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Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 12

سورة الزمر، الآية ١٢

39:12 Juz 23 Hizb 46 Page 460 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 39:12

وَأُمِرْتُ لِأَنْ أَكُونَ أَوَّلَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ ۝١٢

Transliteration

wa-umir'tu li-an akūna awwala l-mus'limīna

Translation

And I have been commanded to be the first [among you] of the Muslims."

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Verse 12 of Surah Az-Zumar (39:12), 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 12

Al-Mukhtasar

He has instructed me to be the first of those who surrender and submit to Him from this nation.

Tafsir of the whole Surah Az-Zumar

Other translations of verse 12

and I have been commanded to be the first of those who submit to Allah.”

"And I am commanded (this) in order that I may be the first of those who submit themselves to Allâh (in Islâm) as Muslims."

And I am commanded to be the first of those who are muslims (surrender unto Him).

"And I am commanded to be the first of those who bow to Allah in Islam."

And I am commanded that I shall be the first of those who submit.

And I have been commanded to be the first Muslim." (Literally: of the Muslims = of those who surrender (to Him)

Verse 12 word by word

  1. وَأُمِرْتُ wa-umir'tu And I am commanded أ م ر
  2. لِأَنْ li-an that
  3. أَكُونَ akūna I be ك و ن
  4. أَوَّلَ awwala (the) first أ و ل
  5. ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ l-mus'limīna (of) those who submit س ل م

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