Skip to content
Assabile
English

Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 22

سورة الزمر، الآية ٢٢

39:22 Juz 23 Hizb 46 Page 461 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 39:22

أَفَمَن شَرَحَ ٱللَّهُ صَدْرَهُۥ لِلْإِسْلَٰمِ فَهُوَ عَلَىٰ نُورٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ فَوَيْلٌ لِّلْقَٰسِيَةِ قُلُوبُهُم مِّن ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ ۝٢٢

Transliteration

afaman sharaḥa l-lahu ṣadrahu lil'is'lāmi fahuwa ʿalā nūrin min rabbihi fawaylun lil'qāsiyati qulūbuhum min dhik'ri l-lahi ulāika fī ḍalālin mubīnin

Translation

So is one whose breast Allāh has expanded to [accept] Islām and he is upon [i.e., guided by] a light from his Lord [like one whose heart rejects it]? Then woe to those whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance of Allāh. Those are in manifest error.

Translation in another language
Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary Read in the surah

Verse 22 of Surah Az-Zumar (39:22), a Meccan surah, is in juz 23, on page 461 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

Listen to verse 22 of Surah Az-Zumar

78 recitations by 72 reciters: pick one and it plays in the player.

All voices (78)

Tafsir of verse 22

Al-Mukhtasar

Then is the person whose heart Allah has opened to Islam and he is guided to it with insight from his Lord, like the one whose heart is hardened against Allah’s remembrance? They can never be equal. Salvation is for those who are guided and loss is for those whose hearts are hardened against Allah’s remembrance. Such people are in clear misguidance from the truth.

Tafsir of the whole Surah Az-Zumar

Other translations of verse 22

Is one whose heart Allah has opened to Islam, so he is enlightened by his Lord [like a disbeliever]? Woe to those whose hearts are hardened upon hearing the reminder of Allah; it is they who are clearly misguided.

Is he whose breast Allâh has opened to Islâm, so that he is in light from His Lord (as he who is a non-Muslim)? So woe to those whose hearts are hardened against remembrance of Allâh! They are in plain error!

Is he whose bosom Allah hath expanded for Al-Islam, so that he followeth a light from his Lord, (as he who disbelieveth)? Then woe unto those whose hearts are hardened against remembrance of Allah. Such are in plain error.

Is one whose heart Allah has opened to Islam, so that he has received Enlightenment from Allah, (no better than one hard-hearted)? Woe to those whose hearts are hardened against celebrating the praises of Allah! they are manifestly wandering (in error)!

What! is he whose heart Allah has opened for Islam so that he is in a light from his Lord (like the hard-hearted)? Nay, woe to those whose hearts are hard against the remembrance of Allah; those are in clear error.

Is he then whose breast Allah has expanded to Islam, so he (walks) in a Light from his Lord (like the disbelievers)? Then woe to the ones whose hearts are hardened against the Remembrance of Allah! Those are in evident error.

Verse 22 word by word

  1. أَفَمَن afaman So is (one for) whom
  2. شَرَحَ sharaḥa Allah has expanded ش ر ح
  3. ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah has expanded
  4. صَدْرَهُۥ ṣadrahu his breast ص د ر
  5. لِلْإِسْلَٰمِ lil'is'lāmi for Islam س ل م
  6. فَهُوَ fahuwa so he
  7. عَلَىٰ ʿalā (is) upon
  8. نُورٍ nūrin a light ن و ر
  9. مِّن min from
  10. رَّبِّهِۦ rabbihi his Lord ر ب ب
  11. فَوَيْلٌ fawaylun So woe
  12. لِّلْقَٰسِيَةِ lil'qāsiyati to (those are) hardened ق س و
  13. قُلُوبُهُم qulūbuhum their hearts ق ل ب
  14. مِّن min from
  15. ذِكْرِ dhik'ri (the) remembrance of Allah ذ ك ر
  16. ٱللَّهِ l-lahi (the) remembrance of Allah
  17. أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ulāika Those
  18. فِى fī (are) in
  19. ضَلَٰلٍ ḍalālin error ض ل ل
  20. مُّبِينٍ mubīnin clear ب ي ن

Hadiths that cite this verse

Differing grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2642

Indeed Allah, the Almighty, created His creation in darkness, then He cast His Light upon them, so whoever is touched by that light is guided, and whoever is not goes astray. It is for this reason that I say that the (ink of) the pen has dried upon the knowledge of Allah

‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Indeed Allah, the Almighty, created His creation in darkness, then He cast His Light upon them, so whoever is touched by that light is guided, and…

"‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ خَلَقَ خَلْقَهُ فِي ظُلْمَةٍ فَأَلْقَى عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ نُورِهِ فَمَنْ أَصَابَهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ النُّورِ اهْتَدَى وَمَنْ أَخْطَأَهُ ضَلَّ فَلِذَلِكَ أَقُولُ جَفَّ الْقَلَمُ عَلَى عِلْمِ…

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr + 2 other versions Explained

Verses related to verse 22

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Furqan 25:48

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَرْسَلَ ٱلرِّيَٰحَ بُشْرًۢا بَيْنَ يَدَىْ رَحْمَتِهِۦ وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً طَهُورًا

    And it is He who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy [i.e., rainfall], and We send down from the sky pure water

Verses with similar wording

They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • Al-Ahqaf 46:32

    وَمَن لَّا يُجِبْ دَاعِىَ ٱللَّهِ فَلَيْسَ بِمُعْجِزٍ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَيْسَ لَهُۥ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءُ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    But he who does not respond to the Caller of Allāh will not cause failure [to Him] upon earth, and he will not have besides Him any protectors. Those are in manifest error."

All similar verses of Surah Az-Zumar

Go further

English
Saturday, October 17, 2026 6 جمادى الأولى 1448 هـ

About Privacy