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Surah Az-Zumar, Ayah 22 (39:22)

ٱلزُّمَر

أَفَمَن شَرَحَ ٱللَّهُ صَدْرَهُۥ لِلْإِسْلَٰمِ فَهُوَ عَلَىٰ نُورٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ ۚ فَوَيْلٌ لِّلْقَٰسِيَةِ …

Quran 39:22 is ayah 22 of Surah Az-Zumar (“The Troops”), a Meccan surah of 75 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 461 of the Madani Mushaf.

39:22
أَفَمَنشَرَحَٱللَّهُصَدْرَهُۥلِلْإِسْلَٰمِفَهُوَعَلَىٰنُورٍمِّنرَّبِّهِۦ ۚفَوَيْلٌلِّلْقَٰسِيَةِقُلُوبُهُممِّنذِكْرِٱللَّهِ ۚأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَفِىضَلَٰلٍمُّبِينٍ٢٢
afaman sharaḥa l-lahu ṣadrahu lil'is'lāmi fahuwa ʿalā nūrin min rabbihi fawaylun lil'qāsiyati qulūbuhum min dhik'ri l-lahi ulāika fī ḍalālin mubīnin

So is one whose breast Allāh has expanded to [accept] Islām and he is upon [i.e., guided by] a light from his Lord [like one whose heart rejects it]? Then woe to those whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance of Allāh. Those are in manifest error.(22)

Word by word

  1. أَفَمَنafamanSo is (one for) whom
  2. شَرَحَsharaḥaAllah has expanded
  3. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has expanded
  4. صَدْرَهُۥṣadrahuhis breast
  5. لِلْإِسْلَٰمِlil'is'lāmifor Islam
  6. فَهُوَfahuwaso he
  7. عَلَىٰʿalā(is) upon
  8. نُورٍnūrina light
  9. مِّنminfrom
  10. رَّبِّهِۦ ۚrabbihihis Lord
  11. فَوَيْلٌfawaylunSo woe
  12. لِّلْقَٰسِيَةِlil'qāsiyatito (those are) hardened
  13. قُلُوبُهُمqulūbuhumtheir hearts
  14. مِّنminfrom
  15. ذِكْرِdhik'ri(the) remembrance of Allah
  16. ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi(the) remembrance of Allah
  17. أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
  18. فِىfī(are) in
  19. ضَلَٰلٍḍalālinerror
  20. مُّبِينٍmubīninclear

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