Surah Az-Zumar (الزمر) • The Troops

Quran 39:55

39:55

وَٱتَّبِعُوٓا۟ أَحْسَنَ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ بَغْتَةً وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَ

wa-ittabiʿū aḥsana mā unzila ilaykum min rabbikum min qabli an yatiyakumu l-ʿadhābu baghtatan wa-antum lā tashʿurūna

And follow the best of what was revealed to you from your Lord [i.e., the Qur’ān] before the punishment comes upon you suddenly while you do not perceive,

— Saheeh International

Follow the best teaching sent down to you from your Lord, before the punishment suddenly takes you, unawares,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"And follow the best of that which is sent down to you from your Lord (i.e. this Qur’ân, do what it orders you to do and keep away from what it forbids), before the torment comes on you suddenly while you perceive not!"

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

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Word by Word

وَٱتَّبِعُوٓا۟wa-ittabiʿūAnd follow
أَحْسَنَaḥsana(the) best
مَآmā(of) what
أُنزِلَunzilais revealed
إِلَيْكُمilaykumto you
مِّنminfrom
رَّبِّكُمrabbikumyour Lord
مِّنminbefore
قَبْلِqablibefore
أَنan[that]
يَأْتِيَكُمُyatiyakumucomes to you
ٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe punishment
بَغْتَةًۭbaghtatansuddenly
وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
لَاlā(do) not
تَشْعُرُونَtashʿurūnaperceive