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Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 11

سورة الزمر، الآية ١١

39:11 Juz 23 Hizb 46 Page 460 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 39:11

قُلْ إِنِّىٓ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَعْبُدَ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصًا لَّهُ ٱلدِّينَ ۝١١

Transliteration

qul innī umir'tu an aʿbuda l-laha mukh'liṣan lahu l-dīna

Translation

Say, [O Muḥammad], "Indeed, I have been commanded to worship Allāh, [being] sincere to Him in religion.

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Verse 11 of Surah Az-Zumar (39:11), a Meccan surah, is in juz 23, on page 460 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 11

Al-Mukhtasar

Say, O Messenger: Allah has instructed me to worship Him alone, dedicating my worship to Him. He has instructed me with this and He also instructed those who follow me.

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Other translations of verse 11

Say, “I have been commanded to worship Allah, with sincere devotion to Him,

Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "Verily I am commanded to worship Allâh (Alone) by obeying Him and doing religious deeds sincerely for His sake only.

Say (O Muhammad): Lo! I am commanded to worship Allah, making religion pure for Him (only).

Say: "Verily, I am commanded to serve Allah with sincere devotion;

Say: I am commanded that I should serve Allah, being sincere to Him in obedience.

Say, "Surely I have been commanded to worship Allah, making the religion faithfully His.

Verse 11 word by word

  1. قُلْ qul Say ق و ل
  2. إِنِّىٓ innī Indeed, I
  3. أُمِرْتُ umir'tu [I] am commanded أ م ر
  4. أَنْ an that
  5. أَعْبُدَ aʿbuda I worship ع ب د
  6. ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
  7. مُخْلِصًا mukh'liṣan (being) sincere خ ل ص
  8. لَّهُ lahu to Him
  9. ٱلدِّينَ l-dīna (in) the religion د ي ن

Verses related to verse 11

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • An-Nisa 4:97

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَوَفَّىٰهُمُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ ظَالِمِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ قَالُوا۟ فِيمَ كُنتُمْ قَالُوا۟ كُنَّا مُسْتَضْعَفِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ قَالُوٓا۟ أَلَمْ تَكُنْ أَرْضُ ٱللَّهِ وَٰسِعَةً فَتُهَاجِرُوا۟ فِيهَا فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ مَأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ وَسَآءَتْ مَصِيرًا

    Indeed, those whom the angels take [in death] while wronging themselves - [the angels] will say, "In what [condition] were you?" They will say, "We were oppressed in the land." They [the angels] will say, "Was not the earth of Allāh spacious [enough] for you to emigrate therein?" For those, their refuge is Hell - and evil it is as a destination.

Verses with similar wording

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  • Al-An’am 6:14

    قُلْ أَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ أَتَّخِذُ وَلِيًّا فَاطِرِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ يُطْعِمُ وَلَا يُطْعَمُ قُلْ إِنِّىٓ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ وَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

    Say, "Is it other than Allāh I should take as a protector, Creator of the heavens and earth, while it is He who feeds and is not fed?" Say, [O Muḥammad], "Indeed, I have been commanded to be the first [among you] who submit [to Allāh] and [was commanded], 'Do not ever be of the polytheists.'"

  • Ar-Ra’d 13:36

    وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ يَفْرَحُونَ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمِنَ ٱلْأَحْزَابِ مَن يُنكِرُ بَعْضَهُۥ قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَعْبُدَ ٱللَّهَ وَلَآ أُشْرِكَ بِهِۦٓ إِلَيْهِ أَدْعُوا۟ وَإِلَيْهِ مَـَٔابِ

    And [the believers among] those to whom We have given the [previous] Scripture rejoice at what has been revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], but among the [opposing] factions are those who deny part of it [i.e., the Qur’ān]. Say, "I have only been commanded to worship Allāh and not associate [anything] with Him. To Him I invite, and to Him is my return."

  • Az-Zumar 39:2

    إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَٱعْبُدِ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصًا لَّهُ ٱلدِّينَ

    Indeed, We have sent down to you the Book, [O Muḥammad], in truth. So worship Allāh, [being] sincere to Him in religion.

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