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Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 57

سورة الزمر، الآية ٥٧

39:57 Juz 24 Hizb 47 Page 465 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 39:57

أَوْ تَقُولَ لَوْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هَدَىٰنِى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ ۝٥٧

Transliteration

aw taqūla law anna l-laha hadānī lakuntu mina l-mutaqīna

Translation

Or [lest] it say, "If only Allāh had guided me, I would have been among the righteous."

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Verse 57 of Surah Az-Zumar (39:57), a Meccan surah, is in juz 24, on page 465 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 57

Al-Mukhtasar

Or it will attempt to justify itself through the argument of fate and say: If Allah had guided me I would have been one of those who are mindful of him, by fulfilling His instructions and avoiding His prohibitions.

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Other translations of verse 57

or says, “If only Allah had guided me, I would have been among the righteous”;

Or (lest) he should say: "If only Allâh had guided me, I should indeed have been among the Muttaqûn (the pious - See V.2:2)."

Or should say: If Allah had but guided me I should have been among the dutiful!

"Or (lest) it should say: 'If only Allah had guided me, I should certainly have been among the righteous!'-

Or it should say: Had Allah guided me, I would certainly have been of those who guard (against evil);

Or should say, ‘If (only) Allah had guided me, indeed I would have been among the pious.'

Verse 57 word by word

  1. أَوْ aw Or
  2. تَقُولَ taqūla it should say ق و ل
  3. لَوْ law If that
  4. أَنَّ anna If that
  5. ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
  6. هَدَىٰنِى hadānī (had) guided me ه د ي
  7. لَكُنتُ lakuntu surely, I (would) have been ك و ن
  8. مِنَ mina among
  9. ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ l-mutaqīna the righteous و ق ي

Verses related to verse 57

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Ma’idah 5:73–74

    لَّقَدْ كَفَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ثَالِثُ ثَلَٰثَةٍ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّآ إِلَٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ وَإِن لَّمْ يَنتَهُوا۟ عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ لَيَمَسَّنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ …

    They have certainly disbelieved who say, "Allāh is the third of three." And there is no god except one God. And if they do not desist from what they are saying, there will surely afflict the disbelievers among them a painful punishment. …

  • Al-Furqan 25:68

    وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ وَلَا يَقْتُلُونَ ٱلنَّفْسَ ٱلَّتِى حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا يَزْنُونَ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ يَلْقَ أَثَامًا

    And those who do not invoke with Allāh another deity or kill the soul which Allāh has forbidden [to be killed], except by right, and do not commit unlawful sexual intercourse. And whoever should do that will meet a penalty.

  • Al-Furqan 25:70

    إِلَّا مَن تَابَ وَءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ عَمَلًا صَٰلِحًا فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يُبَدِّلُ ٱللَّهُ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ حَسَنَٰتٍ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا

    Except for those who repent, believe and do righteous work. For them Allāh will replace their evil deeds with good. And ever is Allāh Forgiving and Merciful.

  • Hud 11:46

    قَالَ يَٰنُوحُ إِنَّهُۥ لَيْسَ مِنْ أَهْلِكَ إِنَّهُۥ عَمَلٌ غَيْرُ صَٰلِحٍ فَلَا تَسْـَٔلْنِ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ إِنِّىٓ أَعِظُكَ أَن تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ

    He said, "O Noah, indeed he is not of your family; indeed, he is [one whose] work was other than righteous, so ask Me not for that about which you have no knowledge. Indeed, I advise you, lest you be among the ignorant."

  • At-Tawbah 9:104

    أَلَمْ يَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ يَقْبَلُ ٱلتَّوْبَةَ عَنْ عِبَادِهِۦ وَيَأْخُذُ ٱلصَّدَقَٰتِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    Do they not know that it is Allāh who accepts repentance from His servants and receives charities and that it is Allāh who is the Accepting of Repentance, the Merciful?

  • An-Nisa 4:110

    وَمَن يَعْمَلْ سُوٓءًا أَوْ يَظْلِمْ نَفْسَهُۥ ثُمَّ يَسْتَغْفِرِ ٱللَّهَ يَجِدِ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا

    And whoever does a wrong or wrongs himself but then seeks forgiveness of Allāh will find Allāh Forgiving and Merciful.

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