Surah Az-Zumar 39:55 — translation and meaning

الزمر · Verse 55 / 75 · Page 464

وَاتَّبِعُوا أَحْسَنَ مَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ الْعَذَابُ بَغْتَةً وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَ

Word by Word

وَاتَّبِعُوا
wa-ittabi'u
And follow
أَحْسَنَ
ahsana
(the) best
مَا
ma
(of) what
أُنزِلَ
unzila
is revealed
إِلَيْكُم
ilaykum
to you
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّكُم
rabbikum
your Lord
مِّن
min
before
قَبْلِ
qabli
before
أَن
an
[that]
يَأْتِيَكُمُ
yatiyakumu
comes to you
الْعَذَابُ
al-'adhabu
the punishment
بَغْتَةً
baghtatan
suddenly
وَأَنتُمْ
wa-antum
while you
لَا
la
(do) not
تَشْعُرُونَ
tash'uruna
perceive

Transliteration

Wattabi'ooo ahsana maaa unzila ilaikum mir Rabbikum min qabli aiyaatiyakumal 'azaabu baghtatanw wa antum laa tash'uroon

Translation

And follow the best of what was revealed to you from your Lord before the punishment comes upon you suddenly while you do not perceive,

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Follow the Qur’ān, which is the best of what your Lord has revealed to His Messenger. Act on its instructions and avoid its prohibitions, before the punishment comes to you suddenly while you are unaware of it so as to prepare for it by repentance.

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

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