# 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 54

- **Surah:** 39. Surah Az-Zumar (The Groups) — سورة الزمر
- **Verse:** 54 / 75 · **Juz:** 24 · **Mushaf page:** 463
- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-54

## Arabic

وَاَن۪يبُٓوا اِلٰى رَبِّكُمْ وَاَسْلِمُوا لَهُ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ يَأْتِيَكُمُ الْعَذَابُ ثُمَّ لَا تُنْصَرُونَ

## Transcription

Waaneeboo ila rabbikum waaslimoo lahumin qabli an ya/tiyakumu alAAathabu thumma la tunsaroon

## Translations

### Aisha Bewley

Turn in repentance to your Lord and submit to Him before punishment comes upon you, for then you cannot be helped.

### Progressive Muslims

And repent to your Lord, and surrender to Him, before the retribution comes to you. Then you cannot be helped.

### Shabbir Ahmed

Hence, turn to your Lord and surrender to Him before the period of respite is over and the doom befalls you. Then you will not be helped.

### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

“And turn in repentance to your Lord, and submit to Him before there comes to you the punishment; then will you not be helped.”

### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

And repent to your Lord, and submit to Him, before the retribution comes to you. Then you cannot be helped.

### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament

You shall obey your Lord, and submit to Him totally, before the retribution overtakes you; then you cannot be helped.

### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

Turn towards your Lord and obey Him before the punishment comes upon you when you will not be helped.

### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

And return [in repentance] to your Lord and submit to Him before the punishment comes upon you; then you will not be helped.

### Muhammad Asad

Hence, turn towards your Sustainer [alone] and surrender yourselves unto Him ere the suffering [of death and resurrection] comes upon you, for then you will not be succoured.

### Marmaduke Pickthall

Turn unto your Lord repentant, and surrender unto Him, before there come unto you the doom, when ye cannot be helped.

### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary

Turn to your Lord and surrender yourselves to Him before the chastisement over-takes you; for then you will receive no help.

### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab

Therefore do not miss you people the path of righteousness and stand penitent to Allah, your Creator, with the intention to amend your wrong-doings and to prostrate your reason to divine revelation before you are confronted with the retributive punishment and no one can defend you or afford you help.

### Bijan Moeinian

Return to your Lord and submit to Him before being sentenced to punishment. Once sentenced, you will get no help from any source.

### Al-Hilali & Khan

"And turn in repentance and in obedience with true Faith (Islâmic Monotheism) to your Lord and submit to Him (in Islâm) before the torment comes upon you, (and) then you will not be helped.

### Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"Turn ye to our Lord (in repentance) and bow to His (Will), before the Penalty comes on you: after that ye shall not be helped.

### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran

Turn to your Lord ˹in repentance˺, and ˹fully˺ submit to Him before the punishment reaches you, ˹for˺ then you will not be helped.

### Taqi Usmani

Turn passionately towards your Lord, and submit to Him before the punishment comes to you, after which you will not be helped.

### Abdul Haleem

Turn to your Lord. Submit to Him before the punishment overtakes you and you can no longer be helped.

### Arthur John Arberry

Turn unto your Lord and surrender to Him, ere the chastisement comes upon you, then you will not be helped.

### E. Henry Palmer

But turn repentant unto your Lord, and resign yourselves to Him, before there comes on you torment! then ye shall not be helped:

### Hamid S. Aziz

And return to your Lord time after time and submit to Him before there come unto you the punishment when you cannot be helped.

### Mahmoud Ghali

And turn penitent to your Lord, and surrender to Him, even before the torment comes up to you; thereafter you will not be vindicated.

### George Sale

And be turned unto your Lord, and resign yourselves unto Him, before the threatened punishment overtake you; for then ye shall not be helped.

### Syed Vickar Ahamed

"And you turn to your Lord (in repentance) now and submit to His (Will), before the Penalty comes on you: And after that you shall not be helped.

### Amatul Rahman Omar

And turn to your Lord (penitently), and submit yourselves to Him before the punishment befalls you; for (once it does) you shall not be helped.

### Ali Quli Qarai

Turn penitently to Him and submit to Him before the punishment overtakes you, whereupon you will not be helped.

### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü

Rabbinize yönelin (tövbe edin) ve size azap (ölüm) gelmeden önce O'na teslim olun. . . Sonra yardım olunmazsınız!

### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı

Azab size gelip çatmadan evvel, Rabbinize yönelip dönün ve O'na teslim olun. Sonra size yardım edilmez.

### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali

"Size azap gelip çatmadan önce Rabbinize dönünüz, O'na teslim olunuz, sonra size yardım edilmez."

### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali

Azap size gelmeden önce Rabbinize dönün ve O'na teslim olun. Sonra size yardım edilmez.

### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Onun için ümidi kesmeyin de başınıza azab gelmeden evvel tevbe ile rabbınıza dehalet edin ve ona halis müslimanlık yapın, sonra kurtulamazsınız

### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş)

Onun için ümidi kesmeyin de başınıza azap gelmeden önce tevbe ile Rabbınıza yönelin ve O'na halis müslümanlık yapın! Sonra kurtulamazsınız.

### Gültekin Onan

Azab size gelip çatmadan evvel, rabbinize yönelip dönün ve O'na teslim olun. Sonra size yardım edilmez.

### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim

"Size azab gelib çatmazdan evvel Rabbinize dönün, Ona teslim olun (müslüman olun). Sonra yardım edilmezsiniz".

### İbni Kesir

Ve Rabbınıza yönelin. Size azab gelmeden önce O'na teslim olun. Sonra yardım edilmezsiniz.

### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı

Öyleyse (yalnız) Rabbinize yönelin ve (ölümün ve yeniden dirilmenin) azabı başınıza gelmeden önce O'na teslim olun, sonra hiç kimse sizi koruyamaz.

### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı

Azap size gelmeden önce, Rabbinize yönelin ve O'na teslim olun ki sonra hiç bir yardım göremezsiniz.

### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

"Size azab gelip çatmadan Rabbinize dönün, O'na teslim olun. Sonra size yardım edilmez."

### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali

Azap yakanıza yapışmadan Rabbinize dönüp O'na teslim olun. Sonra size yardım edilmez.

### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an

İmdi, azap gelip sizi bulmazdan önce Rabbinize yönelin ve O'na teslim olun; sonra kimse size yardım edemez.

### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Rabb'inize yönelin! Ve size azap gelmeden önce O'na teslim olun. Sonra yardım olunmazsınız.

### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek

"Efendinize yönelin ve ceza gelmeden önce O'na teslim olun. Yoksa yardım edilmeyecektir!"

### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

O azap gelip çatmadan Rabbinize yönelin ve O'na teslim olun. Yoksa daha sonra yardım göremezsiniz.

### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir

Size azap gelip çatmadan önce Rabbinize dönün ve O'na teslim olun; sonra size yardım edilmez.

### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Rabb'inize yönelin! Ve size azap gelmeden önce O'na teslim olun. Sonra yardım olunmazsınız.

### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an

Rabb'inize yönelin! Ve size azap gelmeden önce O'na teslim olun. Sonra yardım olunmazsınız.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

ْSiz, azap size gelmeden Rabbinize yönelin ve ona teslim olun[1]. Sonra yardım göremezsiniz.

_Footnotes_
- [1] [İbrahim 14/31,](https://quran.so/14/31) [Rum 30/31,](https://quran.so/30/31) [43,](https://quran.so/30/43) [Şura 42/47.](https://quran.so/42/47)

## Words

| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَأَنِيبُوٓا۟ — wa-anībū | And turn | نوب — Nun-Vav-Be |
| 2 | إِلَىٰ — ilā | to | — |
| 3 | رَبِّكُمْ — rabbikum | your Lord | ربب — Ra-Ba-Ba |
| 4 | وَأَسْلِمُوا۟ — wa-aslimū | and submit | سلم — Sin-Lam-Mim |
| 5 | لَهُۥ — lahu | to Him | — |
| 6 | مِن — min | before | — |
| 7 | قَبْلِ — qabli | before | قبل — Kaf-Be-Lam |
| 8 | أَن — an | [that] | — |
| 9 | يَأْتِيَكُمُ — yatiyakumu | comes to you | اتي — Elif-Te-Ye |
| 10 | ٱلْعَذَابُ — l-ʿadhābu | the punishment | عذب — Ayn-Zal-Be |
| 11 | ثُمَّ — thumma | then | — |
| 12 | لَا — lā | not | — |
| 13 | تُنصَرُونَ — tunṣarūna | you will be helped | نصر — Nun-Sad-Ra |

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