Surah Az-Zumar, Ayah 15 (39:15)

ٱلزُّمَر

فَٱعْبُدُوا۟ مَا شِئْتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ …

Quran 39:15 is ayah 15 of Surah Az-Zumar (“The Troops”), a Meccan surah of 75 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 460 of the Madani Mushaf.

39:15
فَٱعْبُدُوا۟مَاشِئْتُممِّندُونِهِۦ ۗقُلْإِنَّٱلْخَٰسِرِينَٱلَّذِينَخَسِرُوٓا۟أَنفُسَهُمْوَأَهْلِيهِمْيَوْمَٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۗأَلَاذَٰلِكَهُوَٱلْخُسْرَانُٱلْمُبِينُ١٥
fa-uʿ'budū mā shi'tum min dūnihi qul inna l-khāsirīna alladhīna khasirū anfusahum wa-ahlīhim yawma l-qiyāmati alā dhālika huwa l-khus'rānu l-mubīnu

So worship what you will besides Him." Say, "Indeed, the losers are the ones who will lose themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection. Unquestionably, that is the manifest loss."(15)

Word by word

  1. فَٱعْبُدُوا۟fa-uʿ'budūSo worship
  2. مَاmāwhat
  3. شِئْتُمshi'tumyou will
  4. مِّنminbesides Him
  5. دُونِهِۦ ۗdūnihibesides Him
  6. قُلْqulSay
  7. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  8. ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَl-khāsirīnathe losers
  9. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) those who
  10. خَسِرُوٓا۟khasirū(will) lose
  11. أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
  12. وَأَهْلِيهِمْwa-ahlīhimand their families
  13. يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
  14. ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۗl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
  15. أَلَاalāUnquestionably
  16. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
  17. هُوَhuwait
  18. ٱلْخُسْرَانُl-khus'rānu(is) the loss
  19. ٱلْمُبِينُl-mubīnuthe clear

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