Surah Az-Zumar (الزمر) • The Troops

Quran 39:9

39:9

أَمَّنْ هُوَ قَـٰنِتٌ ءَانَآءَ ٱلَّيْلِ سَاجِدًا وَقَآئِمًا يَحْذَرُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ وَيَرْجُوا۟ رَحْمَةَ رَبِّهِۦ ۗ قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِى ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْلَمُونَ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ۗ إِنَّمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ

amman huwa qānitun ānāa al-layli sājidan waqāiman yaḥdharu l-ākhirata wayarjū raḥmata rabbihi qul hal yastawī alladhīna yaʿlamūna wa-alladhīna lā yaʿlamūna innamā yatadhakkaru ulū l-albābi

Is one who is devoutly obedient during periods of the night, prostrating and standing [in prayer], fearing the Hereafter and hoping for the mercy of his Lord, [like one who does not]? Say, "Are those who know equal to those who do not know?" Only they will remember [who are] people of understanding.

— Saheeh International

What about someone who worships devoutly during the night, bowing down, standing in prayer, ever mindful of the life to come, hoping for his Lord’s mercy? Say, ‘How can those who know be equal to those who do not know?’ Only those who have understanding will take heed.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Is one who is obedient to Allâh, prostrating himself or standing (in prayer) during the hours of the night, fearing the Hereafter and hoping for the Mercy of his Lord (like one who disbelieves)? Say: "Are those who know equal to those who know not?" It is only men of understanding who will remember (i.e. get a lesson from Allâh’s Signs and Verses).

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

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أَمَّنْammanIs (one) who
هُوَhuwa[he]
قَـٰنِتٌqānitun(is) devoutly obedient
ءَانَآءَānāa(during) hours
ٱلَّيْلِal-layli(of) the night
سَاجِدًۭاsājidanprostrating
وَقَآئِمًۭاwaqāimanand standing
يَحْذَرُyaḥdharufearing
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَl-ākhiratathe Hereafter
وَيَرْجُوا۟wayarjūand hoping
رَحْمَةَraḥmata(for the) Mercy
رَبِّهِۦۗrabbihi(of) his Lord
قُلْqulSay
هَلْhalAre
يَسْتَوِىyastawīequal
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those who
لَاlā(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَۗyaʿlamūnaknow
إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
يَتَذَكَّرُyatadhakkaruwill take heed
أُو۟لُوا۟ulūthose of understanding
ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِl-albābithose of understanding