سورة الزمر، الآية ٥٤
وَأَنِيبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ وَأَسْلِمُوا۟ لَهُۥ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ ثُمَّ لَا تُنصَرُونَ ٥٤
wa-anībū ilā rabbikum wa-aslimū lahu min qabli an yatiyakumu l-ʿadhābu thumma lā tunṣarūna
And return [in repentance] to your Lord and submit to Him before the punishment comes upon you; then you will not be helped.
Verse 54 of Surah Az-Zumar (39:54), a Meccan surah, is in juz 24, on page 464 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.
78 recitations by 72 reciters: pick one and it plays in the player.
Return to your Lord by repentance and righteous actions and submit to Him, before the punishment comes to you on the day of resurrection. Then you will not find anyone from your idols and families to help you by rescuing you from the punishment.
Turn to your Lord [in repentance] and submit to Him before the punishment comes upon you, for then you will not be helped.
"And turn in repentance and in obedience with true Faith (Islâmic Monotheism) to your Lord and submit to Him (in Islâm) before the torment comes upon you, (and) then you will not be helped.
Turn unto your Lord repentant, and surrender unto Him, before there come unto you the doom, when ye cannot be helped.
"Turn ye to our Lord (in repentance) and bow to His (Will), before the Penalty comes on you: after that ye shall not be helped.
And return to your Lord time after time and submit to Him before there comes to you the punishment, then you shall not be helped.
And turn penitent to your Lord, and surrender to Him, even before the torment comes up to you; thereafter you will not be vindicated.
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
وَٱتَّبِعُوٓا۟ أَحْسَنَ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ بَغْتَةً وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَ
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,
