Surah Az-Zumar (الزمر) • The Troops

Quran 39:15

39:15

فَٱعْبُدُوا۟ مَا شِئْتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَأَهْلِيهِمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۗ أَلَا ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْخُسْرَانُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

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."

— Saheeh International

you may serve whatever you please beside Him.’ Say, ‘The true losers are the ones who will lose themselves and their people on the Day of Resurrection: that is the most obvious loss.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

So worship what you like besides Him. Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "The losers are those who will lose themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection. Verily, that will be a manifest loss!"

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

فَٱعْبُدُوا۟fa-uʿ'budūSo worship
مَاmāwhat
شِئْتُمshi'tumyou will
مِّنminbesides Him
دُونِهِۦۗdūnihibesides Him
قُلْqulSay
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَl-khāsirīnathe losers
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) those who
خَسِرُوٓا۟khasirū(will) lose
أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
وَأَهْلِيهِمْwa-ahlīhimand their families
يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِۗl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
أَلَاalāUnquestionably
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
هُوَhuwait
ٱلْخُسْرَانُl-khus'rānu(is) the loss
ٱلْمُبِينُl-mubīnuthe clear