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Surah Az-Zumar, Ayah 47 (39:47)

ٱلزُّمَر

وَلَوْ أَنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا وَمِثْلَهُۥ مَعَهُۥ لَٱفْتَدَوْا۟ بِهِۦ مِن …

Quran 39:47 is ayah 47 of Surah Az-Zumar (“The Troops”), a Meccan surah of 75 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 463 of the Madani Mushaf.

39:47
وَلَوْأَنَّلِلَّذِينَظَلَمُوا۟مَافِىٱلْأَرْضِجَمِيعًاوَمِثْلَهُۥمَعَهُۥلَٱفْتَدَوْا۟بِهِۦمِنسُوٓءِٱلْعَذَابِيَوْمَٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۚوَبَدَالَهُممِّنَٱللَّهِمَالَمْيَكُونُوا۟يَحْتَسِبُونَ٤٧
walaw anna lilladhīna ẓalamū mā fī l-arḍi jamīʿan wamith'lahu maʿahu la-if'tadaw bihi min sūi l-ʿadhābi yawma l-qiyāmati wabadā lahum mina l-lahi mā lam yakūnū yaḥtasibūna

And if those who did wrong had all that is in the earth entirely and the like of it with it, they would [attempt to] ransom themselves thereby from the worst of the punishment on the Day of Resurrection. And there will appear to them from Allāh that which they had not taken into account.(47)

Word by word

  1. وَلَوْwalawAnd if
  2. أَنَّannaAnd if
  3. لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnathose who
  4. ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūdid wrong
  5. مَاmā(had) whatever
  6. فِىfī(is) in
  7. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  8. جَمِيعًاjamīʿanall
  9. وَمِثْلَهُۥwamith'lahuand (the) like of it
  10. مَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith it
  11. لَٱفْتَدَوْا۟la-if'tadawthey would ransom
  12. بِهِۦbihiwith it
  13. مِنminfrom
  14. سُوٓءِsūi(the) evil
  15. ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābi(of) the punishment
  16. يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
  17. ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۚl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
  18. وَبَدَاwabadāAnd (will) appear
  19. لَهُمlahumto them
  20. مِّنَminafrom
  21. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  22. مَاmāwhat
  23. لَمْlamnot
  24. يَكُونُوا۟yakūnūthey had
  25. يَحْتَسِبُونَyaḥtasibūnataken into account

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