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Surah Az-Zumar, Ayah 45 (39:45)

ٱلزُّمَر

وَإِذَا ذُكِرَ ٱللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ ٱشْمَأَزَّتْ قُلُوبُ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ ۖ وَإِذَا …

Quran 39:45 is ayah 45 of Surah Az-Zumar (“The Troops”), a Meccan surah of 75 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 463 of the Madani Mushaf.

39:45
وَإِذَاذُكِرَٱللَّهُوَحْدَهُٱشْمَأَزَّتْقُلُوبُٱلَّذِينَلَايُؤْمِنُونَبِٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ ۖوَإِذَاذُكِرَٱلَّذِينَمِندُونِهِۦٓإِذَاهُمْيَسْتَبْشِرُونَ٤٥
wa-idhā dhukira l-lahu waḥdahu ish'ma-azzat qulūbu alladhīna lā yu'minūna bil-ākhirati wa-idhā dhukira alladhīna min dūnihi idhā hum yastabshirūna

And when Allāh is mentioned alone, the hearts of those who do not believe in the Hereafter shrink with aversion, but when those [worshipped] other than Him are mentioned, immediately they rejoice.(45)

Word by word

  1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
  2. ذُكِرَdhukiraAllah is mentioned
  3. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah is mentioned
  4. وَحْدَهُwaḥdahuAlone
  5. ٱشْمَأَزَّتْish'ma-azzatshrink with aversion
  6. قُلُوبُqulūbu(the) hearts
  7. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
  8. لَاlā(do) not
  9. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve
  10. بِٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ ۖbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafter
  11. وَإِذَاwa-idhāand when
  12. ذُكِرَdhukiraare mentioned
  13. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose
  14. مِنminbesides Him
  15. دُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides Him
  16. إِذَاidhābehold
  17. هُمْhumThey
  18. يَسْتَبْشِرُونَyastabshirūnarejoice

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