Quran 39:55 — Az-Zumar, verse 55
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Follow the best teaching sent down to you from your Lord, before the punishment suddenly takes you, unawares,
وَاتَّبِعُوا أَحْسَنَ مَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَكُمُ الْعَذَابُ بَغْتَةً وَأَنْتُمْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَ
wa-ittabiʿū aḥsana mā unzila ilaykum min rabbikum min qabli an yatiyakumu l-ʿadhābu baghtatan wa-antum lā tashʿurūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And follow the fairest of what has been sent down to you from your Lord, ere the chastisement comes upon you suddenly while you are unaware.
- Muhammad Asad
- And ere that suffering comes upon you of a sudden, without your being aware [of its approach], follow the most goodly [teaching] that has been revealed unto you by your Sustainer,
- Sahih International
- And follow the best of what was revealed to you from your Lord [i.e., the Qur’ān] before the punishment comes upon you suddenly while you do not perceive,
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱتَّبِعُوٓا۟wa-ittabiʿū | And follow | تبع |
| 2 | أَحْسَنَaḥsana | (the) best | حسن |
| 3 | مَآmā | (of) what | — |
| 4 | أُنزِلَunzila | is revealed | نزل |
| 5 | إِلَيْكُمilaykum | to you | — |
| 6 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 7 | رَّبِّكُمrabbikum | your Lord | ربب |
| 8 | مِّنmin | before | — |
| 9 | قَبْلِqabli | before | قبل |
| 10 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 11 | يَأْتِيَكُمُyatiyakumu | comes to you | أتي |
| 12 | ٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābu | the punishment | عذب |
| 13 | بَغْتَةًۭbaghtatan | suddenly | بغت |
| 14 | وَأَنتُمْwa-antum | while you | — |
| 15 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 16 | تَشْعُرُونَtashʿurūna | perceive | شعر |