Surah Az-Zumar (الزمر) • The Troops

Quran 39:22

39:22

أَفَمَن شَرَحَ ٱللَّهُ صَدْرَهُۥ لِلْإِسْلَـٰمِ فَهُوَ عَلَىٰ نُورٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ ۚ فَوَيْلٌ لِّلْقَـٰسِيَةِ قُلُوبُهُم مِّن ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

afaman sharaḥa l-lahu ṣadrahu lil'is'lāmi fahuwa ʿalā nūrin min rabbihi fawaylun lil'qāsiyati qulūbuhum min dhik'ri l-lahi ulāika fī ḍalālin mubīnin

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

— Saheeh International

What about the one whose heart God has opened in devotion to Him, so that he walks in light from his Lord? Alas for those whose hearts harden at the mention of God! They have clearly lost their way.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Is he whose breast Allâh has opened to Islâm, so that he is in light from His Lord (as he who is a non-Muslim)? So woe to those whose hearts are hardened against remembrance of Allâh! They are in plain error!

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

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Word by Word

أَفَمَنafamanSo is (one for) whom
شَرَحَsharaḥaAllah has expanded
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has expanded
صَدْرَهُۥṣadrahuhis breast
لِلْإِسْلَـٰمِlil'is'lāmifor Islam
فَهُوَfahuwaso he
عَلَىٰʿalā(is) upon
نُورٍۢnūrina light
مِّنminfrom
رَّبِّهِۦۚrabbihihis Lord
فَوَيْلٌۭfawaylunSo woe
لِّلْقَـٰسِيَةِlil'qāsiyatito (those are) hardened
قُلُوبُهُمqulūbuhumtheir hearts
مِّنminfrom
ذِكْرِdhik'ri(the) remembrance of Allah
ٱللَّهِۚl-lahi(the) remembrance of Allah
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
فِىfī(are) in
ضَلَـٰلٍۢḍalālinerror
مُّبِينٍmubīninclear