Chapter 39: Az-Zumar (The Groups)
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2025 11:49 pm
Chapter 39: Surah Az‑Zumar (سورة الزمر)
Meaning: The Groups / Troops | Total Verses: 75 | Revealed In: Mecca (Makki Surah)

1. حْمٓ
Ḥā Mīm.
2. تَنزِيلُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ
\[This is] a revelation of the Book from Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
3. إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ قُرْءَانًا عَرَبِيًّا لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ
Indeed, We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur’an that you might understand.
4. نَزَّلَهُۥ عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنذِرِينَ
We have revealed it upon your heart, \[O Muhammad]—that you may be of the warners—
5. بِٱلْعَرَبِيِّ لِتُنذِرَ أُمَّةًۭ مَّنۢ بَلَغَتْهَا نَذِيرٌۭ مِّنۢ قَبْلِهِمْ فَيَكُونُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمْ شُهَدَآءَۢ وَيَكُونُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَيَّٰقِهِمْ شُهَدَآءَۢ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
In \[the] Arabic \[language] that you deliver warning to the Mother of Cities and those around it and warn of the Day of Assembly, about which there is no doubt. A party will be in Paradise and a party in the Blaze.
6. وَإِن كَذَّبَكَ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ وَبِٱلزُّبُرِ وَبِٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُنِيرِ
And if they deny you—then indeed those before them denied. Their messengers came to them with clear proofs and written ordinances and the illuminating Book.
7. ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِِ
But Allah took them, and He is the dominant, and how \[terrible] was His penalty.
8. وَإِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَنْ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْغَنِىُّ ٱلْحَمِيدُ
And to Allah belongs whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And whether you show what is within yourselves or conceal it, Allah will bring you to account for it. Then He will forgive whom He wills and punish whom He wills, and Allah is over all things competent.
9. قُلۡ يَا عِبَادِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أنفُسِهِمۡ لَا تَقۡنَطُوٓا۟ مِن رَّحۡمَةِ ٱللَّهِ \*\*
Say, "O My servants who have transgressed against themselves \[by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allah..."
10. قُلْ يَـٰعِبَادِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ ۚ لِلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا۟ فِى هَـٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةٌۭ ۗ وَأَرْضُ ٱللَّهِ وَٰسِعَةٌ ۗ إِنَّمَا يُوَفَّى ٱلصَّـٰبِرُونَ أَجْرَهُم بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍۢ
Say, "O My servants who have believed, fear your Lord. For those who do good in this world is good, and the earth of Allah is spacious. Indeed, the patient will be given their reward without account."
11. قُلْ إِنِّىٓ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَعْبُدَ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصًۭا لَّهُ ٱلدِّينَ
Say, "Indeed I have been commanded to worship Allah, \[being] sincere to Him in religion.
12. وَأُمِرْتُ لِأَنْ أَكُونَ أَوَّلَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ
And I have been commanded to be the first \[among you] of the Muslims."
13. قُلْ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ إِنْ عَصَيْتُ رَبِّى عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ
Say, "Indeed I fear, if I should disobey my Lord, the punishment of a tremendous Day."
14. قُلِ ٱللَّهَ أَعْبُدُ مُخْلِصًۭا لَّهُۥ دِينِى
Say, "Allah \[alone] do I worship, sincere to Him in my religion,
15. فَٱعْبُدُوا۟ مَا شِئْتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَأَهْلِيهِمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۗ أَلَا ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْخُسْرَانُ ٱلْمُبِينُ
So worship what you will besides Him." Say, "Indeed, the losers are the ones who will lose themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection. Unquestionably, that is the manifest loss."
16. لَهُم مِّن فَوْقِهِمْ ظُلَلٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ وَمِن تَحْتِهِمْ ظُلَلٌۭ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يُخَوِّفُ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦ عِبَادَهُۥ ۚ يَـٰعِبَادِ فَٱتَّقُونِ
They will have canopies of fire above them and below them, canopies \[of fire]. With that Allah threatens His servants. O My servants, then fear Me.
17. وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱجْتَنَبُوا۟ ٱلطَّـٰغُوتَ أَن يَعْبُدُوهَا وَأَنَابُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ لَهُمُ ٱلْبُشْرَىٰ ۚ فَبَشِّرْ عِبَادِ
But those who have avoided Taghut, lest they worship it, and turned back to Allah—for them are good tidings. So give good tidings to My servants
18. ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْتَمِعُونَ ٱلْقَوْلَ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ أَحْسَنَهُۥٓ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ هَدَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۖ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمْ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ
Who listen to speech and follow the best of it. Those are the ones Allah has guided, and those are people of understanding.
19. أَفَمَنْ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِ كَلِمَةُ ٱلْعَذَابِ أَفَأَنتَ تُنقِذُ مَن فِى ٱلنَّارِ
Then, is one who has deserved the decree of punishment \[to be guided]? Then, can you save one who is in the Fire?
20. لَـٰكِنِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ رَبَّهُمْ لَهُمْ غُرَفٌۭ مِّن فَوْقِهَا غُرَفٌۭ مَّبْنِيَّةٌۭ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۖ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ لَا يُخْلِفُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمِيعَادَ
But those who have feared their Lord—for them are chambers, above them chambers built high, beneath which rivers flow. \[This is] the promise of Allah, and Allah does not fail in \[His] promise.
Meaning: The Groups / Troops | Total Verses: 75 | Revealed In: Mecca (Makki Surah)

1. حْمٓ
Ḥā Mīm.
2. تَنزِيلُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ
\[This is] a revelation of the Book from Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
3. إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ قُرْءَانًا عَرَبِيًّا لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ
Indeed, We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur’an that you might understand.
4. نَزَّلَهُۥ عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنذِرِينَ
We have revealed it upon your heart, \[O Muhammad]—that you may be of the warners—
5. بِٱلْعَرَبِيِّ لِتُنذِرَ أُمَّةًۭ مَّنۢ بَلَغَتْهَا نَذِيرٌۭ مِّنۢ قَبْلِهِمْ فَيَكُونُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمْ شُهَدَآءَۢ وَيَكُونُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَيَّٰقِهِمْ شُهَدَآءَۢ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
In \[the] Arabic \[language] that you deliver warning to the Mother of Cities and those around it and warn of the Day of Assembly, about which there is no doubt. A party will be in Paradise and a party in the Blaze.
6. وَإِن كَذَّبَكَ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ وَبِٱلزُّبُرِ وَبِٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُنِيرِ
And if they deny you—then indeed those before them denied. Their messengers came to them with clear proofs and written ordinances and the illuminating Book.
7. ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِِ
But Allah took them, and He is the dominant, and how \[terrible] was His penalty.
8. وَإِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَنْ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْغَنِىُّ ٱلْحَمِيدُ
And to Allah belongs whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And whether you show what is within yourselves or conceal it, Allah will bring you to account for it. Then He will forgive whom He wills and punish whom He wills, and Allah is over all things competent.
9. قُلۡ يَا عِبَادِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أنفُسِهِمۡ لَا تَقۡنَطُوٓا۟ مِن رَّحۡمَةِ ٱللَّهِ \*\*
Say, "O My servants who have transgressed against themselves \[by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allah..."
10. قُلْ يَـٰعِبَادِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ ۚ لِلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا۟ فِى هَـٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةٌۭ ۗ وَأَرْضُ ٱللَّهِ وَٰسِعَةٌ ۗ إِنَّمَا يُوَفَّى ٱلصَّـٰبِرُونَ أَجْرَهُم بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍۢ
Say, "O My servants who have believed, fear your Lord. For those who do good in this world is good, and the earth of Allah is spacious. Indeed, the patient will be given their reward without account."
11. قُلْ إِنِّىٓ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَعْبُدَ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصًۭا لَّهُ ٱلدِّينَ
Say, "Indeed I have been commanded to worship Allah, \[being] sincere to Him in religion.
12. وَأُمِرْتُ لِأَنْ أَكُونَ أَوَّلَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ
And I have been commanded to be the first \[among you] of the Muslims."
13. قُلْ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ إِنْ عَصَيْتُ رَبِّى عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ
Say, "Indeed I fear, if I should disobey my Lord, the punishment of a tremendous Day."
14. قُلِ ٱللَّهَ أَعْبُدُ مُخْلِصًۭا لَّهُۥ دِينِى
Say, "Allah \[alone] do I worship, sincere to Him in my religion,
15. فَٱعْبُدُوا۟ مَا شِئْتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَأَهْلِيهِمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۗ أَلَا ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْخُسْرَانُ ٱلْمُبِينُ
So worship what you will besides Him." Say, "Indeed, the losers are the ones who will lose themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection. Unquestionably, that is the manifest loss."
16. لَهُم مِّن فَوْقِهِمْ ظُلَلٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ وَمِن تَحْتِهِمْ ظُلَلٌۭ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يُخَوِّفُ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦ عِبَادَهُۥ ۚ يَـٰعِبَادِ فَٱتَّقُونِ
They will have canopies of fire above them and below them, canopies \[of fire]. With that Allah threatens His servants. O My servants, then fear Me.
17. وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱجْتَنَبُوا۟ ٱلطَّـٰغُوتَ أَن يَعْبُدُوهَا وَأَنَابُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ لَهُمُ ٱلْبُشْرَىٰ ۚ فَبَشِّرْ عِبَادِ
But those who have avoided Taghut, lest they worship it, and turned back to Allah—for them are good tidings. So give good tidings to My servants
18. ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْتَمِعُونَ ٱلْقَوْلَ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ أَحْسَنَهُۥٓ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ هَدَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۖ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمْ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ
Who listen to speech and follow the best of it. Those are the ones Allah has guided, and those are people of understanding.
19. أَفَمَنْ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِ كَلِمَةُ ٱلْعَذَابِ أَفَأَنتَ تُنقِذُ مَن فِى ٱلنَّارِ
Then, is one who has deserved the decree of punishment \[to be guided]? Then, can you save one who is in the Fire?
20. لَـٰكِنِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ رَبَّهُمْ لَهُمْ غُرَفٌۭ مِّن فَوْقِهَا غُرَفٌۭ مَّبْنِيَّةٌۭ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۖ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ لَا يُخْلِفُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمِيعَادَ
But those who have feared their Lord—for them are chambers, above them chambers built high, beneath which rivers flow. \[This is] the promise of Allah, and Allah does not fail in \[His] promise.