Quran 39:54 — Az-Zumar, verse 54
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Turn to your Lord. Submit to Him before the punishment overtakes you and you can no longer be helped.
وَأَنِيبُوا إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ وَأَسْلِمُوا لَهُ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَكُمُ الْعَذَابُ ثُمَّ لَا تُنْصَرُونَ
wa-anībū ilā rabbikum wa-aslimū lahu min qabli an yatiyakumu l-ʿadhābu thumma lā tunṣarūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Turn unto your Lord and surrender to Him, ere the chastisement comes upon you, then you will not be helped.
- Muhammad Asad
- Hence, turn towards your Sustainer [alone] and surrender yourselves unto Him ere the suffering [of death and resurrection] comes upon you, for then you will not be succoured.
- Sahih International
- And return [in repentance] to your Lord and submit to Him before the punishment comes upon you; then you will not be helped.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَأَنِيبُوٓا۟wa-anībū | And turn | نوب |
| 2 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 3 | رَبِّكُمْrabbikum | your Lord | ربب |
| 4 | وَأَسْلِمُوا۟wa-aslimū | and submit | سلم |
| 5 | لَهُۥlahu | to Him | — |
| 6 | مِنmin | before | — |
| 7 | قَبْلِqabli | before | قبل |
| 8 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 9 | يَأْتِيَكُمُyatiyakumu | comes to you | أتي |
| 10 | ٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābu | the punishment | عذب |
| 11 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 12 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 13 | تُنصَرُونَtunṣarūna | you will be helped | نصر |