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Surah Az-Zumar, ayah 55

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

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,

Az-Zumar · 39:55

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  1. وَٱتَّبِعُوٓا۟wa-ittabiʿūAnd follow
  2. أَحْسَنَaḥsana(the) best
  3. مَآmā(of) what
  4. أُنزِلَunzilais revealed
  5. إِلَيْكُمilaykumto you
  6. مِّنminfrom
  7. رَّبِّكُمrabbikumyour Lord
  8. مِّنminbefore
  9. قَبْلِqablibefore
  10. أَنan[that]
  11. يَأْتِيَكُمُyatiyakumucomes to you
  12. ٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe punishment
  13. بَغْتَةًۭbaghtatansuddenly
  14. وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
  15. لَاlā(do) not
  16. تَشْعُرُونَtashʿurūnaperceive

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