Surah Az-Zumar (الزمر) • The Troops

Quran 39:18

39:18

ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْتَمِعُونَ ٱلْقَوْلَ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ أَحْسَنَهُۥٓ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ هَدَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۖ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمْ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ

alladhīna yastamiʿūna l-qawla fayattabiʿūna aḥsanahu ulāika alladhīna hadāhumu l-lahu wa-ulāika hum ulū l-albābi

Who listen to speech and follow the best of it. Those are the ones Allāh has guided, and those are people of understanding.

— Saheeh International

who listen to what is said and follow what is best. These are the ones God has guided; these are the people of understanding.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Those who listen to the Word [good advice Lâ ilâha illallâh - (none has the right to be worshipped but Allâh) and Islâmic Monotheism] and follow the best thereof (i.e. worship Allâh Alone, repent to Him and avoid Tâghût) those are (the ones) whom Allâh has guided and those are men of understanding.

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

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Word by Word

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
يَسْتَمِعُونَyastamiʿūnathey listen (to)
ٱلْقَوْلَl-qawlathe Word
فَيَتَّبِعُونَfayattabiʿūnathen follow
أَحْسَنَهُۥٓۚaḥsanahuthe best thereof
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) they whom
هَدَىٰهُمُhadāhumuAllah has guided them
ٱللَّهُۖl-lahuAllah has guided them
وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaand those
هُمْhumare [they]
أُو۟لُوا۟ulūthe men of understanding
ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِl-albābithe men of understanding