Quran 39:45 — Az-Zumar, verse 45
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Whenever God is mentioned on His own, the hearts of those who do not believe in the Hereafter shrink with aversion, but they rejoice when gods other than Him are mentioned.
وَإِذَا ذُكِرَ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ اشْمَأَزَّتْ قُلُوبُ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ ۖ وَإِذَا ذُكِرَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ دُونِهِ إِذَا هُمْ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ
wa-idhā dhukira l-lahu waḥdahu ish'ma-azzat qulūbu alladhīna lā yu'minūna bil-ākhirati wa-idhā dhukira alladhīna min dūnihi idhā hum yastabshirūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- When God is mentioned alone, then shudder the hearts of those who believe not in the Hereafter, but when those apart from Him are mentioned behold, they rejoice.
- Muhammad Asad
- And yet, whenever God alone is mentioned, the hearts of those who will not believe in the life to come contract with bitter aversion - whereas, when those [imaginary powers] are mentioned side by side with Him, lo, they rejoice!
- Sahih International
- And when Allāh is mentioned alone, the hearts of those who do not believe in the Hereafter shrink with aversion, but when those [worshipped] other than Him are mentioned, immediately they rejoice.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 2 | ذُكِرَdhukira | Allah is mentioned | ذكر |
| 3 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah is mentioned | أله |
| 4 | وَحْدَهُwaḥdahu | Alone | وحد |
| 5 | ٱشْمَأَزَّتْish'ma-azzat | shrink with aversion | شمز |
| 6 | قُلُوبُqulūbu | (the) hearts | قلب |
| 7 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (of) those who | — |
| 8 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 9 | يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna | believe | أمن |
| 10 | بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۖbil-ākhirati | in the Hereafter | أخر |
| 11 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | and when | — |
| 12 | ذُكِرَdhukira | are mentioned | ذكر |
| 13 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those | — |
| 14 | مِنmin | besides Him | — |
| 15 | دُونِهِۦٓdūnihi | besides Him | دون |
| 16 | إِذَاidhā | behold | — |
| 17 | هُمْhum | They | — |
| 18 | يَسْتَبْشِرُونَyastabshirūna | rejoice | بشر |