Quran 39:17 — Az-Zumar, verse 17
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
There is good news for those who shun the worship of false gods and turn to God, so [Prophet] give good news to My servants
وَالَّذِينَ اجْتَنَبُوا الطَّاغُوتَ أَنْ يَعْبُدُوهَا وَأَنَابُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ لَهُمُ الْبُشْرَىٰ ۚ فَبَشِّرْ عِبَادِ
wa-alladhīna ij'tanabū l-ṭāghūta an yaʿbudūhā wa-anābū ilā l-lahi lahumu l-bush'rā fabashir ʿibādi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Those who eschew the serving of idols and turn penitent to God, for them is good tidings! So give thou good tidings to My servants
- Muhammad Asad
- seeing that for those who shun the powers of evil lest they [be tempted to] worship them, and turn unto God instead, there is the glad tiding [of happiness in the life to come]. Give, then, this glad tiding to [those of] My servants
- Sahih International
- But those who have avoided ṭāghūt, lest they worship it, and turned back to Allāh - for them are good tidings. So give good tidings to My servants
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | And those who | — |
| 2 | ٱجْتَنَبُوا۟ij'tanabū | avoid | جنب |
| 3 | ٱلطَّـٰغُوتَl-ṭāghūta | the false gods | طغي |
| 4 | أَنan | lest | — |
| 5 | يَعْبُدُوهَاyaʿbudūhā | they worship them | عبد |
| 6 | وَأَنَابُوٓا۟wa-anābū | and turn | نوب |
| 7 | إِلَىilā | to | — |
| 8 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 9 | لَهُمُlahumu | for them | — |
| 10 | ٱلْبُشْرَىٰ ۚl-bush'rā | (are) glad tidings | بشر |
| 11 | فَبَشِّرْfabashir | So give glad tidings | بشر |
| 12 | عِبَادِʿibādi | (to) My slaves | عبد |