Surah Az-Zumar (الزمر) • The Troops

Quran 39:16

39:16

لَهُم مِّن فَوْقِهِمْ ظُلَلٌ مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ وَمِن تَحْتِهِمْ ظُلَلٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يُخَوِّفُ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦ عِبَادَهُۥ ۚ يَـٰعِبَادِ فَٱتَّقُونِ

lahum min fawqihim ẓulalun mina l-nāri wamin taḥtihim ẓulalun dhālika yukhawwifu l-lahu bihi ʿibādahu yāʿibādi fa-ittaqūni

They will have canopies [i.e., layers] of fire above them and below them, canopies. By that Allāh threatens [i.e., warns] His servants. O My servants, then fear Me.

— Saheeh International

They will have layers of Fire above them and below.’ This is how God puts fear into His servants: My servants, beware of Me.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They shall have coverings of Fire, above them and covering (of Fire) beneath them. With this Allâh does frighten His slaves: "O My slaves, therefore fear Me!"

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

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Word by Word

لَهُمlahumFor them
مِّنminfrom
فَوْقِهِمْfawqihimabove them
ظُلَلٌۭẓulaluncoverings
مِّنَminaof
ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire
وَمِنwaminand from
تَحْتِهِمْtaḥtihimbelow them
ظُلَلٌۭۚẓulaluncoverings
ذَٰلِكَdhālika(With) that
يُخَوِّفُyukhawwifuthreatens
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
بِهِۦbihi[with it]
عِبَادَهُۥۚʿibādahuHis slaves
يَـٰعِبَادِyāʿibādiO My slaves
فَٱتَّقُونِfa-ittaqūniSo fear Me