kuntu mina l-muttaqīna

2. أو تقول حين ترى العذاب لو أن لي كرة فأكون من المحسنين

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   Or say, when he sights the punishment, ‘If only there were a second chance for me, I would be among the virtuous!’

   ʾaw taqūla ḥīna tarā l-ʿadhāba law ʾanna lī karratan fa-ʾakūna mina l-muḥsinīna

3. بلى قد جاءتك آياتي فكذبت بها واستكبرت وكنت من الكافرين

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   [They will be told,] ‘Yes, My signs certainly came to you, but you denied them and acted arrogantly and you were among the faithless.’

   balā qad jāʾatka ʾāyātī fa-kadhdhabta bihā wa-stakbarta wa-kunta mina l-kāfirīna

4. ويوم القيامة ترى الذين كذبوا على الله وجوههم مسودة أليس في جهنم مثوى للمتكبرين

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   On the Day of Resurrection you will see those who attributed lies to Allah with their faces blackened. Is not the [final] abode of the arrogant in hell?

   wa-yawma l-qiyāmati tarā lladhīna kadhabū ʿalā llāhi wujūhuhum muswaddatun ʾa-laysa fī jahannama mathwan li-l-mutakabbirīna

5. وينجي الله الذين اتقوا بمفازتهم لا يمسهم السوء ولا هم يحزنون

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   Allah will deliver those who were Godwary with their salvation. No ill shall touch them, nor will they grieve.

   wa-yunajjī llāhu lladhīna ttaqaw bi-mafāzatihim lā yamassuhumu s-sūʾu wa-lā hum yaḥzanūna

6. الله خالق كل شيء وهو على كل شيء وكيل

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   Allah is creator of all things, and He watches over all things.

   allāhu khāliqu kulli shayʾin wa-huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin wakīlun

7. له مقاليد السماوات والأرض والذين كفروا بآيات الله أولئك هم الخاسرون

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   To Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth, and those who disbelieve in the signs of Allah—it is they who are the losers.

   lahū maqālīdu s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-lladhīna kafarū bi-ʾāyāti llāhi ʾulāʾika humu l-khāsirūna

8. قل أفغير الله تأمروني أعبد أيها الجاهلون

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   Say, ‘Will you, then, bid me to worship other than Allah, O you ignorant ones?!’

   qul ʾa-fa-ghayra llāhi taʾmurūnnī ʾaʿbudu ʾayyuhā l-jāhilūna

9. ولقد أوحي إليك وإلى الذين من قبلك لئن أشركت ليحبطن عملك ولتكونن من الخاسرين

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   Certainly it has been revealed to you and to those [who have been] before you: ‘If you ascribe a partner to Allah your works shall fail and you shall surely be among the losers.

   wa-la-qad ʾūḥiya ʾilayka wa-ʾilā lladhīna min qablika la-ʾin ʾashrakta la-yaḥbaṭanna ʿamaluka wa-la-takūnanna mina l-khāsirīna

10. بل الله فاعبد وكن من الشاكرين

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    No, worship Allah, and be among the grateful!’

    bali llāha fa-ʿbud wa-kun mina sh-shākirīna

11. وما قدروا الله حق قدره والأرض جميعا قبضته يوم القيامة والسماوات مطويات بيمينه سبحانه وتعالى عما يشركون

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    They do not regard Allah with the regard due to Him, yet the entire earth will be in His fist on the Day of Resurrection, and the heavens, scrolled, in His right hand. Immaculate is He and exalted above [having] any partners that they ascribe [to Him].

    wa-mā qadarū llāha ḥaqqa qadrihī wa-l-ʾarḍu jamīʿan qabḍatuhū yawma l-qiyāmati wa-s-samāwātu maṭwiyyātun bi-yamīnihī subḥānahū wa-taʿālā ʿammā yushrikūna