Sura 39 The Throngs (Al-Zumur)

In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful.

[39:1] The revelation of the Book is from God, the Dignified, the Wise.

[39:2] We brought down to you the Book with truth, so worship God, devoting the religion purely to Him.

[39:3] Unquestionably, it is to God that the pure religion is due. Those who set up allies besides Him: "We only worship them so that they may bring us closer to God in proximity." God will judge between them regarding that over which they differ. God does not guide one who is a lying disbeliever.

[39:4] Had God willed to have a son, He would have hand-picked from what He creates what He willed. Glory to Him! He is God, the One, the All-Conquering.

[39:5] He created the heavens and the earth with truth. He rolls the night over the day and rolls the day over the night, and He subjected the sun and the moon, each running for a specified term. Unquestionably, He is the Dignified, the Forgiving.

[39:6] He created you from a single self, then from it, He made its mate, and He brought down to you eight pairs of livestock. He creates you in your mothers's wombs, creation after creation, in three realms of darkness. Such is God, your Lord. To Him belongs the sovereignty. There is no other god except Him. How then are you averted?

• --------------------------------------------------Footnote 39:6 – The significance of the phrase 'three realms of darkness' was not fully understood in the past. Advances in the science of embryology confirmed that this phrase contains accurate scientific information. The three separate realms of darkness that enclose the foetus are: (l) The anterior abdominal wall, (2) The uterine wall,(3) The amniochorionic membrane.

[39:7] If you disbelieve, God is not in any need of you. He does not accept disbelief from His servants. And if you give thanks, He accepts it from you. No burden-bearer bears the burden of another, then to your Lord is your return, and He will inform you of what you used to do. Indeed, He is Knowledgeable of what the chests hold.

[39:8] When any harm touches the human being, he implores his Lord, turning to Him. Then if He grants him a blessing from Him, he forgets what he was calling for before and sets up equals to God to misguide others from His path. Say, "Enjoy your disbelief briefly; you are indeed among the companions of the Fire."

[39:9] Is it not better to be one who is devoutly obedient, prostrating and standing during the night, fearful of the Hereafter and seeking his Lord's mercy? Say, "Are those who know and those who do not know the same?" Only those who possess intelligence will remember.

[39:10] Tell them, "O My servants who believe, reverence your Lord. For those who do good deeds in this world is a good reward, and God's earth is spacious. Those who are patient will receive their reward without count."

[39:11] Say, "I have been commanded to worship God, devoting the religion purely to Him.

[39:12] And I was commanded to be the first of the Submitters."

[39:13] Say, "I fear, should I disobey my Lord, the punishment of a great Day."

[39:14] Say, "God is the One I worship, devoting my religion purely to Him,

[39:15] so go on worshipping what you please besides Him." Say, "The losers are those who lose themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection." Unquestionably, that is the clear loss.

[39:16] They will have covers of fire above them and covers below them. With that, God frightens His servants: "O My servants, you shall, therefore, reverence Me."