Surah Az-Zumar, Ayah 18 (39:18)

ٱلزُّمَر

ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْتَمِعُونَ ٱلْقَوْلَ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ أَحْسَنَهُۥٓ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ هَدَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۖ …

Quran 39:18 is ayah 18 of Surah Az-Zumar (“The Troops”), a Meccan surah of 75 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 460 of the Madani Mushaf.

39:18
ٱلَّذِينَيَسْتَمِعُونَٱلْقَوْلَفَيَتَّبِعُونَأَحْسَنَهُۥٓ ۚأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَٱلَّذِينَهَدَىٰهُمُٱللَّهُ ۖوَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَهُمْأُو۟لُوا۟ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ١٨
alladhīna yastamiʿūna l-qawla fayattabiʿūna aḥsanahu ulāika alladhīna hadāhumu l-lahu wa-ulāika hum ulū l-albābi

Who listen to speech and follow the best of it. Those are the ones Allāh has guided, and those are people of understanding.(18)

Word by word

  1. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
  2. يَسْتَمِعُونَyastamiʿūnathey listen (to)
  3. ٱلْقَوْلَl-qawlathe Word
  4. فَيَتَّبِعُونَfayattabiʿūnathen follow
  5. أَحْسَنَهُۥٓ ۚaḥsanahuthe best thereof
  6. أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَulāikathose
  7. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) they whom
  8. هَدَىٰهُمُhadāhumuAllah has guided them
  9. ٱللَّهُ ۖl-lahuAllah has guided them
  10. وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaand those
  11. هُمْhumare [they]
  12. أُو۟لُوا۟ulūthe men of understanding
  13. ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِl-albābithe men of understanding

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