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Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 45

سورة الزمر، الآية ٤٥

39:45 Juz 24 Hizb 47 Page 463 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 39:45

وَإِذَا ذُكِرَ ٱللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ ٱشْمَأَزَّتْ قُلُوبُ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَإِذَا ذُكِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِذَا هُمْ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ ۝٤٥

Transliteration

wa-idhā dhukira l-lahu waḥdahu ish'ma-azzat qulūbu alladhīna lā yu'minūna bil-ākhirati wa-idhā dhukira alladhīna min dūnihi idhā hum yastabshirūna

Translation

And when Allāh is mentioned alone, the hearts of those who do not believe in the Hereafter shrink with aversion, but when those [worshipped] other than Him are mentioned, immediately they rejoice.

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Verse 45 of Surah Az-Zumar (39:45), a Meccan surah, is in juz 24, on page 463 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 45

Al-Mukhtasar

Whenever Allah is mentioned on His own, the hearts of the idolaters who do not believe in the Hereafter and the resurrection, reckoning and recompense that will take place therein, become averse. But when the idols that they worship other than Allah are mentioned they become happy and joyful.

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Other translations of verse 45

When Allah alone is mentioned, the hearts of those who do not believe in the Hereafter shrink with aversion, but as soon as those other than Him are mentioned, they rejoice.

And when Allâh Alone is mentioned, the hearts of those who believe not in the Hereafter are filled with disgust (from the Oneness of Allâh توحيد الله) and when those (whom they obey or worship) besides Him [like all false deities other than Allâh, - it may be a Messenger, an angel, a pious man, a jinni, or any other creature even idols, graves of religious people, saints, priests, monks and others.] are mentioned, behold, they rejoice!9

Notes

[9] (V.39:45) See the footnote of (V.2:165).

And when Allah alone is mentioned, the hearts of those who believe not in the Hereafter are repelled, and when those (whom they worship) beside Him are mentioned, behold! they are glad.

When Allah, the One and Only, is mentioned, the hearts of those who believe not in the Hereafter are filled with disgust and horror; but when (gods) other than He are mentioned, behold, they are filled with joy!

And when Allah alone is mentioned, the hearts of those who do not believe in the hereafter shrink, and when those besides Him are mentioned, lo! they are joyful.

And when Allah is mentioned alone, the hearts of the ones who do not believe in the Hereafter get disgusted, and when the ones apart from Him are mentioned, only then are they glad at the tidings

Verse 45 word by word

  1. وَإِذَا wa-idhā And when
  2. ذُكِرَ dhukira Allah is mentioned ذ ك ر
  3. ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah is mentioned
  4. وَحْدَهُ waḥdahu Alone و ح د
  5. ٱشْمَأَزَّتْ ish'ma-azzat shrink with aversion ش م ز
  6. قُلُوبُ qulūbu (the) hearts ق ل ب
  7. ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna (of) those who
  8. لَا lā (do) not
  9. يُؤْمِنُونَ yu'minūna believe أ م ن
  10. بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ bil-ākhirati in the Hereafter أ خ ر
  11. وَإِذَا wa-idhā and when
  12. ذُكِرَ dhukira are mentioned ذ ك ر
  13. ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those
  14. مِن min besides Him
  15. دُونِهِۦٓ dūnihi besides Him د و ن
  16. إِذَا idhā behold
  17. هُمْ hum They
  18. يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ yastabshirūna rejoice ب ش ر

Verses related to verse 45

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • As-Saffat 37:35

    إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

    Indeed they, when it was said to them, "There is no deity but Allāh," were arrogant

Verses with similar wording

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

  • Al-Mu’minun 23:74

    وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ عَنِ ٱلصِّرَٰطِ لَنَٰكِبُونَ

    But indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter are deviating from the path.

  • Al-Isra 17:10

    وَأَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا

    And that those who do not believe in the Hereafter - We have prepared for them a painful punishment.

  • An-Najm 53:27

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ

    Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter name the angels female names,

  • An-Naml 27:4

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ زَيَّنَّا لَهُمْ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ فَهُمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

    Indeed, for those who do not believe in the Hereafter, We have made pleasing to them their deeds, so they wander blindly.

  • Al-An’am 6:113

    وَلِتَصْغَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ أَفْـِٔدَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَلِيَرْضَوْهُ وَلِيَقْتَرِفُوا۟ مَا هُم مُّقْتَرِفُونَ

    And [it is] so the hearts of those who disbelieve in the Hereafter will incline toward it [i.e., deceptive speech] and that they will be satisfied with it and that they will commit that which they are committing.

  • Al-Isra 17:45

    وَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ جَعَلْنَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ حِجَابًا مَّسْتُورًا

    And when you recite the Qur’ān, We put between you and those who do not believe in the Hereafter a concealed partition.

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