Surah An-Naba, Ayah 39 (78:39)

ٱلنَّبَأ

ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مََٔابًا

Quran 78:39 is ayah 39 of Surah An-Naba (“The Tidings”), a Meccan surah of 40 ayahs. It is in Juz 30, on page 583 of the Madani Mushaf.

78:39
ذَٰلِكَٱلْيَوْمُٱلْحَقُّ ۖفَمَنشَآءَٱتَّخَذَإِلَىٰرَبِّهِۦمََٔابًا٣٩
dhālika l-yawmu l-ḥaqu faman shāa ittakhadha ilā rabbihi maāban

That is the True [i.e., certain] Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.(39)

Word by word

  1. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
  2. ٱلْيَوْمُl-yawmu(is) the Day
  3. ٱلْحَقُّ ۖl-ḥaquthe True
  4. فَمَنfamanSo whoever
  5. شَآءَshāawills
  6. ٱتَّخَذَittakhadhalet him take
  7. إِلَىٰilātowards
  8. رَبِّهِۦrabbihihis Lord
  9. مََٔابًاmaābana return

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