The Quran

سورة الزُّمَر

Surah Al-Zumar 39:54

The Multitudes · Verse 54 of 75

وَأَنِيبُوا إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ وَأَسْلِمُوا لَهُ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَكُمُ الْعَذَابُ ثُمَّ لَا تُنْصَرُونَ

Abdul Mannan 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.

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.

Ahmed Ali

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

12 more translations

Ali Unal

Turn to your Lord in penitence and submit to Him wholly before the punishment comes upon you (when it will be too late, and acknowledgment of faith will no longer avail you); for after (that) you will not be helped.

Daryabadi

And turn penitently Unto your Lord and submit Unto Him ere there cometh Unto you the torment, and then ye shall not be succoured.

Faridul Haque

“And incline towards your Lord and submit to Him, before the punishment comes you and then you may not be helped.”

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And turn to your Lord and submit to Him before chastisement comes to you, then you will not be helped.

Maulvi Sher Ali

`And turn to your Lord, and submit yourselves to HIM, before there comes unto you the punishment; for then you shall 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.

Muhammad Musin Khan

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

Muhammad Pickthall

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

Muhammad Sarwar

Turn in repentance to your Lord and submit to His will before you are afflicted with the torment after which you can receive no help.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And return to your Lord time after time and submit to Him before there comes to you the punishment, then you shall not be helped.

Rashad Khalifa

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

Shabbir Ahmed

So, 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.

Commentary 39:54 Turning to the Lord and submitting to His will are the two conditions that must be met for the promise given in the previous verse (39:53).

وَأَنِيبُوا إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ وَأَسْلِمُوا لَهُ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ الْعَذَابُ ثُمَّ لَا تُنصَرُونَ

39:54 Turning to the Lord and submitting to His will are the two conditions that must be met for the promise given in the previous verse (39:53).