HOLY QURAN - THE TREASURE OF FAITH
(English Translation)
AZ
– ZUMAR (THE GROUP)
(Revealed
at Mecca – contains 75 verses, 5 sections)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
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Section 1 [Zumar
39:1] The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Most Honourable, the
Wise. [Zumar
39:2] We have indeed divinely revealed the Book to you (O dear Prophet
Mohammed - peace and blessings be upon him) with the truth, therefore
worship Allah, as His sincere bondman. [Zumar
39:3] Pay heed! Worship is for Allah only; and those who have taken others as
their supporters beside Him say; “We worship * them only so that they
get us closer to Allah”; Allah will surely judge between them regarding
the matter in which they dispute; indeed Allah does not guide one who is a
big liar, extremely ungrateful. (*The pagans regarded their idols as
smaller Gods and worshipped them. So did the Christians. This does not apply
to Muslims who only respect their elders, and ask for their blessings.) [Zumar
39:4] Were Allah to create a son * for Himself, He would have chosen any one
from His creation! Purity is to Him! He is Allah, the One, the All Dominant. (*Which
is impossible.) [Zumar
39:5] It is He Who created the heavens and the earth with the truth; He
envelops the night over day and envelops the day over night, and He has
subjected the sun and the moon; each one runs for its appointed term; pay
heed! He only is the Most Honourable, the Oft Forgiving. [Zumar
39:6] It is He Who created you from a single being, and then from the same
being created its spouse, and sent down for you eight pairs of animals; He
creates you in your mothers’ wombs, from one sort to another, in a
triple darkness; such is Allah, your Lord – for Him only is the
kingship; there is no God except Him; so where are you being turned away? [Zumar
39:7] If you become ungrateful, then (know that) indeed Allah is
Independent of you; and He does not like the ungratefulness of His bondmen;
and if you give thanks, He is pleased with it for you; and no burdened soul
will bear another soul’s burden; you have then to return towards your
Lord – He will therefore inform you of what you used to do; undoubtedly,
He knows what lies within the hearts. [Zumar
39:8] And when some hardship strikes man, he prays to his Lord, inclined only
towards Him – then when Allah grants him a favour from Himself, he
forgets why he had prayed to Him earlier, and sets up equals to Allah in
order to mislead from Allah’s way; proclaim, “Revel in your
disbelief for some days; you are indeed of the people of the fire.” [Zumar
39:9] Will he, whose night hours pass in obedience while prostrating and
standing, fearing the Hereafter and hoping for the mercy of his Lord, ever be
equal to the disobedient? Proclaim, “Are the knowledgeable and the
ignorant equal?” It is only the men of intellect who heed advice. Section
2
[Zumar 39:10] Proclaim (O dear Prophet Mohammed -
peace and blessings be upon him), “O my slaves who have accepted
faith! Fear your Lord; for those who do good deeds in this world, is goodness
(in return); and Allah’s earth is spacious; it is the steadfast
who will be paid their full reward, without account.” [Zumar
39:11] Say, “I am commanded that I must worship Allah as His sincere
bondman.” [Zumar
39:12] “And I am commanded that I be the first to submit.” [Zumar
39:13] Say, “Were I to disobey my Lord, I too would fear the punishment
of the great Day (of Resurrection).” [Zumar
39:14] Proclaim, “I worship only Allah, as His sincere bondman.” [Zumar
39:15] “Therefore you can worship what you want besides Him!” Say,
“The worst losers are those who will lose themselves and their household
on the Day of Resurrection; pay heed! This is the plain loss!” [Zumar
39:16] Above them are mountains of fire and beneath them are mountains of
fire; Allah scares His bondmen with this; “O My bondmen! Fear Me!” [Zumar
39:17] And those who stayed away from the worship of idols, and inclined
towards Allah – for them are glad tidings; therefore give glad tidings to
My bondmen. - [Zumar
39:18] Those who heed attentively and follow the best from it; it is these
whom Allah has guided, and it is these who have intelligence. [Zumar
39:19] So will the one upon whom the Word of punishment has proved true, ever
be equal to those who are forgiven? So will you guide and save the one who
deserves the fire? (Because the hearts of some disbelievers are sealed).
[Zumar
39:20] But for those who fear their Lord, are the high chambers with more
high chambers built above them – rivers flowing beneath them; a promise
of Allah; Allah does not renege on His promise. [Zumar
39:21] Did you not see that it is Allah Who sent down water from the sky, and
then with it made springs in the earth, and then with it produces crops of
various colours, and then it dries up and you see it has become yellow, and
He then fragments them into small pieces; indeed in this is a reminder for
people of intellect. Section
3
[Zumar
39:22] So will he whose bosom Allah has opened up for Islam - he is therefore
upon a light from his Lord - ever be equal to one who is stone hearted?
Therefore ruin is for those whose hearts are hardened towards the remembrance
of Allah; they are in open error. [Zumar
39:23] Allah has sent down the best of Books (the Holy Qur’an),
which is consistent throughout, the one with paired statements; the hairs on
the skins of those who fear their Lord, stand on end with it; then their
skins and their hearts soften, inclined towards the remembrance of Allah;
this is the guidance of Allah, He may guide whomever He wills with it; and
whomever Allah sends astray, there is no guide for him. [Zumar
39:24] So will he who will not have a shield except his own face against the
wretched punishment on the Day of Resurrection, ever be equal to one who is
forgiven? And it will be said to the unjust, “Taste what you have
earned!” [Zumar
39:25] Those before them had denied, therefore the punishment came to them
from a place they did not know. [Zumar
39:26] So Allah made them taste humiliation in the life of this world; and
indeed the punishment of the Hereafter is the greatest; if only they knew! [Zumar
39:27] And We have indeed illustrated examples of all kinds in this
Qur’an, so that they may ponder. [Zumar
39:28] The Qur’an in Arabic, having no deviation at all, so that they
may be pious. [Zumar
39:29] Allah illustrates an example - “A man having several wicked
masters as partners, and another man belonging wholly to just one master; are
the two equal in comparison?” All praise is to Allah; in fact, most
among them do not know. [Zumar
39:30] Indeed you (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be
upon him) will taste death, and they (the disbelievers) too will
die. [Zumar
39:31] Then you will dispute before your Lord on the Day of Resurrection. PART
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Section
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[Zumar
39:32] So who is more unjust than one who fabricates a lie against Allah, and
denies the truth when it comes to him? Is not the destination of disbelievers
in hell? [Zumar
39:33] And those who brought this truth and those who testify for it –
these are the pious. [Zumar
39:34] For them is whatever they wish, before their Lord; this is the reward
of the virtuous. [Zumar
39:35] So that Allah may relieve them of their worst deeds, and reward them
for the best deeds they had done. [Zumar
39:36] Is not Allah Sufficient for His slave? And they threaten you with
others beside Him! And whomever Allah sends astray – there is no guide
for him. [Zumar
39:37] And no one can mislead whomever Allah guides; is not Allah the Most
Honourable, the Avenger? [Zumar
39:38] And if you ask them, “Who has created the heavens and the
earth?”, they will surely say, “Allah”; say, “What is
your opinion regarding those whom you worship other than Allah – if
Allah wills to cause me some hardship, so will they avert the hardship sent
by Him? Or if He wills to have mercy upon me, so will they restrain His
mercy?” Proclaim, “Allah is Sufficient for me; the people who trust
must rely only upon Him.” [Zumar
39:39] Proclaim, “O my people! Keep on with your works in your
positions, I am doing mine; so you will soon come to know.” - [Zumar
39:40] “To whom will come a punishment that will disgrace, and upon whom
descends the punishment that never ends.” [Zumar
39:41] We have indeed sent down this Book to you with the truth, in order to
guide mankind; so whoever attains guidance has attained it is for his own
good, and whoever strays, has strayed for his own harm; and you are not at
all responsible for them. Section
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[Zumar
39:42] It is Allah Who gives death * to living beings at the time of their
demise, and to those who do not die, during their sleep; so He restrains the
soul on which the decree of death has been passed, and leaves the other till
the appointed term; indeed in this are signs for people who reflect. (*Death
is of 2 types – passing to the next world, and sleeping.) [Zumar
39:43] What! Have they chosen intercessors against Allah? Proclaim,
“What! Even if they do not own anything nor have any intelligence?”
[Zumar
39:44] Proclaim, “To Allah only* belongs all the intercession! For Him
only is the kingship of the heavens and the earth; and then it is towards you
have to return.” (*Allah does not intercede – He gives the
permission to intercede with Him, to whomever He wills.) [Zumar
39:45] And when Allah the One God is mentioned, the hearts of those who do
not believe in the Hereafter get constricted; and when others (false
deities) besides Him are mentioned, they rejoice! [Zumar
39:46] Invoke (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon
him), “O Allah! The Creator of the heavens and the earth, the All
Knowing of all the hidden and the open, You will judge between Your bondmen,
regarding the matters in which they differed.” [Zumar
39:47] And if the unjust owned all that is in the earth, and another one in
addition to it, they would surely give it in exchange for freedom from the
wretched punishment on the Day of Resurrection; and a matter which they had
never imagined, appeared to them from their Lord. [Zumar
39:48] And the evils they earned appeared to them, and the thing they used to
mock at descended upon them. [Zumar
39:49] So when some hardship reaches man, he prays to Us; then later when We
bestow a favour upon him, he says, “I obtained this only because of some
knowledge”; in fact it is a test, but most of them do not have any
knowledge. [Zumar
39:50] Those before them also said the same, so their earnings did not
benefit them at all. [Zumar
39:51] Therefore the evils of their earnings befell them; and those who are
unjust among them - soon the evils of the earnings will befall them, and they
cannot escape. [Zumar
39:52] Do they not know that Allah eases the sustenance for whomever He
wills, and restricts it? Indeed in this are signs for the People who Believe.
[Zumar
39:53] Proclaim (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be
upon him), “O my * slaves, who have wronged themselves, do not lose
hope in Allah’s mercy; indeed Allah forgives all sins; indeed He only is
the Oft Forgiving, the Most Merciful.” (All Muslims are truly the
slaves of Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him.) [Zumar
39:54] “And incline towards your Lord and submit to Him, before the
punishment comes you and then you may not be helped.” [Zumar
39:55] “And follow this, the best among all, which has been sent down
towards you from your Lord, before the punishment comes suddenly upon you
whilst you are unaware.” [Zumar
39:56] So that no soul may say, “Alas! The failures that I committed
regarding Allah - and indeed I used to mock!” [Zumar
39:57] Or (so that no soul) may say, “If Allah had shown me the
right path, I would then be among the pious!” [Zumar
39:58] Or (so that no soul) may say when it beholds the punishment,
“If only I may be sent back, so that I may do good deeds!” [Zumar
39:59] It will be said to him, “Surely yes, why not?* My signs did come
to you, so you denied them and you were haughty and you were a
disbeliever.” (They will be mocked at.) [Zumar
39:60] And you will see on the Day of Resurrection the fabricators of lies
against Allah, with their faces blackened; is not the destination of the
haughty in hell? [Zumar
39:61] And Allah will rescue the pious, to their place of salvation; neither
will the punishment touch them, nor shall they grieve. [Zumar
39:62] Allah is Creator of all things; and He only is the Controller of all
things. [Zumar
39:63] For Him only are the keys of the heavens and the earth; and those who
denied the signs of Allah – it is they who are the losers. [Zumar
39:64] Say (O dear Prophet Mohammed - peace and blessings be upon him)
“So do you instruct me to worship (deities) other than Allah? You
ignorant fools!” [Zumar
39:65] And it was indeed revealed to you and to those before you; that,
“O listener! If you ascribe a partner to Allah, all your deeds will go
to waste and you will surely be a loser.” [Zumar
39:66] But rather worship only Allah, and be among the thankful! [Zumar
39:67] And they did not realise the importance of Allah as was His right; and
on the Day of Resurrection, He will compress the lands and the heavens will
be rolled up by His power; Purity and Supremacy are to Him, from all what
they ascribe as partners. [Zumar
39:68] And the Trumpet will be blown, so everyone in the heavens and everyone
in the earth will fall unconscious, except whomever * Allah wills; it will
then be blown again, thereupon they will get up staring! (*Prophet Moosa
and / or some angels). [Zumar
39:69] And the earth will shine bright by the light of its Lord, and the Book
will be established, and the Prophets and this Noble Prophet and the
witnesses upon them from this nation will be brought, and it will be judged
between them with the truth, and they will not be wronged. [Zumar
39:70] And every soul will be repaid for its deeds in full, and He knows very
well what they used to do. [Zumar
39:71] And the disbelievers will be herded towards hell in groups; to the
extent that when they reach it, its gates will be opened, and its guards will
say to them, “Did not the Noble Messengers come to you from amongst you,
who used to recite to you the verses of your Lord and warn you of confronting
this Day?” They will say, “Yes indeed, why not?” But the Word
of punishment proved true upon the disbelievers. [Zumar
39:72] It will be said, “Enter the gates of hell to remain in it
forever”; so what a wretched destination for the haughty! [Zumar
39:73] And the mounts of those who feared their Lord will be led towards
Paradise, in groups; to the extent that when they reach it, its gates will be
opened and its guards will say to them, “Peace be upon you! You have
done well! Therefore enter Paradise, to abide in it forever.” [Zumar
39:74] And they will say, “All praise is to Allah, Who has made His
promise to us come true, and has bequeathed us this land, to stay in Paradise
wherever we wish!” So what an excellent reward for the performers! [Zumar
39:75] And you will see the angels gathered around the Throne, saying the
Purity of their Lord, with praise; and a true judgement will be delivered
between the people, and it will be said, “All praise is to Allah, the
Lord Of The Creation!” |
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