24 verses Starts at Az-Zumar 8 Ends at Az-Zumar 31

Rub’ al-Hizb 184 of 240

Rub’ al-Hizb 184 ربع ١٨٤

A quarter of a hizb: 240 short portions.

From: Az-Zumar 8
To: Az-Zumar 31
Verses: 24

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

When man suffers some affliction, he prays to his Lord and turns to Him, but once he has been granted a favour from God, he forgets the One he had been praying to and sets up rivals to God, to make others stray from His path. Say, ‘Enjoy your ingratitude for a little while: you will be one of the inhabitants of the Fire.’

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What about someone who worships devoutly during the night, bowing down, standing in prayer, ever mindful of the life to come, hoping for his Lord’s mercy? Say, ‘How can those who know be equal to those who do not know?’ Only those who have understanding will take heed.

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Say, ‘[God says], believing servants, be mindful of your Lord! Those who do good in this world will have a good reward- God’s earth is wide––and those who persevere patiently will be given a full and unstinting reward.’

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Say, ‘I have been commanded to serve God, dedicating my worship entirely to Him.

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I have been commanded to be the first to submit.’

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Say, ‘I fear the torment of a terrible Day if I disobey my Lord.’

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Say, ‘It is God I serve, dedicating my worship entirely to Him-

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you may serve whatever you please beside Him.’ Say, ‘The true losers are the ones who will lose themselves and their people on the Day of Resurrection: that is the most obvious loss.

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They will have layers of Fire above them and below.’ This is how God puts fear into His servants: My servants, beware of Me.

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There is good news for those who shun the worship of false gods and turn to God, so [Prophet] give good news to My servants

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who listen to what is said and follow what is best. These are the ones God has guided; these are the people of understanding.

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What about the one who has been sentenced to punishment? Can you [Prophet] rescue those already in the Fire?

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But those who are mindful of their Lord will have lofty dwellings built for them, one above the other, graced with flowing streams. This is a promise from God: God does not break His promise.

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Have you not considered that God sends water down from the sky, guides it along to form springs in the earth, and then, with it, brings forth vegetation of various colours, which later withers, turns yellow before your eyes, and is crumbled to dust at His command? There is truly a reminder in this for those who have understanding.

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What about the one whose heart God has opened in devotion to Him, so that he walks in light from his Lord? Alas for those whose hearts harden at the mention of God! They have clearly lost their way.

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God has sent down the most beautiful of all teachings: a Scripture that is consistent and draws comparisons; that causes the skins of those in awe of their Lord to shiver. Then their skins and their hearts soften at the mention of God: such is God’s guidance. He guides with it whoever He will; no one can guide those God leaves to stray.

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What about the one who will only have his bare face to protect him from his terrible suffering on the Day of Resurrection? It will be said to the evildoers, ‘Taste what you have earned.’

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Others before them also disbelieved, and the punishment fell on them unawares:

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God gave them the punishment of disgrace in this world to taste; the punishment will be even harder in the Hereafter, if only they knew.

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In this Quran, We have put forward all kinds of illustration for people, so that they may take heed-

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an Arabic Quran, free from any distortion- so that people may be mindful.

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God puts forward this illustration: can a man who has for his masters several partners at odds with each other be considered equal to a man devoted wholly to one master? All praise belongs to God, though most of them do not know.

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You [Prophet] will certainly die, and so will they,

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and, on the Day of Resurrection, you will dispute with one another in the presence of your Lord.

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End of Az-Zumar

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