Surah Az-Zumar 39:22 — translation and meaning

الزمر · Verse 22 / 75 · Page 461

ۚ ۚ أَفَمَن شَرَحَ اللَّهُ صَدْرَهُ لِلْإِسْلَامِ فَهُوَ عَلَى نُورٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِ فَوَيْلٌ لِّلْقَاسِيَةِ قُلُوبُهُم مِّن ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ أُولَئِكَ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ

Word by Word

ۚ
ۚ
أَفَمَن
afaman
So is (one for) whom
شَرَحَ
sharaha
Allah has expanded
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah has expanded
صَدْرَهُ
sadrahu
his breast
لِلْإِسْلَامِ
lil'is'lami
for Islam
فَهُوَ
fahuwa
so he
عَلَى
ala
(is) upon
نُورٍ
nurin
a light
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّهِ
rabbihi
his Lord
فَوَيْلٌ
fawaylun
So woe
لِّلْقَاسِيَةِ
lil'qasiyati
to (those are) hardened
قُلُوبُهُم
qulubuhum
their hearts
مِّن
min
from
ذِكْرِ
dhik'ri
(the) remembrance of Allah
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
(the) remembrance of Allah
أُولَئِكَ
ulaika
Those
فِي
fi
(are) in
ضَلَالٍ
dalalin
error
مُّبِينٍ
mubinin
clear

Transliteration

Afaman sharahal laahu sadrahoo lil Islaami fahuwa 'alaa noorim mir Rabbih; fa wailul lilqaasiyati quloobuhum min zikril laah; ulaaa'ika fee dalaalim mubeen

Translation

So is one whose breast Allah has expanded to [accept] Islam and he is upon a light from his Lord [like one whose heart rejects it]? Then woe to those whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance of Allah. Those are in manifest error.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Then is the person whose heart Allah has opened to Islam and he is guided to it with insight from his Lord, like the one whose heart is hardened against Allah’s remembrance? They can never be equal. Salvation is for those who are guided and loss is for those whose hearts are hardened against Allah’s remembrance. Such people are in clear misguidance from the truth.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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