Surah Az-Zumar, ayah 23
ٱللَّهُ نَزَّلَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْحَدِيثِ كِتَـٰبًا مُّتَشَـٰبِهًا مَّثَانِىَ تَقْشَعِرُّ مِنْهُ جُلُودُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ ثُمَّ تَلِينُ جُلُودُهُمْ وَقُلُوبُهُمْ إِلَىٰ ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ يَهْدِى بِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَمَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِنْ هَادٍ
Allāh has sent down the best statement: a consistent Book wherein is reiteration. The skins shiver therefrom of those who fear their Lord; then their skins and their hearts relax at the remembrance [i.e., mention] of Allāh. That is the guidance of Allāh by which He guides whom He wills. And one whom Allāh sends astray - for him there is no guide.
Word by word
- ٱللَّهُal-lahuAllah
- نَزَّلَnazzalahas revealed
- أَحْسَنَaḥsana(the) best
- ٱلْحَدِيثِl-ḥadīthi(of) [the] statement
- كِتَـٰبًۭاkitābana Book
- مُّتَشَـٰبِهًۭاmutashābihan(its parts) resembling each other
- مَّثَانِىَmathāniyaoft-repeated
- تَقْشَعِرُّtaqshaʿirruShiver
- مِنْهُmin'hufrom it
- جُلُودُjulūdu(the) skins
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
- يَخْشَوْنَyakhshawnafear
- رَبَّهُمْrabbahumtheir Lord
- ثُمَّthummathen
- تَلِينُtalīnurelax
- جُلُودُهُمْjulūduhumtheir skins
- وَقُلُوبُهُمْwaqulūbuhumand their hearts
- إِلَىٰilāat
- ذِكْرِdhik'ri(the) remembrance
- ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi(of) Allah
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
- هُدَىhudā(is the) guidance
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- يَهْدِىyahdīHe guides
- بِهِۦbihiwith it
- مَنmanwhom
- يَشَآءُ ۚyashāuHe wills
- وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
- يُضْلِلِyuḍ'liliAllah lets go astray
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah lets go astray
- فَمَاfamāthen not
- لَهُۥlahufor him
- مِنْminany
- هَادٍhādinguide
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