Surah Az-Zumar, Ayah 57 (39:57)

ٱلزُّمَر

أَوْ تَقُولَ لَوْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هَدَىٰنِى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

Quran 39:57 is ayah 57 of Surah Az-Zumar (“The Troops”), a Meccan surah of 75 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 465 of the Madani Mushaf.

39:57
أَوْتَقُولَلَوْأَنَّٱللَّهَهَدَىٰنِىلَكُنتُمِنَٱلْمُتَّقِينَ٥٧
aw taqūla law anna l-laha hadānī lakuntu mina l-mutaqīna

Or [lest] it say, "If only Allāh had guided me, I would have been among the righteous."(57)

Word by word

  1. أَوْawOr
  2. تَقُولَtaqūlait should say
  3. لَوْlawIf that
  4. أَنَّannaIf that
  5. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  6. هَدَىٰنِىhadānī(had) guided me
  7. لَكُنتُlakuntusurely, I (would) have been
  8. مِنَminaamong
  9. ٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīnathe righteous

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